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Lion | Sonya Walger

Some books waiting for me upon returning from Japan. All #ToB26 books except for Kakigori Summer, which I bought because I liked Emily Itami‘s debut so much. More ToB to come… I couldn‘t control myself #SorryNotSorry 🤷🏻‍♀️😀

Lesliereadsalot That stack should keep you busy!! 6h

squirrelbrain A nice welcome home! 6h

LeeRHarry Nice stack! 😊 5h

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LeahBergen Haha! That‘s a great mail day after returning home! 5h

sarahbarnes Fun stack! 5h

Bookwormjillk Looks promising! 5h

ChaoticMissAdventures I am so excited to see what you think about

Sky Daddy: 'Deliciously weird' Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch

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Blob: A Love Story | Maggie Su

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Vi has stalled in life, working a humdrum job after dropping out of college. Then she finds an odd blob and discovers it‘s sentient. Then it starts to shift. On the surface, this is a quirky story about an eccentric woman, but really it‘s about the choices we make, societal/familial expectations, and how the disconnect between those can derail us. I liked this. #TOB26 #TOBlonglist

squirrelbrain, ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures Now I am excited! I have the audio from the library, just have to find the time! So glad you enjoyed 1d

squirrelbrain Oh good, I‘m glad you liked it! I‘ve reserved a physical copy at the library and hopefully it will come in soon. We may end up reading it at the same time Shawna! @ChaoticMissAdventures 1d

sarahbarnes I was not initially drawn to this one but your review has me intrigued! 24h

youneverarrived Sounds good!! 16h

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Chelsea.Poole

The Year of the Rooster: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac | Oliver Chin

Litsy folks turned me on to the Tournament of Books and now I‘m hooked. I‘ve found some gems from these lists, titles I would never have picked up otherwise. This year, I‘ve read 17 from the list. These pictured are the ones I have access to and will prioritize (loosely) from top to bottom. I had already planned to read the top row and several others. A few I had never heard of!
#ToBlonglist26 #ToB26 #TournamentOfBooks

Deblovestoread 17! Well done. I love seeing what others are planning to read off the long list. I‘ve read 6 and have 4 on my shelves. Put a few on hold at the Library. 2d

AmyG Great job! 2d

sarahbarnes A lot of yours are on my want to read list, too! I feel like it‘s a good longlist this year. (edited) 2d

squirrelbrain Love seeing everyone else‘s ToB plans! 2d

BarbaraBB Great plans! I have to take a screenshot!! 2d

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BarbaraBB

The Morning News is Exciting | Don Mee Choi

#ToB26

One of my most anticipated moments each year: the #ToB longlist. I‘ve been deep diving almost all day and I have read 11, I own 12 to be read on my shelves and am about to buy another load… please help me prevent this and tell me what book or books I should absolutely get and what books I can skip 😀

squirrelbrain I think we may be too late already! 😝 5d

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 🤫 lol 5d

rebcamuse Hats off to you! I can only handle the shortlist! I‘m excited to see a bunch of wish list reads on the LL though—so I‘m hoping they‘ll make it to the SL. Currently slogging through Headshot from #ToB25 SL 5d

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BarbaraBB @rebcamuse I get that. It will take me months if not years to finish them all but I always love their choices; so many books I‘ve never heard of and many of them better than the ones shortlisted. As Headshot for example, which I didn‘t really like. 5d

sarahbarnes I see some books on the list I‘m very intrigued by as well, and hadn‘t heard of yet! 4d

Chelsea.Poole I finally had a chance to sit down with the longlist today. I am surprised at what is missing. I had guessed Heart the Lover and Language of Limbs (which I just finished!) would make an appearance. Plenty to dig into! 4d

BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole I was surprised about Heart the Lover too. Maybe it‘s a bit too straightforward for the ToB. Same goes for Language of Limbs - and Slanting Towards the Sea, that I loved. 4d

Suet624 I‘m so happy that we‘ve already read some of the books because of our summer camp Litsy adventures 4d

Chelsea.Poole What will you start with from the list? I had The Correspondent queued up already, as my next read. 4d

BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole That one is sooo good. You‘ll love it. I am thinking of

Swallows

BarbaraBB @Suet624 Me too! 4d

Sparklemn I have never heard of the Tournament of Books until now. I checked out the 2026 list. Amazing! Added several titles to my wish list. Thanks for sharing! 2d

BarbaraBB @Sparklemn Their longlist is always such an inspiration to me! They‘ll shortly announce the shortlist of 16 books and these will compete against each other in March during the tournament. It‘s fun! 2d

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rebcamuse

Tilt | Emma Pattee

Exciting! Still behind in working on the #TOB2025 shortlist, but looking forward to #TOB2026 ! #TOB25 #TOB26

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fiction-2025

squirrelbrain Very exciting! 5d

Bookwormjillk It's cold and dark here and there's a new list of books. I can't wait! 5d

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BarbaraBB

The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You To Read (with DVD) | Jim Trombetta

The #ToB crew is hosting a horror pop-up in which 16 classic horror novels will be set up against one another in the usual way.

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/welcome-to-the-horror-popup

I don‘t think I‘ll participate (too many books too little time) but I do love that tob is alive and kicking and can‘t wait for them to follow up with the #ToB26 longlist!

Ruthiella I did see this and thought it was pretty cool that it is all older titles-classics even! I probably won‘t participate either but I‘ll try to check out the commentary! 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Ohh that sounds fun!! 2mo

Suet624 I thought of you immediately when I saw their notice about this event. I appreciate their efforts. I‘m not someone who tends to like horror stories so I probably won‘t participate, but I‘m happy they‘re trying. 2mo

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