30 Books That Turned Into Oscar Winning Films
From Gone with the Wind to The Godfather, many of the greatest Oscar-winning films began as books. This list gathers the novels that inspired Academy Award–winning movies - timeless stories powerful enough to captivate both readers and audiences on the big screen.
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A Room With a View
E. M. Forster · 2009
Wit and intelligence are the hallmarks of this probing portrait of the English character. And in this story of extreme contrasts—in values, social class, and cultural perspectives—an unconventional romantic relationship leads to conventional happiness in a delightful social comedy.<br> <br> While touring Italy with her overbearing cousin, well-bred Lucy Honeychurch falls in love with the handsome but entirely unsuitable George Emerson, only to become engaged to the haughty Cecil Vyse. But Lucy is lured away from the conventions of upper-middle-class Edwardian society by her yearnings for the clerk she left behind. <i>A Room with a View</i> satirizes the English notion of respectability—and remains Forster’s most beloved novel and a twentieth-century classic.
Emma
Jane Austen · 2003
Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her inept matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.
Room
Emma Donoghue · 2010
The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman · 1996
The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and Newsweek hailed as a “Top 100 Book of All Time.” Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach. Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world. Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want. But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other... A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. A #1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction Published in 40 Countries "Arguably the best juvenile fantasy novel of the past twenty years." —The Washington Post "Very grand indeed." —The New York Times "Pullman is quite possibly a genius." —Newsweek Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials! ** THE BOOK OF DUST ** La Belle Sauvage The Secret Commonwealth
The Help
Kathryn Stockett · 2011
Pygmalion: A Play
George Bernard Shaw · 2020
Sense And Sensibility
Jane Austen · 2012
<p>Sense and Sensibility is the first published novel by Jane Austen. Originally published under the pseudonym “A Lady,” Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, who, upon the death of their father, are left in reduced circumstances to live on the country estate of a distant relative. At Barton Park, the Dashwood sisters engage in romances with the reserved Edward Ferrars, the dashing yet fickle Mr. Willoughby, and the gentlemanly Colonel Brandon, and eventually find the fulfillment of their romantic yearnings.</p> <p>HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.</p>
Women Talking
Miriam Toews · 2019
Still Alice
Lisa Genova · 2009
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Leo Tolstoy · 2020
The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 2004
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Vernes · 2004
The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien · 2012
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy · 2006
Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally · 2013
In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and “masterful account of the growth of the human soul” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), returns with an all-new introduction by the author. An “extraordinary” (The New York Review of Books) novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. In this milestone of Holocaust literature, Thomas Keneally, author of The Book of Science and Antiquities and The Daughter of Mars, uses the actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden—Schindler’s Jews—to brilliantly portray the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil. “Astounding…in this case the truth is far more powerful than anything the imagination could invent” (Newsweek).
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje · 2004
Dune
Frank Herbert · 2003
Mary Poppins
P. L. Travers · 2015
<p>This classic novel continues to enchant readers of all ages! A day with Mary Poppins is a day of magic and make-believe come to life.</p> <p>From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed.</p> <p>It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks house. She becomes a most unusual nanny to Jane, Michael, and the twins.</p> <p>Who else but Mary Poppins can slide up banisters, pull an entire armchair out of an empty carpetbag, and make a dose of medicine taste like delicious lime-juice cordial?</p> <p>As a read-aloud or an independent read for second through fifth graders, Mary Poppins is a winner.</p>
Forrest Gump
Winston Groom · 2012
Out of Africa (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books)
Isak Dinesen · 1992
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time<br/><br/>In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbors--lions, rhinos, elephants, zebras, buffaloes--and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful.<br/><br/>The Random House colophon made its debut in February 1927 on the cover of a little pamphlet called "Announcement Number One." Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, the company's founders, had acquired the Modern Library from publishers Boni and Liveright two years earlier. One day, their friend the illustrator Rockwell Kent stopped by their office. Cerf later recalled, "Rockwell was sitting at my desk facing Donald, and we were talking about doing a few books on the side, when suddenly I got an inspiration and said, 'I've got the name for our publishing house. We just said we were go-ing to publish a few books on the side at random. Let's call it Random House.' Donald liked the idea, and Rockwell Kent said, 'That's a great name. I'll draw your trademark.' So, sitting at my desk, he took a piece of paper and in five minutes drew Random House, which has been our colophon ever since." Throughout the years, the mission of Random House has remained consistent: to publish books of the highest quality, at random. We are proud to continue this tradition today.<br/><br/>This edition is set from the first American edition of 1937 and commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of Random House.
Little Women (Puffin in Bloom)
Louisa May Alcott · 2014
<b>Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.<br></b><br>Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?
Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens · 2003
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Lisbeth Salander Novel (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series)
Stieg Larsson · 2011
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · 2013
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak · 2010
From the acclaimed translators of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" comes a stunning new translation of Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, the first since the 1958 original.
12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup · 2014
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey · 2007
To Kill a Mockingbird 40th
Harper Lee · 1999
The Godfather
Mario Puzo · 1969
<b>The unforgettable saga of an American crime family that became a #1 bestseller and global phenomenon. </b><br> <br> Since its release in 1969, <i>The Godfather </i>has made an indelible mark on American crime fiction. From the mind of master storyteller Mario Puzo, it traces the Corleone family, whose brilliant and brutal portrayal illuminated the violent and seductive allure of power in American society. A tale of family and loyalty, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it has stood the test of time as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. <br> <br> Beyond the bestselling novel, Francis Ford Coppola’s incomparable film adaptation and Academy Award winner for Best Picture cemented <i>The Godfather</i>’s reputation as a triumph in storytelling and a seminal classic for the ages. With a legacy of blood and honor, it is a cultural touchstone that has resonated for generations, and still mesmerizes readers to this day.
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell · 1996
