2017 Book Madness: Time to vote for the Sweet Sixteen

The Book Madness brackets have been updated to show titles advancing to the Second Round.

2017 BOOK MADNESS – CHILDREN’S BRACKET

Banned Books

• Drama by Raina Telgemeier
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

Forgotten Classics

• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• Heidi by Johanna Spyri
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• George and Martha by James Marshall
• Higglety Pigglety Pop! by Maurice Sendak

Series and Sequels

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Geronimo Stilton by Various Authors
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Who Was … by Various Authors
• Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
• Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
• Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi

Best Book Artists

• Rosemary Wells
• Jan Brett
• Mo Willems
• Sandra Boynton
• Kevin Henkes
• Lois Ehlert
• Brian Selznick
• Molly Idle

2017 BOOK MADNESS – TEENS AND ADULTS BRACKET

Dystopian Fiction

• The Stand by Stephen King
• 1984 by George Orwell
• The Children of Men by D. James
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
• The Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown
• The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Graphic Novels and Comics

• Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore
• Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley
• Palestine by Joe Sacco
• Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
• The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• Peanut by Ayun Halliday
• Bone by Jeff Smith
• Blankets by Craig Thompson

Historical Fiction

• Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
• The Quiet American by Graham Greene
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Whodunit?

• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
• Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King
• The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny
• In The Woods by Tana French
• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Stop in before 5 p.m. Sunday to vote for the titles you think should advance to the Sweet Sixteen! Voting takes place at the Book Madness display, which is located in the First Floor Gallery.