The 2015 Rooster crows on March 9, which means it’s time to download this year’s brackets to make your picks for which books will live, which ones will die, and which ones will live, then die, then get zombified in the 2015 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
Below is this year’s schedule of when each match-up will take place. Click on the below book titles for a 30 percent discount on our competitors from Powell’s.
March 5
ToB Introduction
by Kevin Guilfoile & John Warner
Opening Round
March 9
The Bone Clocks v. Adam
Judged by Matthea Harvey
March 10
All the Birds, Singing v. A Brief History of Seven Killings
Judged by Elliot Ackerman
March 11
All the Light We Cannot See v. Wittgenstein Jr
Judged by Elisabeth Donnelly
March 12
The Paying Guests v. A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall
Judged by Stephen Marche
March 13
Dept. of Speculation v. Annihilation
Judged by Victor LaValle
March 16
Station Eleven v. An Untamed State
Judged by Alice Sola Kim
March 17
Redeployment v. Silence Once Begun
Judged by Christina Bevilacqua
March 18
Everything I Never Told You v. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Judged by Tayari Jones
Quarterfinals
March 19
TBD v. TBD
Judged by Manuel Gonzales
March 20
TBD v. TBD
Judged by Meg Wolitzer
March 23
TBD v. TBD
Judged by Jessica Lamb-Shapiro
March 24
TBD v. TBD
Judged by Victor “Kool A.D.” Vazquez
Semifinals
March 25
TBD v. TBD
Judged by Laura Cogan
March 26
TBD v. TBD
Judged by J. Courtney Sullivan
Zombie Round
March 27
Zombie Pick No. 1 v. TBD
Judged by Nicole Cliffe
March 30
Zombie Pick No. 2 v. TBD
Judged by Stephin Merritt
Championship
March 31
TBD v. TBD
Judged by Amanda McClendon + All Judges