Tournament of Books Longlist — And the Shortlist They Should Pick

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The Tournament of Books released its longlist — 62 books (!). They will narrow it down to 16 in January. In case you can’t wait until January, here are the 16 I would love to see compete come March. You can view this either as a prediction or as a recommendation — take your pick.

  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
  • Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
  • Friendship by Emily Gould
  • My Struggle: Book Three by Karl Ove Knausgård
  • Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
  • Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
  • Redeployment by Phil Klay
  • 10:04 by Ben Lerner
  • Lila by Marilynne Robinson
  • The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink
  • An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
  • The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
  • Euphoria by Lily King
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
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