What's the Difference between Gossip Girl the Book and Gossip Girl the TV Show?
                      
                                
                    
                
                
                     
                
                
               
                
                     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                    
                            
                                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    | In the Book | In the TV Show | 
                                
                                
                                
                                 
                                    | Serena van der Woodsen 
 | Serena van der Woodsen Portrayed by: Blake Lively
 | 
                                
                                
                                
                                    | Dan Humphrey 
 | Dan Humphrey Portrayed by: Penn Badgley
 | 
                               
                                
                                
                                 
                                    | Blair Waldorf 
 | Blair Waldorf Portrayed by: Leighton Meester
 | 
                                
                                
                            
                             
                         
                 
                
                     
                            
                                Gossip Girl Book vs  TV Show
                                
                            
                            
                         
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    
                            
                             
                                
                                
                                
                                    | In the Book | In the TV Show | 
                                
                                
                                        
                                            | Erik van der Woodsen is three years older than Serena. | He is two years younger. | 
                                    
                                     
                                            | Erik is straight. | He is gay. | 
                                   
                                        
                                            | Lily van der Woodsen is married to Serena's father. | They are divorced and Lily married both Bart Bass and Rufus. | 
                                    
                                     
                                            | Serena left for boarding school because she ruined her relationship with Blair by having sex with Nate. | She left because after a party a guy she was with died after doing cocaine with her. | 
                                   
                                        
                                            | Blair and Serena have a sexual fling. | They do not. |