2020 Tournament of Books Short List (18 books)

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1		Normal People by Sally Rooney (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 2,018,121 ratings score: 2,641, and 27 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		Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 251,935 ratings score: 2,259, and 23 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		Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 3.65 avg rating — 94,220 ratings score: 1,568, 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
4		On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 3.99 avg rating — 448,652 ratings score: 1,438, 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
5		The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 469,319 ratings score: 1,233, and 13 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		Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 4.25 avg rating — 274,763 ratings score: 1,181, 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
7		Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli 3.80 avg rating — 26,625 ratings score: 963, 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
8		Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 11,153 ratings score: 961, 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
9		The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates 4.06 avg rating — 122,167 ratings score: 853, and 9 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		All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 11,377 ratings score: 742, and 8 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		We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 5,245 ratings score: 728, and 8 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		Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer 3.73 avg rating — 2,019 ratings score: 672, and 7 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		Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (Goodreads Author) 3.12 avg rating — 41,146 ratings score: 650, and 7 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		Optic Nerve by María Gainza 3.91 avg rating — 8,278 ratings score: 649, and 7 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		Saudade by Suneeta Peres da Costa 3.42 avg rating — 331 ratings score: 642, and 7 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		Golden State by Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 8,318 ratings score: 554, and 6 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		Oval by Elvia Wilk (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 2,090 ratings score: 526, and 6 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		Overthrow by Caleb Crain (Goodreads Author) 2.72 avg rating — 295 ratings score: 346, and 4 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 · 45 voters · list created December 16th, 2019 by Ben (votes) .

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message 1: by Tim (new)

Dec 19, 2019 11:53AM

Tim

Render by O'Connell is not on the 2020 TOB shortlist and should be removed from this list.

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message 2: by Megan (new)

Dec 19, 2019 01:46PM

Megan

I've removed render by W.J. O'Connell.

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