Even when cw wasnt churning out one amazing show after the other, they still had fanfavorite shows, like gossip girl, attracting a lot of audiences. A novel gossip girl series paperback april 1, 2002. Gossip girl is an unidentified member of a circle of wealthy and privileged teenagers who live in manhattan, new york. The cw drama premiered over 10 years ago and ended back in 2012, and though we can still. Sep 19, 2017 6 plot changes that made the gossip girl show better than the books. The series, created by josh schwartz and stephanie savage, ran on the cw network for six seasons from september 19, 2007, to december 17, 2012. In both the novels and the television adaption, gossip girl is a blogger whose true identity is never revealed.
At first glance, pretty little liars is similar to gossip girl, but it really is very different. It was simalar to gossip girl but about forced marriage. Oct 01, 2016 books like gossip girl books to read if you still miss gossip girl as popsugar editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think youll like too. The school is said to be, situated in the upper east side of new york. Olivia and adrienne rule their small southern town like all good mean girls dothrough intimidation and manipulation. Gossip girls series collection 15 book set i like it like that, etc. When two onceclose friends become rivals, their battle for power is publicized to their entire prep school thanks to gossip girl s dirtdishing blog. Again, same setting, similar characters, just a different genre, but its definitely a mustwatch after gossip girl. Books similar to the complete gossip girl series gossip girl. Books similar to the complete gossip girl series gossip. As popsugar editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think youll like. If youre obsessed with mean girls, youll think these 9 ya. While the 20072012 show brought new popularity to cecily van ziegesars alreadyiconic series, it also ushered in a new era of privileged teens behaving badly, both on tv and in fiction.
Book series similar to gossip girl and the alist, but more recent. It focuses around a family from kansas that suddenly decide to move to beverly hills. Apr 24, 2015 if you wanted a classic show that is similar to gossip girl, then you have to check out beverly hills 90210. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Gossip girl was an incredibly successful cw show that ran for six seasons, receiving numerous awards and nominations along the way. The gossip girl protagonists, like my classmates, attended dancing school at knickerbocker and spread rumors about which of their teachers. Gossip girl was buzzworthy right out of the gate, so no wonder the cw doubled down on programming about sexy teens and the one percent the following year. This teen drama made stars out of blake lively, leighton meester, penn badgley and chace crawford. Whether you read the books, watched the tv show, or both, gossip girl was almost like religion for some of us in. With the success of shows like arrow, the flash, the vampire diaries, the originals, supernatural, and the 100, its poised to become one of the most reputable networks pretty soon. Gossip girls series collection 15 book set i like it like.
In gossip girl, jenny is a student of the constance billard school for girl. Book series similar to gossip girl and the alist, but more. Dec 20, 2018 in case you just finished watching gossip girl and cant wait to watch a series having a similar storyline, consider yourself lucky. In the book series, eric is an invisible character, away at university from the start because he is serenas older brother. May, 2009 what books are similar to the gossip girl books. If you like gossip girl you might like similar books youre the one that i want, only in your dreams, the carrie diaries, it had to be you, summer and the city. Their existence is very similar, with blasts outing the secrets of various characters and stalking tracking their every move for seemingly unknown reasons. All are softcover except the prequel to the series. Before gossip girl was a cw show starring leighton meester and blake lively, it was a ya book series. The series, aimed toward young adults, is a spinoff from the bestselling gossip girl series. While some of the major plot points remain intact, the creators of this show took some serious liberties with the source. Reign if you watch only one show on this list, please let it be reign. I bought the first book and tried to read it i didnt get very far because i didnt enjoy the writing and the characters just dont seem the same. Gossip girl was based off her experience growing up in new york city back in the 80s, but with a modern day spin.
It is the absolute most underrated show, also by the cw, that is so similar to gossip girl, yet nobody seems to know about it. Classy novels to read if you like these tv shows pretty little. Apr 11, 2020 of course, dan turned out to be gossip girl, a blogger who shared everyones dirty secrets, and on pll, there were a few members of the a team, including leaders like cece and alex drake. Fans of the gossip girl book series know that there are already some big differences between the tomes and the cw tv series they inspired, and.
Theres also the private series by late brian, its a little bit darker though, but it runs along the same vein. Oct 31, 2007 fans of the gossip girl book series know that there are already some big differences between the tomes and the cw tv series they inspired, and a gg producer tells its intentional, and it. Oct 24, 2007 i think the core characters are very similar in the two, and gossip girl and her voice carries over in both. Jan 23, 2018 these are the main differences between the gossip girl books and tv show. Books like gossip girl books to read if you still miss gossip girl as popsugar editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think youll like too. Sep 25, 2017 it hardly seems possible that its been a decade since the cw brought gossip girls blair, serena, jenny, chuck, and dan to the small screen. In the first book, ziesgasr describes serena as gifted with. The books on this list are perfect for when your readers have finished with every gossip girl title in your library and are clamoring for another book like the. The show starts with alison, the queen bee of the bunch, who goes missing. The teenagers in the family, annie and dixie wilson, are dragged along because their father wants to be closer to his alcoholic mom. During her freshman year at constance billard school for girls, an exclusive private school in new york city, jenny got a few modeling jobs and. Think blair and serena years after the gossip girl series.
After all, it was the show that inherited the world of gossip girl. Season 1 season 6 season 4 season 2 season 3 season 5. She played the same character in popular book and tv series of gossip girl. Nov 19, 2016 alams debut is the most similar in plot to the gossip girl series.
I think the core characters are very similar in the two, and gossip girl and her voice carries over in both. The au pairs, the ashleys, the cliquepretty bad, the it girl, the carlyle triplets, the a list, private, priviliged, violet on the runway kinda lame, blue bloods, zoey deans got talentlame,poseur, the pretty little liars series. Gossip girl meets heathers in how to break a boy by laurie devore. Jenny humphrey serves as the series central character. Whether you read the books, watched the tv show, or both, gossip girl was almost like religion for some of us in the 2000s. Gossip girl is the anonymous, unseen narrator of the gossip girl television series and the novels of the same name. The gossip girl series i like it like that is the fifth is a sex and the city soap opera like series targeted for the 15 and over set.
A few book recommendations if youre missing gossip girl. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. You can definitely feel gossip girls dna in these recent ya books. Olivia and adrienne rule their small southern town like all good mean. The television series, i havent read the books, perhaps i should try them. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged socialite teenagers at the constance billard school for girls, an elite private school in new york citys upper east side. For those readers much over 15 it is definitely in the guilty pleasure category, but it is fun. Why the gossip girl books were the best ya fiction ever vogue. Mar 30, 2020 in both the book and the show, the identity of gossip girl is a mystery throughout. Here is the compilation of my mostpreferred top 10 series that i would want you to try out and relive the gossip girl vibe again and again, and again. It makes me sad because i really want to like them more but the show is so much better.
Shows like the gossip girl you should binge watch ritely. Talk about shows like gossip girl and you have to mention pretty little liars. Top ten tuesday is hosted by the wonderful the broke and the bookish. And there was another book simalar to gossip girl called the vex or something. There are some pretty wild differences between the books and the tv show. Apr 30, 2014 the gossip girl series is a nobrainer for mean girls lovers, and it has the added bonus of the sparkle and glamour of the big city. Would they still be friends long after their lives and values have changed, or would the distance tear them apart. But when one girl catches the other in a compromising position with the wrong boy, the exbesties turn their ferocity on each other. Welcome to new york citys upper east side, where my friends and i live, go to school, play, and sleepsometimes with each other.
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