Welcome to the Rooster Summer Reading Challenge
Grab a beach towel, favorite cold beverage, and, most importantly, your books. Our Summer Reading Challenge begins now.
fiction
A collection of 101 issues
A Brief History of the Tournament of Books
You can’t kill the Rooster.
Announcing the 2017 Tournament of Books
It’s been a long, turbulent sleep, but now the Rooster wakes. Introducing the shortlist, judges, commentators, and Zombie poll for the 13th edition of The Morning News Tournament of Books.
The 2017 Tournament of Books Long List
This year we read a lot of new fiction. We liked a lot of what we read, and here are our combined favorites. In March we'll narrow them to a final set of 16 novels to compete in the 2017 Tournament of Books presented by Field Notes.
Announcing the 2016 Tournament of Books
The Rooster is hungry. Very hungry. Introducing the judges, shortlist, and Zombie poll for the 2016 edition of The Morning News Tournament of Books.
The 2016 Tournament of Books Long List
The long list for the 2016 Tournament of Books, with 86 titles culled from the year's finest fiction.
The Writing of Art
Protesters are clashing in the street over paintings. What is it, whether in art or literature, that makes one thing better than another?
My Date With Don Draper
The TV series Mad Men is set to begin its final season. Finally we’ll know how many women—and how much Proust—it takes to make Don Draper happy.
Big Time
When viral stardom strikes, your entire future is suddenly within reach—would you capture it or just let it slip?
Announcing the 2015 Tournament of Books
The Rooster begins to stir from his hibernation, and he is hungry. Introducing the judges, shortlist, and Zombie poll for the 2015 edition of the Tournament of Books.