Live poll: Fictional Books and Newspapers in Movies

No time to look them up right now (maybe in the morning), but remember that there are books by the James Caan character in Misery.

This a great poll idea. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of fictional books and fictional newspapers. As well as, famous film characters who wrote them or work for them in the movies. FYC, You might consider doubling and tripling them up under a single movie title. I have no doubt you will have more the 35 strong movie options even then. Check out these hyperlinked lists as a starting point to help fill out your poll suggestion.

FYC Fictional Newspapers List

• Gotham Free Press - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Gotham Globe - Batman: The Movie
• The New York Ghost - (New York wizarding newspaper, seen in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• The Wizard's Voice - New York wizarding newspaper, also seen in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• The Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin - Ace in the Hole
• The Amity Gazette - Jaws
• The Campus Roar - Monsters University school newspaper, Monsters University
• The Daily Chronicle - The Great Muppet Caper
• The Daily Prophet - Harry Potter Film Series
• The Quibbler (a wizarding tabloid) - Harry Potter Film Series
• Transfiguration Today - Harry Potter Film Series
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, or simply The French Dispatch - The French Dispatch
• Hill Valley Telegraph - Back to the Future
• Hush-Hush - a celebrity scandal tabloid based on the real-life Confidential appearing in LA Confidential
• The Indianapolis Daily Inquirer - The Magnificent Ambersons
• The Los Angeles Suit - Death Wish 2
• The Maycomb Tribune - To Kill a Mockingbird
• Mars Today - Total Recall
• The Morning Post - His Girl Friday
• The Los Angeles Suit - Death Wish 2
• Morning Appeal - The Shootist
• The New York Banner - The Fountainhead
• New York Chronicle - Citizen Kane
• St. Louis Daily Inquirer - Citizen Kane
• The New Holland Post - Frankenweenie
• New York Globe - Sweet Smell of Success
• New York Morning Globe - Foreign Correspondent
• New York Sun - The Paper
• New York Journal - 27 Dresses
• Osage Wigwam - Cimarron
• The Raccoon City Times - Resident Evil
• The Poughkeepsie News - The Shipping News
• The Star - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• The Washington Herald - The Pelican Brief
• The Zootopia Times - Zootopia
• ???? - Penny Serenade
• ???? - Front Page Woman

I would use the list as a starting point for answer options. Since, in some cases the movie maybe based on book, and the fictional newspaper's name might different in the book and movie (see How to Train Your Dragon for example). Basically, vet every option and independently verify it by checking plot summaries.  I flagged some with ?????  orbfor ones that I couldn't find the name or that I was even more unsure of than the others or knew there was a fictional newspaper, but didn't know the name.

Corrections:

First off, since this poll list is being created on Christmas Day 2022, and the movie that inspired this poll is a comedy noir mystery film that takes place over the Christmas holidays, “Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings to all” no matter what time of year it is.

that never existed in the real world as part of its plot.

P.S. don’t try to submit “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

#1: this fictional book is not either one of them.

#8: Former owners are Perry White and Lex Luthor

#21: He’d let other writers use his creation which is why it appears in movies that are not based on his stories.

#23: Barbossa said it was more like a set of guidelines than a code, and you’d have to be a pirate for it to apply. Note: while many pirate ships did have a pirate’s code to which the crew must agree, not all pirate ships have the same code, and it was never published in book form, with maps included, as the movie shows it.

#25: They are mentioned in the movie and Stephen King’s later novels.

#26: because they really do exist as books in a type of movie novelization

Does it count when the fictional movie book gets printed for real?

• Look out for the Little Guy!, by Scott Lang (memoir), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

FYC Fictional Books Lists

https://ew.com/books/40-fictional-books-movies-tv/

https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_fictional_books

FYC Fictional Newspapers List

https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_fictional_newspapers

FYC Fictional Books Lists

https://ew.com/books/40-fictional-books-movies-tv/

https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_fictional_books

FYC Fictional Newspapers List

https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_fictional_newspapers

Sorry, it took a week to get back to you. I think these are must adds to your poll (FYI, I have seen all these movies) due to the prominence the books and the newspapers play in the storyline, as well as, how well seen these movies are. It would be hard to find someone who has seen these movies and is not very familiar with these publications. I would trim back on the Wizarding World movie titles (maybe 1 movie per franchise, consolidate the publications under a single movie representing the franchise). You should consolidate the five other duplicated movies under a single movie listing with all the books and newspapers listed together too. Maybe,  cut some of the lower voted movies, if necessary for these more well-seen movies that have a more prominent publications in the storyline, if you need the space to get under thirty-five options. I would add first, then delete the excess options after.

1) Adds

Fictional Newspapers

• The Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin - Ace in the Hole
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, or simply  The French Dispatch - The French Dispatch
• Hush-Hush - a celebrity scandal tabloid based on the real-life Confidential appearing in LA Confidential
• The Morning Post - His Girl Friday
• New York Sun - The Paper
• New York Journal - 27 Dresses
• The Washington Herald - The Pelican Brief

Fictional Books List

• The Grave Digger's Handbook: A Twelve-Step Guide to Grave-Digging Success, published by the Bayern Cemetary Association, The Book Thief and The Standover Man, by Max Vanderburg, The Book Thief
• The Grand Budapest Hotel ,The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Waverly Prep series by Mavis Gary, Young Adult
• Death and Taxes by Karen Eiffel, Stranger Than Fiction
• How I Did It by Victor Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
• This Time by Jesse, Before Sunset
• The Philosophy of Time Travel by Roberta Sparrow, Donnie Darko
• Tobin's Spirit Guide by J.H. Tobin, Ghostbusters
• Bridget Jones' Diary by Bridget Jones, Bridget Jones' Diary

2) Since, you will have a full listing of answer options you can delete the "P.S. don’t try to submit “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” or “Quidditch: Through The Ages” because J.K. Rowling did write them for charity. And “New York Daily Inquirer” too (Citizen Kane)." sentence, since it is no longer needed.

3) I still would suggest making it a favorite question over a best question, since viewers haven't actually read them or ever could, it would be hard to actually answer the best question.

FYC,

Many famous and lesser known movies feature a fictional book or newspaper that never existed in the real world as part of its plot. 

Which fictional book or newspaper from the movies or television is your favorite one of them all?

3) You still need to bold some answer options, like #6 “The Handbook for the Recently Deceased" and #23 "The Pirate’s Code”to make those answers standout over the text.

4) Lastly, a final proofread would finish this one off.

FYC, These titles still need bolding

#23 ”The Pirate’s Code"

#31 "Bridget Jones’s Diary” by Bridget Jones

#32 The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun 

#33 'How I Did It' by Victor Frankenstein

#34 "Hush Hush"

#35 ”The Grave Digger's Handbook: A Twelve-Step Guide to Grave-Digging Success”, published by the Bayern Cemetary Association

I appreciate the acknowledgement, a simple thank you is sufficient. I prefer the cleaner look without it and keeping the focus on the publications.

FYI,

@dgranger​ Thanks for bolding the remaining publication titles. Again, I really like the idea. I am sorta surprised it had not been done before

Congratulations, @dgranger!

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