Starter Villain by John Scalzi

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The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

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The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

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Orbital by Samantha Harvey

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

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The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

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James by Percival Everett

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

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Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones

The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Cormac McCarthy and Manu Larcenet

      vs.

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson

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Congratulations, the Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

We’re Alone by Edwidge Danticat

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People From My Neighborhood by Hiromi Kawakami

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

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The Backyard Bird Chronicles: A Nature Journal by Amy Tan

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

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On This Spot: Saratoga Springs by Carol Godette

A Film in Which I Play Everyone by Mary Jo Bang

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Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Tripas by Brandon Som

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Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha

Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez

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Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood by Jay Ellis

Patriot by Alekseĭ Navalʹnyĭ

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The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon

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Round 1: Friday, March 7
Round 2: Friday, March 14
Round 3: Friday, March 21
Round 4: Friday, March 28
Championship: Friday, April 4