The championship match of the 2025 Tournament of Books pits Percival Everett’s James against Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! What a matchup! I won’t spoil the result…you’ll have to click through.
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Also the comment by comment discussion was EXCITING!
(Also I'm very happy to see the colorful circles back on kottke dot org, thank you for your service.)
I also thought this was a particularly good year for judgments. There were some really good analyses, even if I didn't like every decision!
This was a good year - my favorite books from the short list were Martyr, Rejection, The History of Sound, and The Wedding People. Still have 3 books to go to be a completist this year.
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