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...

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1		There There by Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 233,943 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 — 372,471 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 — 72,997 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 — 74,312 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 — 19,494 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 4.11 avg rating — 206,686 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 — 49,310 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 — 47,408 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 — 7,903 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 — 3,764 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 — 9,634 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 — 3,498 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 3.96 avg rating — 6,015 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 — 5,042 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 — 1,902 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 — 1,953 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 — 539 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 — 1,406 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

18 books · 130 voters · list created December 13th, 2018 by Bob Lopez (votes) .

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message 1: by Megan (new)

Mar 14, 2019 10:48AM

Megan

I deleted Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love by Mary Calvi. It is not one of the 18 books on the 2019 ToB shortlist and was added by a user clearly spamming lists.

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message 2: by Bob (new)

Mar 14, 2019 12:41PM

Bob Lopez

Megan wrote: "I deleted Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love by Mary Calvi. It is not one of the 18 books on the 2019 ToB shortlist and was added by a user clearly spamming lists."

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