Last year, you helped us decide the saddest book of all time in our March Sadness bracket. Now we’re back again with yet another pun-based book competition: March Gradness, a quest to find the best campus novel out there.
You may be asking yourself: how long could they possibly keep this up? Surely there are only so many book-themed March Madness puns they can make? But don’t underestimate us—we’re just getting started!
Voting will begin Monday, 3/24 at 12 PM Eastern, and this year, we have a couple new twists:
Firstly, we have prizes! Download the bracket here, fill it out with your picks, then email it to us at books@electricliterature.com by 9 AM Eastern on Monday, 3/24 as a .pdf, .jpg, or .png file, using subject line BRACKET: followed by the title of the book you’ve chosen as the winner (e.g., “BRACKET: The Secret History”). The person whose bracket is closest to the real results will win a free manuscript consultation with an EL editor and a Reading into Everything tote! Two runners-up will each receive a tote as well. We’ll reach out to our winners the week after results are in.
Secondly, we have a new way to cast your votes. While you’ll still be able to vote in our Instagram stories as usual, you’ll also have the option of casting your votes right here on electricliterature.com! Stop by Monday at noon Eastern to vote in Round One.
Below is a sneak peak of the Round One match-ups, featuring 64 of the best campus novels out there, ranging from classics to contemporary takes on the genre.
Round 1 – Lefthand Side
The Secret History vs. The Maidens
Ninth House vs. The Magicians
If We Were Villains vs. The World Cannot Give
Sirens & Muses vs. Voice Like a Hyacinth
Transcendent Kingdom vs. The Secret Place
The Starboard Sea vs. Old School
The Vanishers vs. I Have Some Questions for You
Never Let Me Go vs. The Incendiaries
The Name of the World vs. Skippy Dies
Stargazer vs. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
The Rules of Attraction vs. The Art of Fielding
Talent vs. We Wish You Luck
On Beauty vs. I Am Charlotte Simmons
The Adult vs. Harvard Square
All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost vs. Possession
Prep vs. Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos
Round 1 – Righthand Side
The Groves of Academe vs. Stoner
The Ask vs. Dear Committee Members
My Education vs. Trust Exercise
A Separate Peace vs. Tell Them to Be Quiet and Wait
Galatea 2.2 vs. Groundskeeping
Chemistry vs. Disorientation
Vladimir vs. Blue Angel
The Human Stain vs. The Laughter
Normal People vs. Sweet Days of Discipline
The Idiot vs. Either/Or
Wonder Boys vs. The Book of Goose
Real Life vs. The Late Americans
Come & Get It vs. Straight Man
True Biz vs. The Marriage Plot
Admission vs. The Devil and Webster
Bunny vs. All’s Well
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