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The Morning News Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powell’s Books, is an annual battle royale amongst the top novels in “literary fiction” published throughout the year. Read more about this year’s tournament »
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• THE 2008 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS •
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• Round One •
Tree of Smoke v. Ovenman
judged by Tobias Seamon
The Savage Detectives v. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
judged by Elizabeth Kiem
Then We Came to the End v. Petropolis
judged by Anthony Doerr
You Don’t Love Me Yet v. New England White
judged by Jessica Francis Kane
Run v. Shining at the Bottom of the Sea
judged by Kate Schlegel
What the Dead Know v. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
judged by Elizabeth McCracken
On Chesil Beach v. Remainder
judged by Ze Frank
The Shadow Catcher v. An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England
judged by Helen DeWitt
• Round Two •
Tree of Smoke v. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
judged by Mark Sarvas
Then We Came to the End v. You Don’t Love Me Yet
judged by Maud Newton
Shining at the Bottom of the Sea v. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
judged by Ted Genoways
Remainder v. The Shadow Catcher
judged by Mark Liberman
• SEMIFINALS •
Tree of Smoke v. Then We Came to the End
judged by Gary Shteyngart
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao v. The Shadow Catcher
judged by Nick Hornby
• ZOMBIE ROUND •
Then We Came to the End v. Remainder
judged by Rosecrans Baldwin
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao v. The Savage Detectives
judged by Andrew Womack
• FINAL ROUND •
Remainder v. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
All Judges + Jennifer Szalai
