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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.

The Book of Goose [2023]

Klara and the Sun [2022]

Interior Chinatown [2021]

Normal People [2020]

My Sister, the Serial Killer [2019]

Fever Dream [2018]

The Underground Railroad [2017]

The Sellout [2016]

Station Eleven [2015]

The Good Lord Bird [2014]

The Orphan Master’s Son [2013]

The Sisters Brothers [2012]

A Visit From the Goon Squad [2011]

Wolf Hall [2010]

A Mercy [2009]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [2008]

The Road [2007]

The Accidental [2006]

Cloud Atlas [2005]

The Book of Goose [2023] • Klara and the Sun [2022] • Interior Chinatown [2021] • Normal People [2020] • My Sister, the Serial Killer [2019] • Fever Dream [2018] • The Underground Railroad [2017] • The Sellout [2016] • Station Eleven [2015] • The Good Lord Bird [2014] • The Orphan Master’s Son [2013] • The Sisters Brothers [2012] • A Visit From the Goon Squad [2011] • Wolf Hall [2010] • A Mercy [2009] • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [2008] • The Road [2007] • The Accidental [2006] • Cloud Atlas [2005] •

2024
ROOSTER
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