Ep #94: Page to Screen, Oscars Edition

The Academy Awards are this weekend and five of this year's Best Picture nominees are based on books! As book and movie lovers, Adam and Jill decided it would be fun to discuss books that were adapted into films that became Best Picture nominees. We also look ahead to upcoming films and make our predictions for what will be future Oscar contenders.  Tweet your own Page to Screen pics to use @ProBookNerds and email us at [email protected]   Books Mentioned In This Episode: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang Fences by August Wilson A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Oil! by Upton Sinclair The Martian by Andy Weir Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Different Seasons by Stephen King Forrest Gump by Winston Groom Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Capote by Gerald Clarke The Godfather by Mario Puzo Double Indemnity by James Cain Deliverance by James Dickey The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Room With a View by E. M. Forster Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Red Dragon by Thomas Harris The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier Psycho by Robert Bloch Jaws by Peter Benchley The Hours by Michael Cunningham Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Plays of Tennessee Williams Plays of Arthur Miller The Revenant by Michael Punke Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter Serena by Ron Rash Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Far From the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy Black Mass by Dick Lehr & Gerald O'Neill Frankenstein by Mary Shelley In The Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick Dark Places by Gillian Flynn The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman The Dinner by Herman Koch Wonder by R. J. Palacio The Circle by Dave Eggers The Shack by William P. Young Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie  It by Stephen King The Dark Tower by Stephen King Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Devil in the White City by Erik Larson A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at [email protected]    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices