OUT NOW! The hosts of The Library: Halo Lorecast from @jumperscape.bsky.social join to discuss Halo: The Flood, and help us get our bearings in this wide new universe. Then we had a lovely chat with the author, William C. Dietz. Halo is making us new friends left and right! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

Oh cool! Never seen this!

IRM's 2025 Novelization Round Up! Check it out below. Stay tuned, next week will be the very special Q&A episode I've talked about!

This is written by the author of the really good Die Hard with a Vengeance novelization.

STAR TREK Written by Alan Dean Foster

GHOSTBUSTERS Written by Richard Mueller

So today I learned that there were tie-in novels for THE DOLLARS TRILOGY that went beyond the movies and boy do they have some amazing titles.

Congratulations, Pax and IRM!

Congrats to my pal @paxholley.com on 100 episodes of I Read Movies (which is an elite name for a pod). It’s not easy to do a solo podcast, let alone one this well produced for that long. Big accomplishment. Great selection for the anniversary show as well!

Huge congratulations to @paxholley.com on having covered 100 different movie novelizations on his solo podcast. It's a great show and a gigantic achievement!

Here we go, guys! The 100th episode of I Read Movies is now LIVE! In this very special episode I'm covering the original Mario Puzo Superman the Movie script from 1975! There is SO MUCH going on here. So grab a seat by the fire in your fortress of solitude and DOWNLOAD NOW! buff.ly/NnoCliB

100th episode drops tomorrow.

I covered Superman III a few years ago. It’s a fun one. IRM episode 100 which is dropping in a few days will also cover a Christopher Reeve Superman something.

What book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on? The Midnight Madness novelization.

Ok, what book is sacred enough that it is one on which in you could be sworn? (Sorry it was difficult to avoid ending that sentence on a preposition.)

Christmas may be over, but Silent Night, Deadly Night brings Big Goth Energy year round. Thank you @michaelvarrati.bsky.social for this snapshot of my book at Barnes & Noble at The Grove.

The novelization of “Relics” is well worth the read. You get a lot of great supplemental details, including more about Scotty’s relationship with the poor Franklin. #TNGSunNight

Got quite a bit of joy from this video on such an incredibly awful day. Booktuber passionately describes the experience of becoming a star wars fan after reading the episode 3 novelization as a bit and becoming earnestly enraptured www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jKN...

Rediscovering STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT: A novelization that deepens the classic film Our retro review: treknews.net/2026/01/05/r...

FOUND SOME LITERATURE

i also collect long out of print movie tie-in novelizations. if you come across the novelization of john carpenter’s halloween, it’s worth quite a bit of money!

COCOON Written by David Saperstein

TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! Written by Herschell Gordon Lewis

I'm actively starting work the 100th episode of IRM. Earlier I put out an all call for questions. Bumping that up: If you have any novelization questions, or questions about the show or how I do the show, send them along. I'll answer them on my Q&A show after #100. Thanks everyone for listening!

Star Trek books in Star Wars wrapping paper? That's how to do fandom. Vonda N. McIntyre and Jean Lorrah are solid authors, too. 😊

Oh. Also. Roz got me the novelization of Waterworld for Christmas because she loves me!!!!

This novelization rack is gorgeous. I only just last year found out those Miami Vice novelizations existed. And I’ve only ever seen them once, that day that I found them. There are 5 of them, I covered the first one on the show.

Happy Halloween.

I hope nobody had a: Black Christmas. Novelization by Lee Hays.

OUT NOW! We return to Hannah's picks with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Hannah loves this imperfect movie for showcasing Robin Hood's true strength: a joyful and generous heart. Whatever December 25th means to you, we hope your day is touched by the spirit of Robin Hood. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45

A Christmas gift from my friend @bizarrojimmyolsen.bsky.social ! It’s nearly 600 pages!!

It doesn’t get much better than this cover right here.

I agree! They are awesome!!

The below is interesting because Black Christmas already had a novelization around the time the movie first came out.

COOKIE Written by Todd Strasser

If you truly want a discussion of that novelization I covered it a few years ago on IRM. I love that movie. cultfilmclub.com/i-read-movie...

Five years ago today, my thoughts about the original BLACK CHRISTMAS novelization were published. #BookSky #Horror

#BookMail Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) Novelization of the schlock classic where William Shatner battles a herd of stampeding tarantulas in the wilds of Northern Arizona. Shatner plays country vet Rack Hanson. You're damn right I'm gonna read all of Rack's lines in Shatner's voice. Rack 'em up!!!🎱

Congrats, Tim!!

Santa Claus The Movie is a film I never watched as a kid, but it was a Christmas tradition for my wife (we even have her childhood VHS copy) and now I know it all too well. Lithgow as evil corporate toy maker B.Z. is the highlight every viewing. “For FREEEEE?!” 😄

RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN Written by Alexander Key

OUT NOW! @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, @markstay.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, and @mr-e-motion.bsky.social join to play Andrew Overbye's new original multi-path Indiana Jones adventure. Maybe our most unhinged episode yet? Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45 Play the game for yourself: tinyurl.com/4x64tcyj

THE BLACK BIRD Written by Alexander Edwards

Attention Players! The 99th episode of IRM is live! In this episode I discuss one of my own personal novelization Holy Grails, the 1980 Disney movie, Midnight Madness, starring David Naughton, Stephen Furst, and Michael J Fox. Get a clue from Leon and download the episode NOW! buff.ly/oO53WGM

“Hey, super young Michael J Fox, where do you think you’re going?” “I’ll tell you, regular aged David Naughton. I’m going to get some headphones because IRM episode 99 drops on Monday.”

CLIFFHANGER Written by Jeff Rovin

Covered the US version of this novelization last Halloween, and I talked a little about this UK version. Both really good novelizations. cultfilmclub.com/i-read-movie...

I’ve covered both this Swamp Thing novelization, as well as the sequel. They are both very entertaining. cultfilmclub.com/i-read-movie...

Finally completed the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy of novelizations this year. Great reads by the late, great Peter David. cultfilmclub.com/i-read-movie...