This Year's Oscar Noms Are Out, Now Get Ready for 2026's Page to Screen Adaptations With Becky's Advice On Making Better Page to Screen Displays

Last week the Oscar Nominations came out and as always, there is a lot of overlap for us in library land. This year's best adapted screen play nominations are:

NOMINEES

BUGONIA

Screenplay by Will Tracy

NOMINEES

FRANKENSTEIN

Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

NOMINEES

HAMNET

Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell

NOMINEES

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

NOMINEES

TRAIN DREAMS

Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Of these, Bugonia, is adapted from a Korean film but otherwise the others come from books. 

Hamnet is also unique in that the author of the novel it is based on was a writer for the film. Recently, PW did this interview with O'Farrell about that page to screen process.

But this is a list of and conversation about last year's adaptations. As all of us who work in libraries know, all page to screen adaptations are popular with our patrons all year long. Plus, books that have been out a while, get new life from their screen release, even if the author had nothing to do with the adaptation.

So while we field requests for these books-- Frankenstein, Hamnet, Train Dreams, and Vineland (One Battle After Another)-- and people have to place holds, why not offer "while you wait"t suggestions of  2026's screen adaptations. The books are all available right now. And bonus points for the readers being excited that they are "ready" when the movies and TV shows follow soon. 

Where can you find those title though? LitHub has you covered with this comprehensive 2026 Literary Film and TV preview.

Look you can make the same old same, old display of current and past Oscar nominees in this category. Or you can give people a better display, one that allows them to read a great book and get ready for the pop culture discussions that are coming every soon. You look like a genius. You have anticipated their needs and given them a book they could not find without your help. They will remember it is the library that helped them enjoy the screen release and the pop culture moment around it even more.

And let's be honest here. If you put up an Oscar nominees display, it won't have any of this year's books anyway. They got checked out last week and there is a long holds queue. They won't be as satisfied with past nominees as they will be with the possibility of getting ahead of next year's awards cycle.

The concept of being a head of the curve, rather than a year or two behind, is way more exciting to readers.

So get that "Moving from Page to Screen in 2026" display up this week instead of an Oscar themed one. Trust me. They will love it. And come this time next year, they will be thanking you.