Tournament of Books

For the 5th year, The Morning News is hosting The Tournament of Books, which takes 16 of the most acclaimed novels of the year and pits them against each other, March Madness Style, in a bracketed, judged tournament to determine a winner (sort of tongue-in-cheek complete with thier own t-shirt {pictured here}). Past winners include:

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

The Accidental - Ali Smith

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

The Brief Wondorous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz

A bracket sheet in pdf is available so you can 'track' your favorite book as it advances through the rounds.

In the Sweet 16 this year are:

2666 - Roberto Bolano
Steer Toward Rock - Fae Myenne Ng
Netherland - Joseph O'Neil
A Partisan's Daughter - Louis De Bernieres
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
Harry, Revised - Mark Sarvas
Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri
City of Refuge - Tom Piazza
Shadow Country - Peter Matthiessen
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E Lockhart
The Northern Clemency - Philip Hensher
The Lazarus Project - Aleksandar Hemon
A Mercy - Toni Morrison
The Dart League King - Keith Lee Morris
Home - Marilynne Robinson
My Revolutions - Hari Kunzru

For more information visit either Omnivoracious or The Morning News