Everyone Else Was Optional
A comedy about two friends and the group that formed around them, told across one wedding weekend where nothing goes to plan. Your friend holds it together by ignoring the schedule entirely.
Write a Novel About Your Best Friend
If you have ever wanted to write a story about your best friend, this is it: answer questions about them and get a real 220+ page novel with them as the main character.
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The story about your best friend that nobody else can tell
You do not have to write it yourself. You answer up to ten questions about your best friend, and our AI turns those answers into a real 220+ page novel with them as the main character, about 18 to 20 chapters, and your name on the cover as the author. The questions are the easy part: what they do, who is in their life, the thing they always say, the habit everyone teases them about, the place they would move to tomorrow.
Then pick the genre. A comedy that runs on 15 years of inside jokes, a romance where they finally get the ending you have been rooting for, a thriller in which their inability to leave a situation alone is exactly the right instinct, or a Life Story that treats their actual life as a story worth telling. There are 14 genres and your friend leads all of them. This is a novel, not a roast: the jokes are specific, but they come out of it looking like the hero.
Choose My Friend when you start. Answering takes about five minutes, the book is written and laid out in about an hour, and we email you when it is ready to preview. You read the story and choose from four cover designs per round before you pay anything. Printed books ship free within the US, the digital edition arrives within 24 hours anywhere in the world, and there is an optional dedication page for the part you would rather say in your own words.
Three novels starring your best friend
Lost on Purpose
An adventure in which your friend takes the trip they always talk about, gets thoroughly lost and comes back with a better story. Built from the places they name and the way they pack.
The Person You Call First
A Life Story built from the years you have known each other: the bad apartments, the worse jobs, the late phone calls, and the point where they became the person everybody else calls too.
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@ann_avni
A whole novel where I'm the main character. Still can't believe it's real 🥹
2,057Personal Keepsake
@kristenrae94
His reaction reading the novel I made about him 😂 Best gift I've ever given.
3,902For My Husband
@itstal
Someone turned our story into a real printed novel. Couldn't stop smiling 🧡
2,644Surprise Gift
@christinahoward
"Sean Howard's Five-Year Plan for Loving His Wife" — a real printed novel starring my husband 📖❤️
2,481Anniversary Gift
@markyy
Made my best friend the hero of his own sales thriller 😂 He completely lost it.
1,764Best Friend Gift
@nocona.jw
The moment he realized the whole book is about HIM 📖
1,932For My Husband
@katie_madison
Wrote him into his own novel. He went quiet, then read it all night 🥹
2,318For My Partner
How It Works
Three steps. Five minutes. A book they'll keep forever.
1
Describe the main character
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
2
Review and customize
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
3
We print and ship it
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
1
Describe the main character
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
2
Review and customize
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
3
We print and ship it
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
The Gift They Never Stop Talking About
Real words from our customers, shared with their permission
When it came to writing and putting my vision onto paper, I faced significant challenges. BeTheAuthor gave me a way to bring my ideas to life... It helped shape and refine what I was trying to express without losing the heart of my story. This isn't just a platform to me, this is the doorway to success.
Jenny D. - Homeschooling mom of eight
Verified customerJune 21, 2026
40+ books created
I absolutely love the book. Thank y'all so much, you did a fantastic job putting my words together. The way you put the entire storyline together absolutely captured my son and his dogs, exactly what they are. My family that has read these two books wants to keep them.
Brenda C.
Verified customerJuly 18, 2026
2 books with 8+ copies
The book is so beautiful it made me cry. All of us love the cover photo of our Mother. My brother and his wife are enjoying it, my sister is still reading, we all love it. You did an awesome job, I can't thank you enough. Highly recommend.
Marilyn N.
Verified customerJuly 17, 2026
5 books with 10+ copies
When it came to writing and putting my vision onto paper, I faced significant challenges. BeTheAuthor gave me a way to bring my ideas to life... It helped shape and refine what I was trying to express without losing the heart of my story. This isn't just a platform to me, this is the doorway to success.
Jenny D. - Homeschooling mom of eight
Verified customerJune 21, 2026
40+ books created
I absolutely love the book. Thank y'all so much, you did a fantastic job putting my words together. The way you put the entire storyline together absolutely captured my son and his dogs, exactly what they are. My family that has read these two books wants to keep them.
Brenda C.
Verified customerJuly 18, 2026
2 books with 8+ copies
The book is so beautiful it made me cry. All of us love the cover photo of our Mother. My brother and his wife are enjoying it, my sister is still reading, we all love it. You did an awesome job, I can't thank you enough. Highly recommend.
Marilyn N.
Verified customerJuly 17, 2026
5 books with 10+ copies
Choose Your Format
Every book is 220+ pages, professionally typeset, and made to last.
Launch Pricing — Limited Time
Digital
$39$29
- PDF download
- Delivered within 24 hours
Best Value
Paperback
$49$39
- Soft cover
- Free shipping
Hardcover
$69$59
- Premium binding
- Free shipping
Digital
$39$29
- PDF download
- Delivered within 24 hours
Best Value
Paperback
$49$39
- Soft cover
- Free shipping
Hardcover
$69$59
- Premium binding
- Free shipping
Questions people ask before making a book for a best friend
You answer questions and the writing is done for you. There are up to ten of them, they take about five minutes, and you type in plain language: what they do, who matters to them, the story you always retell. The novel is written from those answers, and you read the whole thing in a preview before deciding to order.
Answer what you know and skip the rest. A best-friend book works well built from the years you were actually there for, rather than from a full biography. Specific detail beats coverage: one story about a road trip is worth more to the writing than a list of dates and places.
Yes, with one of you as the lead. The book has a single main character, and everyone you mention becomes a character around them, so you can be in the story without taking it over. If you both want to be the lead, that is two books.
That is up to you, and there is nothing to hide. The novel is written by our AI from your answers, it is printed and bound like any other book, and it carries a short note at the front that the story is a work of fiction. What makes it theirs is the answers only you could have given. The dedication page is a good place to explain that in two lines.
The digital edition arrives within 24 hours, by email, anywhere in the world. The book itself is written and laid out in about an hour after you answer, and we email you when it is ready to preview. Printed books allow about three business days of printing and then ship free within the US on standard delivery, an estimated 11 to 14 business days, with faster options available at checkout.
The Digital Edition is $29, the Paperback is $39 and the Hardcover is $59. Both printed editions include the digital copy, and standard shipping within the US is free.
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