Movie/TV novelizations
I've been an avid reader all my life. Since getting a job, my ability to have time to read has greatly decreased, but I still try to find the time to enjoy at least a novelization or tie-in book. Over the years, I've collected a few of these books, and while most of them are pretty good, I know of some that were probably better off left unpublished. For example, I'm still a fan of the original Underworld film. I've collected each novel for the film series up through Evolution (before I saw the abysmal thing that was the film). The first two books (Underworld and Evolution) actually did a pretty decent job of explaining more than what was presented on-screen, as well as expanding on a character's inner thoughts and motivations and history. Even the non-canon "Blood Enemy" was a good read (this was before Evolution was finalized). The novelization for Constantine was a good one, as well (especially the expansion of the opening scene)
It's my belief that novelizations should do more than just repeat the lines from the movie or TV show; they need to expand on the events and/or characters. Take for example a movie like Daredevil. I want to read more than just "It was dark. Daredevil was on the roof. It was raining." I want it to be something like "The night was as black as pitch, just the way he liked it. It was in this environment that his enemies, the scum of Hell's Kitchen, were as blind as he was. The rain pelted on his immobile figure on the roof of the apartment building. Unlike others he knew, Daredevil loved the rain; it allowed him to 'see' once again, to feel as if God were aiding him in his nocturnal excursions for justice."
Or something xD Don't just give me a bound volume of the lines from the movie with little more than stage or camera directions; if that's all I want I'll go find the script or watch the movie/show. Where the screen version is supposed to put pictures with descriptions, I want my tie-ins to give descriptions that go beyond just what is seen. That's kind of the point of the books, isn't it?