157: The 2021 Tournament of Books

In This Episode:

It's March again, which has a different meaning this year but it also still means that it's TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS TIME! With a ca-caw to you, and to you too, the guys do a bit of prognostication that will almost certainly prove to be wrong. But what's a sports-adjacent literary experience without a little bit of ridiculous superstition to go with it?

PS if you don't know about the ToB, check out the primer at The Morning News!

The Ep. 157 Bookshelf

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew - Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess
Christopher - Gunpowder Irish Gin // Bug by Giacomo Sartori, trans. by Federika Randall // Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

ALSO MENTIONED:

We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Isadora by Amelia Gray
Threats by Amelia Gray
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

THE 2021 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS BRACKET:

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo
Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
The Resisters by Gish Jen
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. by Sarah Moses
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Memorial by Bryan Washington
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Luster by Raven Leilani
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Telephone by Percival Everett
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, trans. by Sam Bett & David Boyd
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew - We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman // A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke // A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein

Christopher - Justine by Forsyth Harmon // Giant Days by John Allison