What is to March Madness as tea is to beer?
Powells and TMN are running the Tournament of Books again, and I believe it's the second annual one. Notable judges this year include Maud Newton and Choire Sicha, who judged in last year's tournament too, if I recall correctly. I've gone to great lengths to format my tournament picks in HTML below. You'll notice that I have a couple number three seeds upsetting other contenders. Let's hurry up and form a pool, because the first match is already finished. See also my brief commentary on last year's tournament.
- Smith, Z. (1)
- Foer (3)
- Foer (3)
- Krauss (1)
- The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss (1)
- The Time In Between: A Novel by David Bergen (4)
- Foer (3)
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (3)
- Veronica: A Novel by Mary Gaitskill (2)
- Lipsyte (3)
- Ishiguro (1)
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (1)
- The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole by Stephanie Doyon (4)
- Lipsyte (3)
- Home Land by Sam Lipsyte (3)
- The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova (2)
- Smith, Z. (1)
- McCarthy (1)
- McCarthy (1)
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (1)
- The King of Kings County by Whitney Terrell (4)
- Gaiman (3)
- Anansi Boys: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (3)
- The Accidental: A Novel by Ali Smith (2)
- Smith, Z. (1)
- Smith, Z. (1)
- On Beauty: A Novel by Zadie Smith (1)
- Beasts of No Nation: A Novel by Uzodinma Iweala (4)
- McEwan (2)
- Garner: A Novel by Kirstin Allio (3)
- Saturday by Ian McEwan (2)
