Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeJames by Percival EverettRejection by Tony TulathimutteThe Wedding People by Alison EspachMartyr! by Kaveh Akbar
2025 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 28 voters
Big Swiss by Jen BeaginThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James   McBrideBlackouts by Justin TorresOpen Throat by Henry HokeThe Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
2024 Tournament of Books shortlist
18 books — 27 voters

Homegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Vegetarian by Han KangThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Nix by Nathan  HillVersion Control by Dexter Palmer
2017 Tournament of Books
18 books — 53 voters
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelBabel by R.F. KuangThe Book of Goose by Yiyun LiOlga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
2023 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 14 voters

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally RooneyKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroIntimacies by Katie KitamuraSeveral People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
2022 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 10 voters
Deacon King Kong by James   McBrideLeave the World Behind by Rumaan AlamPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettShuggie Bain by Douglas   Stuart
2021 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 27 voters

Normal People by Sally RooneyNothing to See Here by Kevin    WilsonFleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-AknerOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongThe Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2020 Tournament of Books Short List
18 books — 45 voters
There There by Tommy OrangeMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteMilkman by Anna BurnsWashington Black by Esi EdugyanThe House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 130 voters

Exit West by Mohsin HamidLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersWhite Tears by Hari KunzruSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
2018 Tournament of Books
19 books — 77 voters