2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist (18 books)

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This is the shortlist for this year's tournament. For more information, see The Morning News:
https://themorningnews.org/article/th...

This is a list of 18 books--please don't add titles to this list.

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1	There There by Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 235,730 ratings score: 6,197, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 379,573 ratings score: 4,706, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Milkman by Anna Burns 3.53 avg rating — 73,553 ratings score: 4,184, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 3.94 avg rating — 74,577 ratings score: 3,894, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 19,578 ratings score: 3,428, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Overstory by Richard Powers 4.10 avg rating — 209,184 ratings score: 3,306, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 49,570 ratings score: 3,089, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 3.60 avg rating — 47,567 ratings score: 2,483, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 7,920 ratings score: 2,113, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Census by Jesse Ball (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 3,780 ratings score: 2,062, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala 3.86 avg rating — 9,661 ratings score: 1,705, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 3,504 ratings score: 1,614, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo 3.97 avg rating — 6,063 ratings score: 1,502, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 5,067 ratings score: 1,415, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	So Lucky by Nicola Griffith (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 1,910 ratings score: 1,398, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat 3.16 avg rating — 1,957 ratings score: 1,104, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Dictionary of Animal Languages by Heidi Sopinka 3.42 avg rating — 542 ratings score: 992, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Call Me Zebra by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi (Goodreads Author) 2.84 avg rating — 1,411 ratings score: 897, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars