March Madness: Brackets

Program Type:

Special Event

Age Group:

Adults, Teens
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Event Details

It's season two of March Madness at the library! Each week vote for your favorite titles as sweet sixteen books in eight genre divisions battle it out for the title of March Madness Champion!

Be sure to vote every Monday in March - each time you vote, your name will be entered into a prize raffle to win a pair of Apple Airpod Pro Wireless Earbuds. Get a bonus prize entry when you fill out a bracket with your predictions before the tournament begins; anyone who correctly guesses their entire bracket will win a prize! Brackets are due no later than Sunday, March 5th.The winning title will be announced Monday, April 3th.

  • Brackets and voting forms can be picked and dropped off at the Adult & Teen Services desk.
  • You can also download a bracket, print it out, and bring it to the Library or email it to kcunningham@newlenoxlibrary.org

Meet your Sweet Sixteen titles below:

Graphic Novels

  • Maus by Art Spiegelman
  • Watchmen by Alan Moore

Historical Fiction

  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Sci-Fi/Speculative Fiction

  • Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  • The Martian by Andy Weir

Poetry

  • Paradise Lost by John Milton
  • Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Non-Fiction

  • Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Classics

  • Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell

Romance

  • November 9 by Colleen Hoover
  • Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fantasy

  • Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
  • Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

** Registration is not required, but by registering you will receive a reminder email when each new round of voting becomes available.