Fresh off their upcoming Oscar wins, the Coen brothers are now set to write and direct Michael Chabon's 2007 novel, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, for Scott Rudin. The novel, about Jewish settlers in Alaska, has sold 191,000 copies in hardcover alone, according to Nielsen Bookscan.

The announcement of a Coen-Rudin-Chabon union is forthcoming. Rudin is known for buying up hot, award-laden books. He produced the Coens' No Country for Old Men, which is based on a Cormac McCarthy novel and up for eight Oscars this month. He also produced the Oscar competition, There Will Be Blood, which was inspired by Upton Sinclair's Oil! And, he's worked with Chabon books before, producing Wonder Boys and currently developing the 2001 Pulitzer-Prize winner, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

After the jump a list a partial list of some of the hot literary properties Rudin has or is working with. (Years in parentheses refer to the film's release, not the book's.)

• The Corrections (2009)—Jonathan Franzen's National Book Award winner and Oprah's Book Club dissin' epic.

• Special Topics in Calamity Physics (2008)—Marisha Pessl's lauded debut novel, perhaps one of the most overrated books of last year.

• The Reader (2008)—Bernhard Schlink's bestseller went the Oprah Book Club route. It deals with later generations comprehending the Holocaust, so look for it at next year's Oscars.

• The Year of Magical Thinking (2007)—Rudin went out of his way to personally convince Joan Didion to bring her Pulitzer-Prize-and-National-Book-award-winning memoir to Broadway.

• The Hours (2002) —Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel made for an Oscar-winning movie.

• Angela's Ashes (1999)—Frank McCourt's Pulitzer-Prize-winning memoir made for a less winning flick.

• A Civil Action (1998)—Jonathan Harr's bestseller won the National Book Critics Circle award for nonfiction; Robert Duvall got an Oscar nod for his work in the movie.

• The Firm (1993)—Okay, not quite literature, but this is the John Grisham cinematic adaptation that started them all. It seems so long ago; Tom Cruise seemed somewhat sane then.