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Your Literary Guide to the 2023 Oscars

What to Read (and Watch) After Each Best Picture Contender

Sure, we’re a website about books, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get in on the Oscars fun, too. (Exhibit A: If they gave Oscars to books, our 2022 nominees.) And while there are few adaptations in this year’s lineup, we’ll still be tuning in on Sunday to celebrate storytelling, judge the Academy’s taste, and perhaps witness some live drama. In the meantime, we’re recommending the books and films you should read and watch next for each Best Picture contender. Follow along with us on Twitter on Sunday at 8 pm ET!

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all quiet on the western front

What to Read (and Watch) After All Quiet on the Western Front

Stream it on: Netflix
Nominated:
Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, International Feature Film (Germany), Original Score, Sound, Production Design, Cinematography, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects

What to Read (and Watch) After Avatar: The Way of Water

Nominated: Best Picture, Visual Effects, Production Design, Sound

Banshees of Inisherin

What to Read (and Watch) After The Banshees of Inisherin

Stream it on: HBO, Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Actor (Colin Farrell), Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan), Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon), Director (Martin McDonagh), Original Score, Original Screenplay, Film Editing

Elvis

What to Read (and Watch) After Elvis

Stream it on: HBO Max, Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Actor (Austin Butler), Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Film Editing, Sound

Everything Everywhere All At Once

What to Read (and Watch) After Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stream it on: Showtime, Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Supporting Actress (Stephanie Hsu and Jamie Lee Curtis), Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Costume Design, Film Editing

The Fabelmans

What to Read (and Watch) After The Fabelmans

Stream it on: Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Best Actress (Michelle Williams), Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Supporting Actor (Judd Hirsch), Original Score, Original Screenplay, Production Design

TAR

What to Read (and Watch) After TÁR

Stream it on: Peacock, Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Actress (Cate Blanchett), Director (Todd Field), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing

Top Gun: Maverick

What to Read (and Watch) After Top Gun: Maverick

Stream it on: MGM, Paramount, Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Visual Effects, Film Editing, Sound, Original Song

What to Read (and Watch) After Triangle of Sadness

Stream it on: Huli, Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Director (Ruben Östlund), Original Screenplay

What to Read (and Watch) After Women Talking

Stream it on: Prime Video
Nominated:
Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay

Eliza Smith
Eliza Smith
Eliza Smith is Lit Hub's Special Projects Editor and runs the newsletter What to Watch. With Haley Swanson, she's co-editor of Sex and the Single Woman, an essay anthology based on Helen Gurley Brown's Sex and the Single Girl (Harper Perennial, 2022).





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