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Play-In Match
March 6 • Hannah Pearl Utt
All Fours v. Liars v. The Wedding PeopleOpening Round
March 7 • Molly Templeton
James v. The Book Censor’s LibraryMarch 10 • Hannah Bonner
Headshot v. The Book of LoveMarch 11 • Jean Chen Ho
Martyr! v. RejectionMarch 12 • Meher Manda
Beautyland v. Great ExpectationsMarch 13 • Bobuq Sayed
Orbital v. The History of SoundMarch 14 • Alena Saunders
Colored Television v. The Extinction of Irena ReyMarch 17 • Max Read
Liars v. The Book of GeorgeMarch 18 • Michael David Lukas
Margo’s Got Money Troubles v. Someone Like UsQuarterfinals
March 19 • Stephen Kearse
James v. HeadshotMarch 20 • Kelly McEvers
Martyr! v. BeautylandMarch 21 • Nicholas Glastonbury
The History of Sound v. The Extinction of Irena ReyMarch 24 • Emily Hughes
Liars v. Margo’s Got Money TroublesSemifinals
March 25 • Aditi Khorana
James v. Martyr!March 26 • Sammy Loren
The Extinction of Irena Rey v. Margo’s Got Money TroublesZombie Round
March 27 • Ivy Pochoda
Martyr! v. Margo’s Got Money TroublesMarch 28 • Mary Turfah
The Extinction of Irena Rey v. JamesChampionship
March 31 • All judges
Martyr! v. James
Every March, literary bloodsport reigns supreme
Since 2005, the Tournament of Books has been home to a month-long battle royale among the year’s best novels. Each weekday in March, two works of fiction go head to head, with one of our judges deciding which book moves forward in the competition—until one finally wins that year’s coveted Rooster award.
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