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Alterna-March Madness

The Morning News is holding its annual NBA alternative, the 2008 Tournament of Books, starting March 7. (Link from Bookslut.) Judges have been announced, but brackets are yet to come for these contenders, all of which are discounted for the tourney at Powells.com:

Run by Ann Patchett
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Petropolis by Anya Ulinich
Ovenman by Jeff Parker
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
You Don’t Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem
New England White by Stephen L. Carter
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Shining at the Bottom of the Sea by Stephen Marche
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke

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2 Responses to “Alterna-March Madness”

  1. Lazy Cow Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 5:02 am

    Thanks for the link. I’ve missed the start of it the past two years. Mind you, I’ve only read one and a half of the books. (Run, and didn’t think much of it, though I love Ann Patchett’s other books and I loathed Remainder). Still, it it may introduce me to some good authors!

  2. girldetective Says:
    March 9th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    I’ve picked 9 out of the 16 that sound good, and have located most of them, plus kind reader Amy is going to lend me one. How many of them I actually get through? We shall see.