Articles Written By The Tournament of Books Staff
The Tournament of Books’ organizers Andrew Womack and Rosecrans Baldwin are TMN’s co-founders. Baldwin’s most recent book is Everything Now, winner of the 2022 California Book Award. For his other books, try rosecransbaldwin.com.
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Announcing Camp ToB 2019
Three months of conversation, two novels a month, and one final champion that advances to the 2020 Tournament of Books. Vote for the novels you want us to read and discuss this summer.
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Announcing the 2019 Tournament of Books
Here it is: the shortlist, judges, commentators, and Zombie poll for the 2019 edition of the Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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The 2019 Tournament of Books Long List
Here are our favorite, Rooster-approved novels from 2018. In the coming weeks, we’ll cull this list down to our final set of competitors for the 2019 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: The Final
It’s the end of the summer, the readers have spoken, and we have a winner.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week 12
It’s the second-to-last week of the 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge, which means two big things: Novelist Emma Straub decides between August’s two books and the commentariat votes for the book of the summer.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week 11
We’re in the home stretch of the 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge, as we begin our final book of the season: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez. We’re again joined by our August judge, Emma Straub, in conversation with Nozlee Samadzadeh.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week 10
It’s the final month in the 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge. Novelist Emma Straub and our own Nozlee Samadzadeh wrap up their discussion of Kudos by Rachel Cusk.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week Nine
It’s a new month in the 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge. This week we welcome a new judge, Emma Straub, who will be in conversation all month long with Nozlee Samadzadeh. First up: Kudos by Rachel Cusk.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week Eight
We wrap up our July reading with the conclusion of Census—plus, this month’s judges, Kelly McEvers and Nathan Deuel, make the call on which book heads to our end-of-summer finale.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week Seven
It’s the second book in our July matchup, Census by Jesse Ball, and we’re back in conversation with our July judges, Kelly McEvers and Nathan Deuel.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week Six
This week, we finish off the first book in our July matchup, Circe by Madeline Miller, welcoming back this month’s judges, Kelly McEvers and Nathan Deuel.
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The 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge: Week Five
It’s a new month in the 2018 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge. We welcome our July judges, Kelly McEvers and Nathan Deuel, and discuss the first half of Madeline Miller’s Circe.