Emmy-Nominated Reading

Tired of mindlessly scrolling through Netflix? You’re in luck, because this week, we’re gonna get you turning some pages! We’re highlighting a selection of amazing books that were turned into Emmy-nominated series. If you want to find the roots of America’s most notorious chronic illness, look no further than Dopesick, a tour-de-force on how one drug company addicted a nation. Check out Maid for an in-depth look at the dirty world of the ultra-wealthy. If you’re looking to get sucked into the heart of a story, turn your eye towards Emily St. John Mandel’s masterpiece, Station Eleven. And to top off your Emmy-nominated reading, check out Flight Attendant to find out more about the hidden boozy world in the back cabin. Your Emmy reads await!

 

The Flight Attendant

Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series (Kaley Cuoco)

The Flight Attendant: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) by Chris Bohjalian

 

The Ms. Pat Show

Nominated for Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series (Mary Lou Belli)

Rabbit: A Memoir by Patricia Williams

Killing Eve

Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series (Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh)

Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings

When the world’s most skilled assassin murders an influential Russian politician, former MI6 operative Eve Polastri is tasked with finding and capturing her and her accomplices.

Killing Eve: No Tomorrow

Killing Eve: Die for Me

 

The Morning Show

Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress (Reese Witherspoon), Lead Actor (Billy Cruddup), and Guest Actress (Marcia Gay Harden) In A Drama Series

Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter

 

 

Dopesick

Nominated for Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series and Lead Actor (Michael Keaton), Supporting Actor (Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg), Supporting Actress (Kaitlyn Deaver and Mare Winningham), Directing, and Writing in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy

 

 

Under the Banner of Heaven

Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie (Andrew Garfield)

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

Traces the events that surrounded the 1984 murder of a woman and her child by fundamentalist Mormons Ron and Dan Lafferty, exploring the belief systems and traditions that mark the faith’s most extreme factions.

 

 

Station Eleven

Nominated for Outstanding Directing, Writing, and Lead Actor (Himesh Patel) In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of “King Lear” marks the beginning of the world’s dissolution in a story told at various past and future times from the perspectives of the actor and four of his associates.

 

 

Maid

Nominated for Outstanding Directing, Writing, and Lead Actress (Margaret Qualley) In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land