Golden Globes

The Golden Globe nominees were announced Thursday. Being a huge movie fanatic, in addition to a book lover, I was intrigued by the fact that all but one of the nominees for Best Drama were based on a book.

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• The Reader is based on the book by Bernhard Schlink.
• Richard Yates wrote Revolutionary Road.
• Slumdog Millionaire is based on the book by Vikas Swarup.

I decided to do a little more research. Are there more great books out there that I may have missed?
In 2008, three out of the seven nominations for Best Drama were originally novels.

• Ian McEwan wrote Atonement.
• Cormac Carty wrote No Country for Old Men.
• Upton Sinclair wrote Oil!, the basis for the movie There will be Blood.

The only 2007 nomination that was based on a book was Tom Perrotta's Little Children.
Have you seen these movies or read the books? (Or both?) Why don't you share your thoughts! Also, if you're like me and haven't read some of these, be sure to make a trip to your local library and check them out!

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