While a lot of movies nowadays are based on real-life novels published before the movie was released, there are some books that exist within movies that aren't real. While fans can read Stephen King's Misery before watching Kathy Bates and James Caan bring the characters to life, they can't exactly read the books that Caan's character writes in the movies, however much they may want to.
There are countless movies that focus on artists struggling to overcome writer's block and come up with their next masterpiece like in Ruby Sparks or Stranger Than Fiction and there are other books that are more side plots like in Beetlejuice, but either way fans would love to read the fictional works created for these movies.
The Girlfriend By Calvin Weir-Fields (Ruby Sparks)
Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano in a must-see performance) is a young novelist who is trying to regain the popularity of his first book but is struggling with writer's block and in his own personal romantic relationships. Calvin's therapist tells him to write about a character his dog would like and he's inspired to write a character he slowly falls in love with.
Calvin is shocked when Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan) becomes a real woman and he tries to control her through her writing even as she gains her own independence. Eventually, he finishes the story giving her full control of her own life and his book titled The Girlfriend about their time together is a success that fans would love to read.
Misery Chastain Series By Paul Sheldon (Misery)
Misery is a Stephen King movie based on the King novel of the same name and follows author Paul Sheldon (James Caan) as he's held hostage by his biggest fan Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) after she rescues him from a car accident.
Misery Chastain is the protagonist of Sheldon's several romance novels set in Victorian England and fans would certainly want to read the novels that Annie was so obsessed with.
Inkheart By Fenoglio
Although Inkheart the movie is based on Inkheart the book by Cornelia Funke, this is a case of a book within a book that fans would love to read. The movie follows Mo (Brendan Fraser in a memorable starring role) as he frantically looks for a copy of Inkheart by Fenoglio (Jim Broadbent) in a desperate attempt to save his wife.
When Mo reads from books, the characters and world come to life and his wife was sucked into the pages of the Inkheart book. Although there are tidbits from the fantasical Inkheart by Fenoglio and characters like Dustfinger (Paul Bettany) live in Mo's world, there's not an official book by Fenoglio for fans to read.
Novels By Ms. Perky (10 Things I Hate About You)
A running joke throughout the iconic rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You is that the school's principal Ms. Perky (Allison Janney) is working on her novel while on the job at the high school. The book happens to be an erotic novel and she often talks about her prose out loud in front of faculty and students.
Although it may be inappropriate talking about it out loud in her office, Ms. Perky's confidence in her own work would make any fan want to read the novel she'll likely finish one day, if students would stop being sent to her office and interrupting her writing flow.
Death And Taxes By Karen Eiffel (Stranger Than Fiction)
Stranger Than Fiction is a unique movie that follows Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) as he begins to hear an omniscient voice narrating his life and it mentions he's going to die. Crick works on finding who the author is and figures out that he is the main character in Karen Eiffel's (Emma Thompson) new book called Death and Taxes.
Crick pleads with her to change the ending of the book and she frantically tries to figure out how to save the very real Harold Crick while still writing a successful book when she had the perfect ending planned. Fans would want to read her book just for Professor Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman) being brought to tears after finishing the first draft.
The Grand Budapest Hotel By "Author"
2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel is another case of a book within a movie as technically the audience is being told the story of the book that the author is writing about the tangled web of events that happened at Grand Budapest Hotel and the charismatic concierge Monsieur Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes).
Still, fans of the Wes Anderson movie would love to get their hands on the actual book that the author is penning throughout the movie as he speaks to the owner Zero (F. Murray Abraham) who once was Gustave H.'s bellhop (Tony Revolori).
Down With Love By Barbara Novak
Down with Love follows Barbara Novak (Renée Zellweger) as she turns into a feminist icon after writing a book called Down with Love in the 1960s that encourages women to focus on themselves and their careers instead of dropping everything for a romantic relationship.
It's a fun and silly rom-com that sees famed journalist Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor) try to prove she's a fraud by making her fall in love with him and beginning a relationship. Down with Love seems like a fun and empowering book that any fan would love to read and re-read.
How I Did It By Victor Frankenstein (Young Frankenstein)
There's a moment in the Mel Brooks parody Young Frankenstein where Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is alone in his grandfather Victor Frankenstein's library and he finds a book titled How I Did It, presumably about bringing Frankenstein to life.
While it might just be meant to be a copy of the original novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, knowing the parody format of the Young Frankenstein movie, it could potentially be a hilarious read that is a companion piece to the movie.
Handbook For The Recently Deceased (Beetlejuice)
This Tim Burton classic movie follows a recently deceased couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) who are caught between worlds and left to haunt the house they lived in when they were alive. A new family moves in as the couple is trying to figure out their new reality of the afterlife.
Between the new family changing everything in the house and the oddly charismatic Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), the couple's only refuge is looking through the Handbook for the Recently Deceased that has information about the afterlife and was given to them upon their death.
"Ten Nights In..." Series By Mike Enslin (1408)
1408 is based on another Stephen King short story that follows author Mike Enslin (John Cusack) who spends his days researching supposedly paranormal locations and debunks them in books like Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses and Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards, which would be presumably fun reads for any supernatural fan.
In the movie, he goes to the Dolphin Hotel thinking it will be just like any other night where he stays in a haunted location and nothing really happens to him, but Enslin's finally met his match with the all too real haunted room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel.