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?

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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?

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Erasure : a novel
Everett, Percival
Ebook
#20 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' Adapted into the Oscar-nominated major motion picture, American Fiction. By the twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees and...
The curious case of Benjamin Button and other tales of the jazz age
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Ebook
Recently the basis for a major motion picture starring Hollywood golden boy Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was written in 1922 by the golden boy of early twentieth-century American fiction, F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of such era-defining masterworks as The Great Gatsby and Tender...
Les miserables
Hugo, Victor
Ebook
Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Misérables is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic first published in 1862. Covering the years from 1815 through the Paris Uprising in 1832, it is notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline. The novel...
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the west : a novel
Maguire, Gregory.
Audiobook
The New York Times bestseller that inspired the Tony-winning hit musical and major motion picture OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is...
Atonement
McEwan, Ian
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness that provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author. ...
The fellowship of the ring : being the first part of The lord of the rings
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Ebook
Darkness Will Bind Them... watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 on Prime Video The first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS 'A most remarkable feat' Guardian In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit...
The Return of the King
Tolkien, J R R.
Paper Book
Special unjacketed hardback edition of the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. This edition features the complete story with a unique cover design embellished with silver foil and the iconic maps appearing in red and black as endpapers. The...
The two towers : being the second part of the lord of the rings
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Ebook
The second instalment of Tolkien's epic tale, adapted from the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Having fled the Shire in their escape from Sauron's Dark Riders, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed to Rivendell and beyond. Their mission is to reach the Mountain of Fire in...
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