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The 2015 Tournament of Books was presented by Field Notes, and that year’s Rooster went to Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, who had this to say about the win:
I’m delighted. I’ve read and loved a great many of the other books on this year’s shortlist, and it’s been an honor to find myself in such fine company. I’ve been a fan of the Tournament of Books for years, and I like it even more now that they’ve offered me a live rooster.
Relive the Action
Opening Round
March 9 • Matthea Harvey
The Bone Clocks v. Adam
March 10 • Elliot Ackerman
All the Birds, Singing v. A Brief History of Seven Killings
March 11 • Elisabeth Donnelly
All the Light We Cannot See v. Wittgenstein Jr
March 12 • Stephen Marche
The Paying Guests v. A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall
March 13 • Victor LaValle
Dept. of Speculation v. Annihilation
March 16 • Alice Sola Kim
Station Eleven v. An Untamed State
March 17 • Christina Bevilacqua
Redeployment v. Silence Once Begun
March 18 • Tayari Jones
Everything I Never Told You v. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Quarterfinals
March 19 • Manuel Gonzales
The Bone Clocks v. A Brief History of Seven Killings
March 20 • Meg Wolitzer
All the Light We Cannot See v. The Paying Guests
March 23 • Jessica Lamb-Shapiro
Annihilation v. An Untamed State
March 24 • Victor “Kool A.D.” Vazquez
Redeployment v. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Semifinals
March 25 • Laura Cogan
A Brief History of Seven Killings v. The Paying Guests
March 26 • J. Courtney Sullivan
An Untamed State v. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Zombie Round
March 27 • Nicole Cliffe
Station Eleven v. A Brief History of Seven Killings
March 30 • Stephin Merritt
All the Light We Cannot See v. An Untamed State
Championship
March 31 • All + Amanda McClendon
Station Eleven v. All the Light We Cannot See