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The Morning News is holding the First Annual Tournament of Books with an NCAA-style bracket.

This is such a good idea. It’s hard to find meaningful insight on contemporary fiction—recommendations on Amazon tend to be skewed either toward fans of the genre and author or by people thoroughly displeased with their purchase. I have found that TMN has spot-on suggestions!

Unsurprisingly, I see that Phillip Roth’s Plot Against America is on list. I have yet to read this book, but amongst the sea of praise, I found the following two articles quite thought-provoking:

• Roth’s historical sin at Salon
• What Phillip Knew in the New York Review of Books

Now, if I could just finish The Confusion, I could start making some progress on my ever-growing To Read stack!