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We're counting down to the 98th Academy Awards with a look at the books behind some of this year's nominees! Up first: according to Harpers Bazaar, Best Picture nominee "Marty Supreme" was loosely based on table tennis player Marty Reisman's 1974 memoir "The Money Player."

Up next, best picture nominee "One Battle After Another", inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel "Vineland." According to Variety, the film's writer chose elements from the book to include, rather than creating a full adaptation. hardcover.app/books/vineland

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a classic, and Guillermo Del Toro's latest adaptation is also nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. hardcover.app/books/franke...

Author Maggie O'Farrell co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of her 2020 novel "Hamnet" with director Chloé Zao. The film earned a Best Picture nomination at the 2026 Academy Awards hardcover.app/books/hamnet

The Singers is one of the nominees for this year's Best Live Action Short. It is adapted from a short story of the same name by Ivan Turgenev, and can be found in the collection "A Sportsman's Notebook" hardcover.app/books/a-spor...

Best Animated Feature nominee "Little Amélie or The Character of Rain" is adapted from The Character of Rain, a novel by French author Amélie Nothomb. hardcover.app/books/the-ch...

You can't read it in English (yet), but Makeup and Hairstyling nominee "Kokuho" is adapted from a novel by Japanese author Shuichi Yoshida. The film has become Japan's highest-grossing live-action film, per Variety. Check out Shuichi Yoshida's author page on Hardcover: hardcover.app/authors/shui...