The Morning News Tournament of Books2017

Given by The Morning News

Other Names: The Rooster
18 Works 35,498 Books 2,074 Reviews ½ 3.9
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 show more deciding which book moves forward in the competition—until one finally wins that year’s coveted Rooster award. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (20), Finalist (40), Zombie Round (72), Semi-Finalist (80), Quarterfinalist (160), Short List (320), Play-In Selection (31), Long List (2)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (18), 2023 (18), 2022 (18), 2021 (18), 2020 (18), 2019 (18), 2018 (18), 2017 (18), 2016 (17), 2015 (16), 2014 (17), 2013 (18), 2012 (16), 2011 (17), 2010 (16), 2009 (16), 2008 (16), 2007 (16), 2006 (16), 2005 (16)
Announced:
March 29: Winner2024 Recent

Winner 1

WorkYear
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead2017

Finalist 2

WorkYear
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead2017
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi2017

Zombie Round 4

WorkCategoryYear
The Nix by Nathan HillZombie Selection2017
The Vegetarian by Han KangZombie Selection2017
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead2017
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi2017

Semi-Finalist 4

WorkCategoryYear
The Nix by Nathan HillZombie Selection2017
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead2017
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi2017
Version Control by Dexter Palmer2017

Quarterfinalist 8

WorkCategoryYear
The Nix by Nathan HillZombie Selection2017
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead2017
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi2017
Version Control by Dexter Palmer2017
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders2017
The Mothers by Brit Bennett2017
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter2017
Mister Monkey by Francine Prose2017

Short List 16

WorkCategoryYear
Sudden Death by Álvaro EnriguePlay-In Winner2017
The Nix by Nathan HillZombie Selection2017
The Vegetarian by Han KangZombie Selection2017
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead2017
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi2017
Version Control by Dexter Palmer2017
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders2017
The Mothers by Brit Bennett2017
Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter2017
Mister Monkey by Francine Prose2017
Moonglow by Michael Chabon2017
We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge2017
High Dive by Jonathan Lee2017
Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet2017
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout2017
Black Wave by Michelle Tea2017

Play-In Selection 3

WorkCategoryYear
Sudden Death by Álvaro EnriguePlay-In Winner2017
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder2017
The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan2017

Descriptions

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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