About a Boy. Poster of the 2014 TV series and cover of the 1998 book
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About a Boy
Nick Hornby, 1998
TV series vs book
Jason Katims, 2014-2015

Successful songwriter and bachelor Will Freeman lives a carefree life in San Francisco as the ultimate man-child. His perfect world is turned upside down when single mother Fiona and her 11-year-old son Marcus move in next door. Will provides an escape for Marcus from his vegan, hippie, uncool, depressed mom.


Bad Moms. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Bad Moms: The Novel
Nora McInerny Purmort, 2020
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, 2016

Amy Mitchell is a married woman living in the Chicago suburbs with two children, Jane and Dylan, who feels overworked and overcommitted. At a nearby bar, Amy meets Carla, a laid-back, sexually active single mom, and Kiki, a stay-at-home mom of four who adores Amy’s dissent from Gwendolyn.