Just Because It's Cancelled On TV, Doesn't Mean The Books Are

 

Something that often happens is a TV show will live on, either in book or comic book form, after it’s cancelled or reached it’s natural conclusion on TV. Here are some examples of your favorite TV series continuing as book series, and some of them are so retro, they might surprise you.

Star Trek

“Star Trek” is the most famous TV show to be adapted to print, and the most long running. Covering every single series, from the original “Star Trek” to “Star Trek: Discovery”, to even an alternative version of “Star Trek” universe novels written by William Shanter, called the “Shanterverse”, the books have been in print since 1967, and has over 850+ novels, selling millions of copies. Notable writers who have written books include Peter David and Diane Duane.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel

“Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and it’s spin off “Angel” still have novels published to this day, mainly in paperback. One of the things fans like about the “Buffy” novels is they tell you what seasons of the show the novels take place in, so you get details during the actual course of the series you might have missed or simply didn’t see in the main story. Then there’s the Angel novels, which continue the series from the series finale, and have plenty of crossovers between the Buffy series, as they are both created by Joss Wheadon. 

Monk

Everyone’s favorite OCD detective had plenty of novels after the TV series concluded.The novels seemed to have stopped being published in 2015, but despite that, if you didn’t know about them, they should still give you plenty of a Monk fix, as there are over 19 books in the series. Some are 3rd person, and some are narrated by either one of Monk’s assistants, Sharona or Natalie.

Murder She Wrote

If you want to go all the way back, they still publish Murder She Wrote novels to this day. Everyone’s favorite mystery writer and sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, might not be solving crimes on TV anymore, but is still solving crimes in books. The novels have been coming out with new ones since 1985, with the newest ones slated to come out next year. I don’t have an exact number of how many books there are, but 55 more have come out since 2000, with 2 more to be published in 2022.

Hopefully, this will give you a fix for good books based on your favorite TV shows, and you can go on some new adventures with your favorite characters instead of simply reruns.