A real 220+ page novel with someone you love as the main character, ready for whichever night you decide is the big one.
Eight nights is a lot of gifts, and the ideas usually thin out somewhere around the middle of the week. If one of those nights is the bigger one in your house, that is where a book goes: a real 220+ page novel with your husband, your mother or your daughter as the main character, written from your answers about them. The block they grew up on. The recipe they refuse to write down. The argument they have been having with their brother since childhood.
Hanukkah moves against the secular calendar every year, so the ordering window moves with it. In 2026 the eight days run December 5 to December 12, with the first candle lit the evening before the first day. For a printed book in time for the first day, order by about November 6 with free standard shipping, or by about November 16 with Express. Those dates are estimated, they are counted in business days, and they already allow for printing and binding.
You answer up to ten questions, choose from 14 genres, and our AI writes the novel from there; then you preview the whole story and the cover before you pay. Printed books ship free with standard delivery inside the US, and both printed editions include the digital copy. If the first night is closer than the shipping window allows, the digital edition arrives within 24 hours and the printed copy can follow later in the week.
A drama about somebody who left the family on purpose and comes back without warning, in the one week of the year when everybody is already in the same house. He is the lead, he is not sorry exactly, and there are eight evenings in which to work out what that means.
A Life Story about a grandparent who ran a small shop, the neighborhood that came through the door, and the family that grew up behind the counter.
A comedy about a family, a house and a repair that takes the entire week, with the one relative who insists he can do it himself as the lead. He can, eventually, and nobody lets him forget the part in the middle.
Watch happy authors open the personalized book they created.
A whole novel where I'm the main character. Still can't believe it's real 🥹
His reaction reading the novel I made about him 😂 Best gift I've ever given.
Someone turned our story into a real printed novel. Couldn't stop smiling 🧡
"Sean Howard's Five-Year Plan for Loving His Wife" — a real printed novel starring my husband 📖❤️
Made my best friend the hero of his own sales thriller 😂 He completely lost it.
The moment he realized the whole book is about HIM 📖
Wrote him into his own novel. He went quiet, then read it all night 🥹
Three steps. Five minutes. A book they'll keep forever.
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
Share a few details — personality, hobbies, and what makes them unique.
Read through every chapter, choose a cover, and tweak anything you want.
A professionally printed book delivered to your door, on us.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Every book is 220+ pages, professionally typeset, and made to last.
Launch Pricing — Limited Time
For 2026, order by about November 6 for a printed book with free standard shipping, or by about November 16 with Express. The eight days run December 5 to December 12 that year, and the dates move each year because Hanukkah follows the Hebrew calendar. All shipping windows are estimated and counted in business days, so treat those as the safe date rather than a promise.
No. The simpler choice is a story about the person, handed over during the holiday. You can set the story around the holiday if you would rather, since the places and details you put in your answers are used and the scenes are written around them. The dedication page is where the message for the night goes.
Yes. Each book is its own set of answers and its own story, so two people in the same house end up with two different novels rather than two copies of one. If you want several copies of a single book, additional copies of the same book cost less in the same order, and you can reorder later from your order page.
Yes. We email you when the book is ready, and you preview the story and the cover options before paying anything. You can adjust your answers, the title and the cover at that point. After payment the book is printed exactly as you approved it, so check names and spellings while you can still change them.
Take the digital edition, which arrives within 24 hours, and order the printed copy to follow. Both printed editions include the digital copy anyway, so nothing is wasted. Printed books ship inside the US only; the digital edition works anywhere in the world.
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.