2026 Tournament of Books Longlist

1
Among Friends
by Hal Ebbott
237 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
ImperfectCJ, AndrewVogel
2
Your Name Here
by Helen DeWitt
124 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
ImperfectCJ, AndrewVogel
3
Tom's Crossing
by Mark Z. Danielewski
297 members
1 review
½ 4.6
2 Members
ImperfectCJ, AndrewVogel
4
Shadow Ticket
by Thomas Pynchon
527 members
16 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
ImperfectCJ, AndrewVogel
5
On the Calculation of Volume I
by Solvej Balle
1,014 members
22 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ImperfectCJ, AndrewVogel
6
Animal Instinct
by Amy Shearn
29 members
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
7
The Antidote
by Karen Russell
600 members
19 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
8
Audition
by Katie Kitamura
811 members
44 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ImperfectCJ
9
Beneath the Moon and Long Dead Stars
by Daniel Wallace
1 member
Member
ImperfectCJ
10
Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!: Stories
by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
16 members
1 review
3
Member
ImperfectCJ
11
Blob: A Love Story
by Maggie Su
220 members
6 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ImperfectCJ
12
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
by Stephen Graham Jones
1,313 members
37 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
13
The Burning Heart of the World
by Nancy Kricorian
28 members
3 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
14
The Catch
by Yrsa Daley-Ward
83 members
6 reviews
3.2
Member
ImperfectCJ
15
The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
2,694 members
122 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
ImperfectCJ
16
Cursed Daughters
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
350 members
15 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
17
Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor
921 members
33 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
18
The Director
by Daniel Kehlmann
486 members
22 reviews
4.1
Member
ImperfectCJ
19
Dream Count
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
742 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ImperfectCJ
20
The Dream Hotel
by Laila Lalami
612 members
31 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
21
The Emperor of Gladness
by Ocean Vuong
1,081 members
24 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
22
Endling
by Maria Reva
363 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
23
Flashlight
by Susan Choi
603 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
24
Flesh
by David Szalay
919 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ImperfectCJ
25
Fonseca
by Jessica Francis Kane
91 members
6 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
26
The Four Spent the Day Together
by Chris Kraus
65 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
ImperfectCJ
27
The Garden
by Nick Newman
124 members
13 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
28
Gliff
by Ali Smith
394 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
29
Good Dirt
by Charmaine Wilkerson
515 members
30 reviews
4.1
Member
ImperfectCJ
30
If You Love It, Let It Kill You: A Novel
by Hannah Pittard
78 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ImperfectCJ
31
Katabasis
by R. F. Kuang
3,455 members
53 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
32
Killer Potential
by Hannah Deitch
132 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ImperfectCJ
33
Lion
by Sonya Walger
46 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
34
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
by Kiran Desai
767 members
29 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
35
Metallic Realms
by Lincoln Michel
93 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
36
The Mind Reels
by Fredrik deBoer
46 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
ImperfectCJ
37
Minor Black Figures: A Novel
by Brandon Taylor
106 members
5 reviews
4.1
Member
ImperfectCJ
38
The Möbius Book
by Catherine Lacey
109 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ImperfectCJ
39
Mothers and Sons
by Adam Haslett
169 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ImperfectCJ
40
On Earth As It Is Beneath
by Ana Paula Maia
102 members
3 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
41
Palaver
by Bryan Washington
167 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ImperfectCJ
42
The Passenger Seat
by Vijay Khurana
52 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ImperfectCJ
43
The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett
437 members
15 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
44
Run for the Hills
by Kevin Wilson
385 members
31 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
45
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
by Ron Currie
199 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
46
Seduction Theory: A Novel
by Emily Adrian
248 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ImperfectCJ
47
Sheepdogs: A Novel
by Elliot Ackerman
69 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
48
The Silver Book
by Olivia Laing
102 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
ImperfectCJ
49
Sky Daddy
by Kate Folk
211 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
ImperfectCJ
50
The Slip
by Lucas Schaefer
117 members
2 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
51
So Far Gone
by Jess Walter
522 members
37 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
52
Sour Cherry
by Natalia Theodoridou
152 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ImperfectCJ
53
Stag Dance
by Torrey Peters
365 members
9 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
54
Swallows: A Novel
by Natsuo Kirino
59 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ImperfectCJ
55
The Ten Year Affair
by Erin Somers
208 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ImperfectCJ
56
Theft
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
158 members
8 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
57
Tilt
by Emma Pattee
549 members
28 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
58
Too Soon
by Betty Shamieh
100 members
6 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
59
Underspin: A Novel
by E. Y. Zhao
30 members
3
Member
ImperfectCJ
60
The Unveiling: A Novel
by Quan Barry
88 members
5 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
ImperfectCJ
61
Waterline: A Novel
by Aram Mrjoian
21 members
1 review
½ 3.3
Member
ImperfectCJ
62
The Wayfinder
by Adam Johnson
200 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
63
We Do Not Part
by Kang Han
998 members
44 reviews
4
Member
ImperfectCJ
64
We Lived on the Horizon: A Novel
by Erika Swyler
108 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ImperfectCJ
65
We Love You, Bunny
by Mona Awad
383 members
10 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ
66
What a Time to Be Alive: A Novel
by Jade Chang
45 members
1 review
½ 2.5
Member
ImperfectCJ
67
What We Can Know
by Ian McEwan
1,064 members
34 reviews
3.9
Member
ImperfectCJ
68
Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy
2,327 members
94 reviews
4.1
Member
ImperfectCJ
69
The Wilderness
by Angela Flournoy
326 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ImperfectCJ
70
Women, Seated
by Zhang Yueran
56 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
ImperfectCJ