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• "Narnia" by Steve Hackett is based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis.
• "Narcissist" by The Libertines is loosely based on the character of Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
• "Nescio" by The Nits is based on De Uitvreter by Nescio.
• "Never Come Down Again" by Hannah Fury is based on Gregory Maguire's Wicked, told from Elphaba's point of view.
• "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" by Ambrosia has lyrics taken almost verbatim from the poem in chapter 2 (and the bridge from the one on chapter 58) of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle.
• Nightfall in Middle-Earth is an album by Blind Guardian that retells Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
• "No Love Lost" by Joy Division is based on and includes quotes from The House of Dolls by Ka-tzetnik 135633.
• "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses is loosely based on Del James's short story "Without You".
• "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin is based on the final battle in Tolkien's The Hobbit.
• "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)" by Rob Zombie is based on A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.