novelize
verb
nov·el·ize
ˈnä-və-ˌlīz 
novelized; novelizing
: to convert into the form of a novel
novelize a play
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Originally a 1977 cult classic film, then novelized by Johnston in 2017, this outrageous Southern adventure now comes to life in audio format with the talents of a full creative team.
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New York Times, 7 Jan. 2020
Instead of Doctor Who, this enterprise envisions something more like a real-life version of Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 movie novelized by Isaac Asimov.
—Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian, 26 Sep. 2019
Whitehead has now been novelizing this country’s past for 20 years.
—David Canfield, EW.com, 12 July 2019
Obliquity has led to greater success in novelizing the sixteenth President than have attempts to see him from the inside out and through his own point of view.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
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New York Times, 7 Jan. 2020
Instead of Doctor Who, this enterprise envisions something more like a real-life version of Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 movie novelized by Isaac Asimov.
—Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian, 26 Sep. 2019
Whitehead has now been novelizing this country’s past for 20 years.
—David Canfield, EW.com, 12 July 2019
Obliquity has led to greater success in novelizing the sixteenth President than have attempts to see him from the inside out and through his own point of view.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
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“Novelize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelize. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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