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- "The Gladdest Thing" by Deb Talan incorporates as its chorus the poem Afternoon on a Hill by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
- "The Giant's Laughter" by Thyrfing is inspired by the poem Jätten by Esaias Tegner.
- "Grendel" by Marillion is a retelling of John Gardner's novel Grendel, which is a retelling of Beowulf.
- "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen is about The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
- "Goodbye Sky Harbor" by Jimmy Eat World is about the book A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
- "Guardian of the Blind" by Blind Guardian is based on It by Stephen King.
- "The Gunslinger" by Demons & Wizards is based on Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.
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