Tournament of Books 2021

Tournament of Books
Rooster Award for best fiction
sponsored by Field Notes and Bookshop
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Love to treat myself with this annual self challenge of reading some or all of the shortlist books for this tournament.

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WINNER: tba in April
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THE SHORTLIST:

Breasts and Eggs
by Mieko Kawakami,
translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd
Literary, Feminism, Japan | Goodreads | my rating: 5 got me thinking about the female body, children and meaning of life

A Children’s Bible
by Lydia Millet
Literary, Dystopia | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Deacon King Kong
by James McBride
Historical, Literary | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
Literary, China | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam
Thriller, Mystery | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Luster
by Raven Leilani
Contemporary, African American | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Memorial
by Bryan Washington
Contemporary, LGBTQ | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
Fantasy | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Sharks in the Time of Saviors
by Kawai Strong Washburn
Magical Realism, Hawaii | Goodreads | my rating: DNF

Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
Historical, Scotland | Goodreads | my rating: 4 my two-bits: Sad. Sad realities, but love it there.

Telephone
by Percival Everett
Contemporary, Family | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica
translated by Sarah Moses
Horror, Dystopia | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Transcendent Kingdom
by Yaa Gyasi
Contemporary, Africa | Goodreads | my rating: 5 got me thinking: religion, science, addiction, depression

The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Historical | Goodreads | my rating: tba

We Ride Upon Sticks
by Quan Barry
Historical, Sports, Witches | Goodreads | my rating: tba
PLAY-IN ROUND:

The Down Days
by Ilze Hugo
Dystopia, South Africa | Goodreads | my rating: tba

Red Pill
by Hari Kunzru
SciFi, Germany | Goodreads | my rating: tba

The Resisters
by Gish Jen
SciFi, Baseball | Goodreads | my rating: tba