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James by Percival EverettMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarOrbital by Samantha HarveyMargo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi ThorpeColored Television by Danzy Senna
2025 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 28 voters
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahBlackouts by Justin TorresBig Swiss by Jen BeaginOpen Throat by Henry HokeWhat You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
2024 Tournament of Books shortlist
18 books — 27 voters

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinMercury Pictures Presents by Anthony MarraNightcrawling by Leila MottleyAn Island by Karen Jennings
2023 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 14 voters
Interior Chinatown by Charles YuTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiDeacon King Kong by James McBrideLuster by Raven LeilaniLeave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
2021 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 27 voters

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi CoatesGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliGolden State by Ben H. WintersNothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
2020 Tournament of Books Short List
18 books — 45 voters
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFever Dream by Samanta SchweblinThe Sellout by Paul BeattyStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Tournament of Books Tournament of Tournaments
16 books — 32 voters

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma IwealaMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Italian Teacher by Tom RachmanWashington Black by Esi EdugyanThere There by Tommy Orange
2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 130 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTales of the City by Armistead Maupin
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,381 voters

Fever Dream by Samanta SchweblinThe Animators by Kayla Rae WhitakerExit West by Mohsin HamidWhite Tears by Hari KunzruSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
2018 Tournament of Books
19 books — 77 voters
The Vegetarian by Han KangThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadHomegoing by Yaa GyasiBlack Wave by Michelle TeaThe Nix by Nathan Hill
2017 Tournament of Books
18 books — 53 voters

The Sellout by Paul BeattyA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony MarraBats of the Republic by Zachary Thomas DodsonOur Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
The Tournament of Books 2016
17 books — 35 voters
Fifteen Dogs by André AlexisA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaAfter Birth by Elisa AlbertDelicious Foods by James HannahamDid You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,365 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelA Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrDept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillAnnihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
2015 Tournament of Books Short List
17 books — 159 voters
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Luminaries by Eleanor CattonThe Good Lord Bird by James McBride
2014 Tournament of Books Finalists
17 books — 130 voters

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Yellow Birds by Kevin PowersBuilding Stories by Chris WareBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
2013 Tournament of Books
18 books — 137 voters
The Yellow Birds by Kevin PowersBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelSweet Tooth by Ian McEwanTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka BruntThe Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Amazon's Books of the Year: Top 100 Picks for 2012
100 books — 276 voters

The Yellow Birds by Kevin PowersBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben FountainThe Round House by Louise ErdrichThis Is How You Lose Her by Junot DíazA Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
National Book Award Finalists - 2012
21 books — 49 voters
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan TropperJuliet, Naked by Nick HornbyThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Help by Kathryn StockettLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters