Welcome to our Fourth Annual Literary March Madness (#LiteraryMarchMadness)! This is a bracket-style tournament like the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, but with a literary twist: our competition pits beloved books against each other and the winner is decided by you! Sixteen books or series will enter, only one can be crowned this year's crowd favorite. 

How to vote:

Check in daily at 12PM on our Twitter (@NYPL) and here to vote in the Twitter poll. You'll have 24 hours to make your pick, and you can see live results below.

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Round 1

#LiteraryMarchMadness is back! Match 1: Sci-Fi! Octavia E. Butler's Kindred vs. Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life. https://t.co/g6BGXytuEi — NY Public Library (@nypl) March 16, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness: Epic Fantasy! Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle vs. Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon. https://t.co/ABH4FAk9J0

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 17, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness Romance face-off: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera vs. James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room! Vote now.

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 18, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness Historical Fiction match: Alexander Chee's Queen of the Night vs Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl! Vote away!

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 19, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness Dystopia match: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood vs. 1984 by George Orwell. Vote now! https://t.co/0J5lMSFung

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 20, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness: Graphic Novels. March by John Lewis, or Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? Make your pick! https://t.co/mEYXBmIhoJ

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 21, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness: Modern-day Thrillers round! The Girl on the Train vs. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo! Which girl will win?

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 22, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness Memoir matchup: Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings or Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran?

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 23, 2017

Round 2

#LiteraryMarchMadness Round 2, Match 1: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler vs. The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin. https://t.co/ftFqub2UDI

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 24, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness: Round 2, Match 2! Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez vs The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 25, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness: Round 2, Match 3! The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood or March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell?

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 26, 2017

#LiteraryMarchMadness: Round 2, Match 4! Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou?

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 27, 2017

Semi-Finals

#LiteraryMarchMadness: Round 3! Will it be Kindred by Octavia E. Butler or Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez?

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 28, 2017

LiteraryMarchMadness: who goes on to the finals? The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood or I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou?

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 29, 2017

Finals

#LiteraryMarchMadness: FINALS! Who will win? Love in the Time of Cholera / Gabriel García Márquez or The Handmaid's Tale / Margaret Atwood?

— NY Public Library (@nypl) March 30, 2017