Frequently Asked Questions

Found a movie you’re excited about? Boovie helps you find the book behind it. Explore upcoming and past movies adapted from books, and find print, ebook, and audiobook editions to enjoy before or after you watch.

If it’s been published as a standalone book, it can count. That includes novels, novellas, non-fiction books, short-story collections, epic poems, plays, and religious texts with a fixed written form.

For Boovie, we leave out manga, comics, graphic novels, and other sequential art. Articles, essays, and other short pieces only count if they’ve been published as standalone books.

What about folklore and mythology? Those stories alone don’t count, but a movie adapted from a specific published book that retells them can qualify.

Nope. Boovie is an independent project. We’re not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any movie studio, publisher, or streaming service unless we clearly say otherwise.

Found a book you’d like to read or listen to? Look for links to Amazon and Kobo on its book page, when available. You’ll make your purchase on the retailer’s website.

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We haven’t watched every movie in our catalog or read every book behind them, but we look at movie credits, official descriptions, and other available sources to help determine whether a movie is based on a book.

We might not always get it right, and we may update a movie’s classification when we find clearer or more complete information.

Direct adaptation: The movie sticks fairly closely to the book’s story and characters, with a few changes along the way.

Loose adaptation: The movie takes inspiration from a specific book but gives its story, characters, or setting a bigger changes.

Think of these labels as a helpful guide. How closely a movie follows its book is open to interpretation, and we might not always get it right.

Boovie’s catalog is still growing, and we add titles regularly! If you can’t find something, we may simply not have added it yet. It might also fall outside Boovie’s criteria, or we may need more reliable information before including it.

Got a movie or book you’d like to see on Boovie? Send us a suggestion!

Sometimes we’ve identified the book behind a movie but haven’t found enough reliable information to fill in the rest. Rather than leave it out, we share what we know and add more details when they become available.

Boovie’s catalog is always growing! We keep an eye on upcoming movies to find new book adaptations, while adding older titles, filling in missing details, and correcting information along the way.

Think something’s missing? Send us a suggestion!

Sometimes a movie is adapted from a story published within a larger collection. Boovie may show the original story’s title as the adaptation source, while the book details refer to the collection that contains it. For example, “Walk Well, My Brother” by Farley Mowat is a short story included in The Snow Walker. The titles are different, but they refer to the story being adapted and the book where you can find it.

If a book was originally published in another language, Boovie usually shows the source title in its original language. The Amazon link, cover, and description, though, will most often be for the English edition. We prioritize English editions, while keeping the original title so you can see exactly what the movie was adapted from. For example, “Jakob der Lügner” by Jurek Becker is linked to “Jacob the Liar,” the English edition of the same book. The titles are different, but they refer to the same story.

This can vary from book to book, since we bring together book details from many different sources.

Some authors publish under more than one name, and some names are shared by more than one writer. To keep the catalog tidy, our sources (and Boovie) may group those names under a single person. That means the name you see on Boovie might not match the one printed on the cover or shown on Amazon or Kobo.

For example, Ed McBain, the author of Three Blind Mice, may appear as Evan Hunter. The names are different, but they belong to the same author. Another example is Harry Adam Knight, a joint pseudonym used by two writers: John Brosnan and Leroy Kettle.

Since we update the catalog regularly, an author’s name may also change over time. Any links will keep working when that happens.

We bring together movie and book details from publicly available sources and databases. Curious about those sources? Check out our Credits page!

To find the book behind a movie, we look for clues in movie credits, official descriptions, and other sources across the internet. As we learn more, we update the catalog along the way.

Sometimes we learn something new about a movie and/or the book behind it! That might mean updating its adaptation status or removing it if it no longer fits Boovie’s criteria.

Absolutely! Got a movie or book you’d like to see on Boovie? For now, email us at [email protected]! We’ll take a look and check whether it fits the catalog before adding it. We’re planning to add a suggestion form to make this easier.

Spotted something that doesn’t look right? For now, email us at [email protected] with the title and what needs fixing. If you have a source to help us check it, send that along too! We’re planning to add a report button to make this easier.

Found something you’d like to share? Please check the rights and terms before copying or reusing text, images, or other content. Some material comes from other sources, so we can’t give permission to reuse everything you see on Boovie.

If Boovie helped you out, a mention and a link back to Boovie would mean a lot! It helps more people discover the books behind the movies.