His name may be most familiar from award-winning screenplays such as All the President's Men, but William Goldman had a previous life as an original, enthralling novelist who is worth exploring both for his books that would become great movies (The Princess Bride, Marathon Man) and for the ones that didn't.
The Princess Bride
$3.99 - $49.39
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
$7.49 - $34.87
Marathon Man
$6.39 - $39.19
Which Lie Did I Tell?
$5.49 - $15.77
Magic
$4.59 - $10.67
The Silent Gondoliers
$4.49 - $13.99
Brothers
$5.19 - $10.49
The Temple of Gold
$7.89 - $16.75
Heat
$7.89 - $11.49
The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway
$26.79 - $50.49
Boys and Girls Together
$6.79 - $30.29
William Goldman: Four Screenplays with Essays
$14.59 - $17.86
The Color of Light
$5.49 - $6.09
The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood? and Other Essays
$10.39 - $17.03
Control
$7.39 - $9.99
Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't, and What Could've Gone Wrong Did
$4.99 - $7.69
Hype and Glory
$5.39 - $7.09
Tinsel
$5.39 - $11.29
William Goldman: Five Screenplays with Essays
$13.79 - $18.49
The Temple of Gold
$5.59 - $5.89
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$17.59 - $18.49
Soldier in the Rain
$6.09 - $268.19
Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow
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The First Time I Got Paid for It
$4.79 - $19.64
The Thing of It Is
$5.19 - $5.39
Edged Weapons
$7.79 - $8.99
Father's day
$14.49
The Ghost and the Darkness (Applause Screenplay Series)
$73.89
Absolute Power: The Screenplay
$12.09 - $14.54
The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
Releases 10/28/2025