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Oscar nominees = best-seller list

You'll be excused if you get the

for Best Picture mixed up with a best-seller list. Most of the nominees drew their inspiration from the printed page, and I hope one of them wins the prize, to reinforce the value of literature. Here's a look at the nominees, and the books they drew on:

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-- "Hugo," a charmer adapted from

by Brian Selznick.

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-- "Moneyball," adapted from

about the impact of statistical analysis on major league baseball.

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Kathryn Stockett's novel about the South -- a tear-jerker and book club favorite.

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Jonathan Safran Foer's look at the impact of the World Trade Center collapse.

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the family drama adapted from Kaui Hart Hemmings' novel.

-- "War Horse" adapted from
Michael Morpurgo's novel about World wai I.
Although "Midn

ight in Paris" wasn't drawn from a novel, I'd give that nomination an asterisk because it features the glamorous,  Paris of Hemingway and other ex-pat literary giants. So that leaves "The Artist" as the only non-book nominee. Not bad.

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