I’ve mentioned this tournament before but I am so excited when they announce the book list for the coming year. Beginning in March, these books will be matched-up against one another and will duke it out until a winner has been chosen. The judges for each match are usually very funny and extremely well-read and they change every year.

Even if you choose not to follow the tournament itself, what a great book list. Everyone loves a good list.

The 2013 Tournament of Books Finalists

• HHhH by Laurent Binet
• The Round House by Louise Erdrich
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Arcadia by Lauren Groff
• How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti
• May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
• Ivyland by Miles Klee
• Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• Dear Life by Alice Munro
• Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
• Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
• Building Stories by Chris Ware
• [Winner of the Pre-Tournament Playoff Round. Who will it be??]

Pre-Tournament Playoff Round

• Fobbit by David Abrams
• Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
• The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

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