To celebrate the 96th Academy Awards, we decided to turn to books about the Oscars. Keep reading to find books about the Oscars to read before you tune into this year’s Oscars!

If you are anything like me, then you already know the book was better than the movie before ever watching the movie. There have been movies that made me read the books and the books were just as good like Shutter Island or Fight Club.

But today, we will be looking at books about the Oscars to celebrate the nominations and the winners in the upcoming award show. We will finally know if Barbie or Oppenheimer was the best movie of 2023. Or will there be an upset?

Books About the Oscars

50 Oscar Nights

50 Oscar Nights book
50 Oscar Nights by Dave Karger

Released just last month, 50 Oscar Nights by Dave Karger give you a behind the scenes look at the Academy Awards. Actors and filmmakers discuss their win as well as sharing anecdotes that haven’t ever been made public. If you like sharing fun stories that none of your friends have heard about, then you’ll enjoy this!

The Academy and the Award

In Bruce Davis’ book The Academy and the Award, he talks about his job as executive director of the Academy Awards. His position offers him access to archive that others can only dream about and this book is the result. Davis talks about the people he’s worked with and shares stories about the Academy.

Red Carpet Oscars

If you don’t care about the awards and tune in to see the amazing outfits, then you aren’t alone. Red Carpet Oscars by Dijanna Mulhearn is about the fashion on the Oscars red carpet. And it is pretty detailed as it looks back chronological over the past 90 years.

Conclusion

These are the books about the Oscars to check out before watching the Oscars. You many have a new fondness for the award show. Or not. Either way, you have new books to read and that’s deserving of an award itself.

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