Custom Story Books for Adults
Personalised books aren’t just for kids. Create a full-length, grown-up novel starring an adult you love — romance, adventure, mystery and more.
Most personalised books are aimed at children — but adults deserve to be the hero too. Our custom story books for adults are real, full-length novels written for grown-up readers, with the depth, tone and genres adults actually enjoy.
Make a partner, parent, friend or colleague the star of a story written entirely around them.
Grown-Up Stories
Full-length novels with genres and tone made for adult readers — not children’s rhymes.
Built Around Them
The adult you choose leads the story, shaped by their personality and world.
A Real Printed Book
Professionally printed as a paperback or hardcover keepsake and delivered.
Personalised books, grown up
A custom story book for an adult can be romantic, hilarious, epic or heartfelt — whatever suits the person and the occasion. The result reads like a proper novel because it is one.
Choose from a range of adult-friendly genres and add the details that make it theirs.
A standout gift for any adult
Birthdays, anniversaries, retirements or just to surprise someone — a personalised novel is a uniquely thoughtful gift for the adults in your life.
Three premises written for grown-up readers
These are full-length adult novels — real plot, real stakes, no cartoon animals. Three starting points that suit adult recipients:
The literary one about a life not taken
Your reader appears as someone at a crossroads: the job they turned down, the city they left, the person they did not call. The novel follows the other branch. It is reflective rather than action-driven and tends to be the version people re-read, particularly around a milestone birthday.
The thriller where they are the one who works it out
A disappearance, a buried document, a colleague who is lying. Your recipient is the person who notices first and cannot let it go. Naming real streets and workplaces makes the early chapters land hard, because the reader recognises the world before the plot turns on them.
The comic novel that roasts them affectionately
Adult humour, sharper edges, and their genuine quirks turned up to eleven. This is the one that gets read aloud at the table. It works best when you feed in the specific stuff — the bad parking, the group chat, the holiday that went wrong — rather than generic traits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these books actually written for adults?+
Yes — they’re full-length novels with adult genres, tone and reading level, not children’s books.
What genres can I choose?+
Romance, comedy, adventure, mystery, fantasy, sci-fi and more.
Who is it a good gift for?+
Partners, parents, friends, colleagues — any adult you want to make the hero of their own story.
Do I get a printed copy?+
Yes — paperback or hardcover, printed and delivered.
Make an adult the hero of their story
Create a custom story book for an adult in minutes — printed and delivered.
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