Now that the countdown to the 88th annual Academy Awards is on... it's time to get reading. The books highlighted here all inspired this year’s most outstanding films.
These are the books that inspired Leo's much-talked about performance in The Revenant, Eddie's stunning transformation in The Danish Girl and Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara's beautiful performances in Carol.
So get reading - there's not much time left until Hollywood glams up to walk the red carpet in hopes of scoring Oscar gold on Sunday February 28th.
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Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Nominated for 3 Oscars
Colin Toiblin’s Brooklyn is hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking. Set in Ireland in the 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Eils leaves her family and country for a job in unfamiliar Brooklyn, where she finds herself in a crowded boarding house where the landlady’s intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. A must-read coming-of-age tale that inspired Saoirse Rona’s Best Actress nominated performance.
