Does anyone here follow the Tournament of Books? The TOB shortlist is out for 2024. Just wondering if any of you have already read any of the books and what you thought of them? I haven’t read any of them this year which is a first for me as I have usually read at least a couple by the time the shortlist is announced.
I haven’t even heard about many of them either, so I must have had too busy of a year this year to pay enough attention to books. (Sad face.) I think I’m going to just start at the beginning and try to read my way through, but let me know if you think there are any I should absolutely read, or any I should avoid, since there are less than three months until the Tournament starts and I doubt I can get through all of them by then, so I need to be a bit selective if possible. Thanks in advance!
Here’s the list:
American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky
Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Cold People by Tom Rob Smith
Dayswork by Chris Bachelder
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
The Auburn Conference by Tom Piazza
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Guest by Emma Cline
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
The Shamshine Blind by Paz Pardo
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
For more info, see:
http://www.tournamentofbooks.com
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by Employment-lawyer