The Morning News Tournament of Books2014

Given by The Morning News

Other Names: The Rooster
17 Works 64,268 Books 3,805 Reviews ½ 3.9
Since 2005, the Tournament of Books has been home to a month-long battle royale among the year’s best novels. Each weekday in March, two works of fiction go head to head, with one of our judges show more deciding which book moves forward in the competition—until one finally wins that year’s coveted Rooster award.

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Stages:
All, Winner (20), Finalist (40), Zombie Round (72), Semi-Finalist (80), Quarterfinalist (160), Short List (335), Play-In Selection (34), Long List (2)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (18), 2023 (18), 2022 (18), 2021 (18), 2020 (18), 2019 (18), 2018 (18), 2017 (18), 2016 (17), 2015 (16), 2014 (17), 2013 (18), 2012 (16), 2011 (17), 2010 (16), 2009 (16), 2008 (16), 2007 (16), 2006 (16), 2005 (16), 2025 (18)
Announced:
December 5, 2024: Short List2025 Recent

Winner 1

WorkYear
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride2014

Finalist 2

WorkCategoryYear
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonPlay-In Winner, Zombie Selection2014
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride2014

Zombie Round 4

WorkCategoryYear
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonPlay-In Winner, Zombie Selection2014
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttZombie Selection2014
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride2014
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara2014

Semi-Finalist 4

WorkYear
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride2014
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara2014
The Son by Philipp Meyer2014
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki2014

Quarterfinalist 8

WorkCategoryYear
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttZombie Selection2014
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride2014
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara2014
The Son by Philipp Meyer2014
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki2014
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert2014
Hill William by Scott McClanahan2014
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell2014

Short List 16

WorkCategoryYear
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonPlay-In Winner, Zombie Selection2014
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttZombie Selection2014
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride2014
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara2014
The Son by Philipp Meyer2014
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki2014
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert2014
Hill William by Scott McClanahan2014
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell2014
At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcón2014
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton2014
The Tuner of Silences by Mia Couto2014
How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid2014
The Dinner by Herman Koch2014
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri2014
Long Division [original] by Kiese Laymon2014

Play-In Selection 2

WorkCategoryYear
Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonPlay-In Winner, Zombie Selection2014
Woke Up Lonely by Fiona Maazel2014

Descriptions

Since 2005, the Tournament of Books has been home to a month-long battle royale among the year’s best novels. Each weekday in March, two works of fiction go head to head, with one of our judges deciding which book moves forward in the competition—until one finally wins that year’s coveted Rooster award.

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