This year, adaptations are represented in 5 of the 10 films up for Best Picture at the Oscars. In 2017, Adam Morgan, of the Chicago Review of Books, analyzed all Best Picture winners and found that adapted screenplays win slightly more than not. I learned all of this in the intro of Ryan Coleman's "Your Literary Guide to the 2024 Oscars" on LitHub.
Coleman then goes on to analyze each of the 5 adapted film, compares them to the source material, and also to the 5 original screen plays. He looks at all of them through a literary lens. It is a fascinating read for any one who follows the book into movie debate, which is everyone who works in a public library here in America right now.
You should take a look at this article as the Oscars are upon us, this Sunday. Pair it with my post entitled, "Oscar Themed Reading Lists and Display Ideas But Make It Interactive" and get up some kind of merchandising of your collection around this big cultural event-- list, display, online content, something-- today!
And, leave it up for at least a few days after the Oscars because while the event is on Sunday, the water cooler conversation around it will linger for at least a week, if not longer.
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