Are you sad that the Oscars have come and gone? Do you find yourself wanting more, more, more, and don’t want to wait until next year’s Academy Awards? All is not lost. Not only does the Princeton Public Library own (or have on order) copies of each and every film nominated for the year’s best picture, there are a slew of books that either served as the basis for the films or are very similar in plot/subject.
1. American Hustle
Fiction
- The California Roll by John Vorhaus
Nonfiction
- The Sting Man: Inside Abscam by Robert W. Greene
- A Disposition to Be Rich by Geoffrey C. Ward
- Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
2. Captain Phillips
Fiction
Nonfiction
- A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips
- Terror on the Seas: True Tales of Modern-day Pirates by Daniel Sekulich
3. Dallas Buyer’s Club
Fiction
- Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
- Martin and John by Dale Peck
Nonfiction
- The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth
- Fairyland: A Memoir of my Father by Alysia Abbott
4. Gravity
Fiction
- The Martian by Andy Weir
Nonfiction
- An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
- My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer by Anousheh Ansari
5. Her
Fiction
- Love Virtually by Daniel Glattauer
Nonfiction
- Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other by Sherry Turkle
- Data, A Love Story by Amy Webb
6. Nebraska
Fiction
- Driver’s Education by Grant Ginder
- The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
Nonfiction
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
7. Philomena
Nonfiction
- Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-year Search by Martin Sixsmith
- Ma, He Sold Me for A Few Cigarettes: A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s by Martha Long
8. 12 Years a Slave
Fiction
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Nonfiction
- 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
- The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
Fiction
- The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Nonfiction
- The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
- Catching the Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort
- The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader’s Tale of Spectacular Excess by Turney Duff
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