Oscars 2014 Read-Alikes

Are you looking for books similar to the movies nominated for tomorrow's Oscars? Here are a few recommendations from Kirkus Reviews list "If you liked this Oscar nominated film, you'll love this book" that you can find at the Community Library:

For fans of Gravity, try The Martian by by Andy Weir: Stranded on Mars by a dust storm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and harsh environmental challenges that test his ingenuity in unique ways.

For those who liked Nebraska, try The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine: A modern tale inspired by Sense and Sensibility finds financially strapped literary sisters Miranda and Annie moving in with divorcée Betty in a run-down Connecticut beach cottage, where they find love among the suburban aristocracy.

For fans of Philmena, try The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin. With AIDS about to claim a well-loved young man, three generations of his family are reunited at his bedside in Ireland, in a novel that explores the nature of love and the complex interrelationships among family members. The Blackwater Lightship is a novel about morals and manners, about culture clashes and clashes of personalities, but it is also a novel full of stories, as the characters give an account of themselves, and the others listen, awe struck or deeply amused at things they have never heard before.

For those who liked 12 Years a Slave, try A Slave in the White House by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor: Chronicles the life of Paul Jennings, a former slave to James and Dolley Madison, tracing his early years on their plantation, his service in the Madison White House household staff and post-emancipation achievements as a first White House memoirist and father of two Union Army soldiers.

To see the full list of Kirkus' Oscar nominee read-alike recommendations click here.