The 2011 Tournament of Books Shortlist

• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender

• Nox, by Anne Carson

• Bad Marie, by Marcy Dermansky

• Room, by Emma Donoghue

• A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan

• Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen

• Lord of Misrule, by Jaimy Gordon

• Bloodroot, by Amy Greene

• Next, by James Hynes

• The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson

• Skippy Dies, by Paul Murray

• Model Home, by Eric Puchner

• So Much for That, by Lionel Shriver

• Super Sad True Love Story, by Gary Shteyngart

• Kapitoil, by Teddy Wayne

• Savages, by Don Winslow