The Reader’s Corner

The Morning News is running its annual Tournament of Books. They describe this contest as “literary awarding gone ferocious, March Madness-style.” Basically, they take 16 novels from the previous year and seed them into a competitive bracket, much like in sports challenges. A group of judges then pick their favorite from each head-to-head match over the course of five rounds until one book is named victorious.

You can read more about the contest, including meeting the judges, here.

They’re already entering the quarterfinals, but you can still read the opening round recap, and the overview of the contest. You can also go back further and read the “pre-game primer”.

This is definitely one I’m putting on my calendar for next year, and a list of books I’m adding to my ever-growing list of ones to pick up (some were already on it, but many were not).