Books to read and movies to watch before the Oscars 2026
The 2026 Oscars are coming up! Check out the books that inspired some of the nominations and watch the nominated movies!
Read the Book
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor , Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Sound)
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score)
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Original Song)
Watch the Film
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects)
Blue Moon (Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay)
Bugonia (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score)
Diane Warren: Relentless (Best Original Song)
Elio (Best Animated Feature)
F1 (Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects)
Hamnet (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design)
Jurassic World: Rebirth (Best Visual Effects)
Mr Nobody Against Putin (Best Documentary Feature)
One Battle After Another (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Score, Best Sound)
Song Sung Blue (Best Actress)
Sinners (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects)
The Smashing Machine (Best Makeup and Hairstyling)
Weapons (Best Supporting Actress)
Zootopia 2 (Best Animated Feature)
New Fiction: February 2026
| Her last breath | F ADAMS, TAYLOR |
| The Queen’s cook | F AFSHAR, TESSA |
| We who have no gods : | F ANDERSON LIZA |
| If I ruled the world | F BARNETT, AMY |
| One sun only | F BORDAS, CAMILLE |
| Murder will out | F BREEDLOVE, JENNIFER |
| Treaty | F BUNN, DAVIS |
| The Hadacol Boogie | F BURKE, JAMES |
| Promise Me (Sinful Manor, 2). | F CATE, SARA |
| Belgrave Road : | F CHAUHAN, MANISH |
| Persona : | F CLEMENTS, AOIFE |
| Still into you | F CONNOR, ERIN |
| I’m not the only murderer in my retirement home | F CRAIG, FERGUS |
| Death and other occupational hazards : | F DAPUNT, VERONIKA |
| The exes | F DARLINGTON, LOEDORA |
| Book of forbidden words | F FEIN, LOUISE |
| Without a Clue. | F FERGUSON, MELISSA |
| A Spell for Drowning. | F FERRIER, REBECCA |
| One & only | F GOO, MAURENE |
| The hard line | F GREANEY, MARK |
| Where the wildflowers grow | F HARRIS, TERAH |
| Riches to Ruinville. | F HASTINGS, KATHERINE |
| Books & Bewitchment (Arcadia Falls). | F JEWELL, ISLA |
| Keeper of lost children | F JOHNSON, SADEQA |
| A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow. | F JONES, MATTHEW |
| Jigsaw | F KELLERMAN, JONATHAN |
| Dirty metal | F LAMOTHE, ALLISON |
| Dear Debbie | F MCFADDEN, FREIDA |
| Murder bimbo | F NOVACK, REBECCA |
| A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage | F OLIVER, M.K. |
| Evil genius : | F OSHETSKY, CLAIRE |
| The Jills | F PARKMAN, KAREN |
| Cross & Sampson | F PATTERSON, JAMES |
| Fool me once | F RAY, DEANY |
| Stolen in death | F ROBB, J.D. |
| The unwritten rules of magic | F ROSS, HARPER |
| We Were Never Friends. | F ROUDA, KAIRA |
| Chasing the ring | F ROWE, LAUREN |
| Monster in the moonlight | F RYAN, ANNELISE |
| Only friends | F SAN ANDRES, LYDIA |
| A better life | F SHRIVER, LIONEL |
| Warning signs | F SIERRA, TRACY |
| Such a perfect family | F SINGH, NALINI |
| Paper cut | F TAFF, RACHEL |
| With love from Harlem | F TATE, RESHONDA |
| Cold zero | F THOR, BRAD |
| Missing Sam | F UMRIGAR, THRITY |
| The final score | F WINSLOW, DON |
New YA: February 2026
| No Brainer | YA BEDDIA, LEA |
| Winter white | YA CARDI, ANNIE |
| Goodbye and Everything After. | YA COYIUTO, MAE |
| It lurks in the night | YA DASS, SARAH |
| They call her Regret | YA DESAMOURS, CHANNELLE |
| Until the clock strikes midnight | YA DOW, ALECHIA |
| Lost girls of Hollow Lake | YA FAUBION, REBEKAH |
| Soul of a Gentleman Witch | YA FERRARO, DAVID |
| Lights out | YA FLETCHER, JENNI |
| This Wretched Beauty. | YA GRENIER, ELLE |
| The Sun and the Starmaker | YA GRIFFIN, RACHEL |
| Edelweiss. | YA HALL, LLOYD |
| Snagged : | YA HARRIS, CARRIE |
| Few Blue Skies. | YA IXTA, CAROLINA |
| Love me tomorrow | YA JEAN, EMIKO |
| Red star rebels | YA KAUFMAN, AMIE |
| The roommate arrangement | YA MARKUM, SAMANTHA |
| Postscript. | YA MCCARTHY, CORY |
| Footeprint: Eunice Newton Foote at the Dawn of Climate Science and Women’s Rights | YA METCALF, LINDSAY |
| Carnival fantástico | YA MONTOYA, ANGELA |
| Heart’s Gambit. | YA MYALL, J.D. |
| Her name in the sky | YA QUINDLEN, KELLY |
| Stolen midnights | YA QUINN, KATHERINE |
| Dead fake | YA RALPH, VINCENT |
| According to plan | YA RANDALL, CHRISTEN |
| A practical guide to dating a demon | YA REYNOLDS, HANNAH |
| A Stage Set for Villains. | YA SHANNON, SPANN |
| Ungodly chaos | YA SOREN, SELMA |
| Enchanted to meet you | YA STOUT, CARA |
| Sundown girls | YA STRATTON, L.S. |
| This ain’t our first rodeo | YA TAMANI, LIARA |
| To the Death. | YA TANG, ANDREA |
| Love, Sivvy | YA TOALSON, R.L. |
| Love Makes Mochi | YA VALENTINE, STEFANY |
| Damsel from D.I.S.T.R.E.S.S. | YGN CLEMSON, ANDREW |
| Wake now in the fire : | YGN DAPIER, JARRETT |
| Lovely recipe | YGN NINO, MYRA |
| Teen guide to budgeting, saving, and investing | YNF 332.02 MOUNT, SARA |
| Quick guide to ADHD | YNF 506.9 MOONEY, CARLA |
| K-pop : | YNF 781.63 KALLEN, STUART |
| Science fiction fan’s guide to science | YNF 809.3 NARDO, DON |