Castle (TV Series) - Tie-in Works

Tie-in Works

In the series, Castle writes a novel titled Heat Wave. As a tie-in, ABC and sister publisher Hyperion Books released that novel as a real book (ISBN 978-1-4013-2382-0) with "Richard Castle" as the author. It is entirely in character from the dedication to the acknowledgments, although the latter references the principal cast and the show's creators by name. ABC released the first half of the novel in weekly increments on their website. The complete novel was published in September 2009 as a hardcover, debuting at No. 26 on The New York Times Best Seller list. In its fourth week on the list, Heat Wave broke into the top 10 at #6. Heat Wave was released in paperback (ISBN 978-1-4013-1040-0) on July 27, 2010 and debuted at No. 34 on The New York Times bestseller Paperback Mass-Market list. It once again appeared on The New York Times bestseller list on May 27, 2012 at #19.

Naked Heat (ISBN 978-1-4013-2402-5), the sequel to Heat Wave, was released on September 28, 2010. Naked Heat debuted at No. 7 on the New York Times Best Seller list. As they did with Heat Wave, ABC released a series of the early chapters online as a promotional tool.

A third novel, titled Heat Rises (ISBN 978-1-4013-2443-8), was released on September 20, 2011. It debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list on October 9, 2011 and at No. 5 on the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list.

The season three finale introduced a graphic novel based on Castle's previous novel character, Derrick Storm. Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm was published by Marvel Comics on September 28, 2011. It debuted at No. 3 on The New York Times bestseller list on October 16, 2011.

A fourth novel, titled Frozen Heat (ISBN 978-1-4013-2444-5), was released on September 11, 2012, and debuted on The New York Times bestseller list at No. 7 on September 23, 2012.

In February 2012, Hyperion announced three e-book novellas to Richard Castle's famous Derrick Storm series. The first novella of the series, A Brewing Storm, was released in digital media on May 1, 2012. It debuted at No. 13 on The New York Times E-Book Fiction bestseller list, as well as No. 18 on the New York Times Combine Prints & E-book Fiction list on May 20, 2012.

On July 3, 2012, the second novella of the new Derrick Storm books, A Raging Storm, was released in e-book format. It landed on The New York Times bestseller e-books list at #19 and at No. 31 for the combined Prints & E-book list, both on July 22, 2012.

The final Derrick Storm novella, A Bloody Storm, was released on August 7, 2012. It debuted on the New York Times bestseller e-books list at #20 and at #34 on the combined Prints & E-book list on August 26, 2012.