Editing The Godfather (novel) (section)

==Sequels==
In 1984, Puzo's literary sequel to ''[[The Godfather]]'' was published. Titled ''[[The Sicilian]]'', it chronicles the life of "Giuliano" ([[Salvatore Giuliano]]) but the Corleone family is featured heavily throughout, [[Michael Corleone]] in particular. Chronologically this story sits between Michael's exile to [[Sicily]] in 1950 (Book VI) and his return to the United States (Book VII). For copyright reasons, the Corleone family involvement was cut from the [[Michael Cimino]] [[The Sicilian (film)|film adaptation]], which is not considered part of the [[Godfather film series|''Godfather'' film series]].

In 2004, [[Random House]] published a sequel to Puzo's ''The Godfather'', ''[[The Godfather Returns]]'', by [[Mark Winegardner]]. A further sequel by Winegardner, ''[[The Godfather's Revenge]]'', was released in 2006. These novels continue the story from Puzo's novel.

''The Godfather Returns'' picks up the story immediately after the end of Puzo's ''The Godfather''. It covers the years 1955 to 1962, as well as providing significant backstory for Michael Corleone's character prior to the events of the first novel. The events of the film ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' all take place within the timeframe of this novel, but are only mentioned in the background. The novel contains an appendix that attempts to correlate the events of the novels with the events of the films.

''The Godfather's Revenge'' covers the years 1963 to 1964.

Continuing Puzo's habit, as seen in ''The Godfather'', of featuring characters who are close analogs of real-life events and public figures (as Johnny Fontane is an analog of [[Frank Sinatra]]), Winegardner features in his two ''Godfather'' novels analogs of [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.|Joseph]], [[John F. Kennedy|John F.]] and [[Robert F. Kennedy]], as well as alleged organized crime figure [[Carlos Marcello]] (Carlo Tramonti). In ''[[The Godfather Returns]]'', Winegardner also dramatizes the [[Apalachin Meeting|sweep of organized crime arrests]] that took place in [[Apalachin, New York]], in 1957.

Winegardner uses all of the characters from the Puzo novels and created a few of his own, most notably Nick Geraci, a Corleone [[soldato|soldier]] who plays a pivotal role in the sequel novels. Winegardner further develops characters from the original novel, such as [[Fredo Corleone]], [[Tom Hagen]], and Johnny Fontane.

In 2012, a prequel based on an unproduced screenplay by Mario Puzo titled ''[[The Family Corleone]]'', was written by [[Edward Falco|Ed Falco]]. It tells the story of how [[Vito Corleone]] rises to Don and how [[Sonny Corleone]] and [[Tom Hagen]] enter the family business.