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Book Madness 2016 - 1st round matchups

NY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie vs Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood vs The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes vs 2666 by Roberto Bolano

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon vs Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins vs The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr vs Room by Emma Donoghue

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan vs Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante vs Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

ROYAL LIBRARY

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer vs Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen vs American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Looking for Alaska by John Green vs Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen vs The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach vs The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst vs The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro vs A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson vs The Known World by Edward P Jones

BRITISH LIBRARY

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss vs The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri vs The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem vs Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel vs Life of Pi by Yann Martel

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin vs Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

The Road by Cormac McCarthy vs Atonement by Ian McEwan

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell vs 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger vs Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Ofill vs Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl vs Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss vs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

Empire Falls by Richard Russo vs Austerlitz by WG Sebald

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold vs The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

NW by Zadie Smith vs The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt vs Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon vs The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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