Books Made into Oscar-Nominated Films

Before they were nominated for Academy Awards, these stories were books. Which do you prefer, the book or the movie?

Updated March 17, 2025
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Marvel Premier Collection. a nation under our feet / Black Panther
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
Marvel's Premier Collection packs iconic stories into a sleek new format ideal for Marvel fans, gamers, and comic readers both old and new, as well as anyone looking for the perfect entry point into the Marvel Universe anytime, anywhere. National Book Award-winner Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World...
Les Misřables
Hugo, Victor
Paper Book
"The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness." "So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use," says Victor Hugo in the preface of his famous novel. Set in the years after...
Life of Pi : a novel
Martel, Yann.
The fellowship of the ring
Tolkien, J. R. R.
CD
The Fellowship of the Ring
The return of the king
Tolkien, J. R. R.
CD
The Return of the King
The two towers being the second part of The lord of the rings
Tolkien, J. R. R.
CD
The Two Towers

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