Red carpet hoopla aside, we all know that movies are the real stars of the Oscars. But with so many award-winning book-to-movie adaptations, it can be an exciting night for book lovers too. The fast-approaching 87th annual Academy Awards is no different, with plenty of spectacular movie nominations beginning first as spectacular books (some might even surprise you). This year Wes Anderson’s "The Grand Budapest Hotel," inspired by The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig, leads the nominations (along with "Birdman"), so we’re especially excited to be hosting author Matt Zoller Seitz next month to sign and discuss his companion book to the film, which takes readers behind the scenes of Wes Anderson’s imaginative production. That said, we’ve collected the rest of the Oscar-nominated books below and highly suggest you give them a read.
- "Inherent Vice" (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson), based on Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
- "Unbroken" (dir. Angelina Jolie) based on Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- "The Theory of Everything" (dir. James Marsh), based on Traveling to Infinity: The True Story Behind the Theory of Everything by Jane Hawking
- "Still Alice" (dir. Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland) based on Still Alice by Lisa Genova
- "Gone Girl" (dir. David Fincher), based on Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- "The Imitation Game" (dir. Morten Tyldum), based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
- "American Sniper" (dir. Clint Eastwood), based on American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
- "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (dir. Alejandro G. Inarritu), based on What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
- "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" (dir. Peter Jackson), based on The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- "Wild" (dir. Jean-Marc Vallee), based on Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
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