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Every Contender in the Morning News's Tournament of Books, 2005-2024

In 2005, the website The Morning News started the Tournament of Books, partially as a way to poke fun at putting literary works in competition with each other, but partially in earnest, with serious discussion and debate. 2024 marks its twentieth iteration(!), so in celebration here's a list of all the competitors, including ones from the play-in round introduced in 2016. Several of these have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, the Man Booker Prize, and the National Book Awards. Have fun with this!
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The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
1
Philip Roth
The Bad Boy's Wife (Karen Shepard)
The Bad Boy's Wife
2
Karen Shepard
The News From Paraguay (Lily Tuck)
The News From Paraguay
3
Lily Tuck
The Inner Circle (T.C. Boyle)
The Inner Circle
4
T.C. Boyle
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
5
Susanna Clarke
The Rope Eater (Ben Jones)
The Rope Eater
6
Ben Jones
Heir to the Glimmering World (Cynthia Ozick)
Heir to the Glimmering World
7
Cynthia Ozick
Human Capital (Stephen Amidon)
Human Capital
8
Stephen Amidon
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
9
David Mitchell
The Finishing School (Muriel Spark)
The Finishing School
10
Muriel Spark
An Unfinished Season (Ward Just)
An Unfinished Season
11
Ward Just
The Dew Breaker (Edwidge Danticat)
The Dew Breaker
12
Edwidge Danticat
I Am Charlotte Simmons (Tom Wolfe)
I Am Charlotte Simmons
13
Tom Wolfe
Wake Up, Sir!
Wake Up, Sir!
14
Birds Without Wings (Louis De Bernieres)
Birds Without Wings
15
Louis De Bernieres
Harbor (Lorraine Adams)
Harbor
16
Lorraine Adams
The History of Love (Nicole Krauss)
The History of Love
17
Nicole Krauss
The Time in Between
The Time in Between
18
Veronica (Mary Gaitskill)
Veronica
19
Mary Gaitskill
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
20
Jonathan Safran Foer
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
21
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole (Stephanie Doyon)
The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole
22
Stephanie Doyon
Home Land
Home Land
23
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
24
Elizabeth Kostova
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
25
Cormac McCarthy
The King of Kings County (Whitney Terrell)
The King of Kings County
26
Whitney Terrell
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
27
Neil Gaiman
The Accidental (Ali Smith)
The Accidental
28
Ali Smith
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
29
Zadie Smith
Beasts of No Nation (Uzodinma Iweala)
Beasts of No Nation
30
Uzodinma Iweala
Garner (Kirstin Allio)
Garner
31
Kirstin Allio
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
32
Ian McEwan
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
33
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Echo Maker
The Echo Maker
34
The Emperor's Children (Claire Messud)
The Emperor's Children
35
Claire Messud
Firmin (Sam Savage)
Firmin
36
Sam Savage
Brookland (Emily Barton)
Brookland
37
Emily Barton
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (Peter Orner)
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
38
Peter Orner
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
39
Cormac McCarthy
Arthur and George (Julian Barnes)
Arthur and George
40
Julian Barnes
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