Book Madness Update: Sweet Sixteen

Here it is: your 2016 Book Madness Sweet Sixteen!

Voting is getting harder, as we have favorites going head-to-head with other favorites. The phrase "Why do you hate me?" might have been muttered by more than one staff member while making their selections. Still, without votes, we won't have a winner!

It's time to dig deep, power through and make sure to get your selections in before the Library closes on Sunday. We'll reveal our Elite Eight next Monday.

If you would like a list of every title in this year's Book Madness competition, click here.

2016 BOOK MADNESS SWEET SIXTEEN – CHILDREN’S BRACKET

PICTURE BOOKS

Eloise by Kay Thompson vs The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak vs Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

ALL AGES FAVORITES

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence & Richard Atwater vs Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White vs Wonder by R. J. Palacio

GREAT SERIES

Warriors by Erin Hunter vs Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew by Carolyn Keene

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne vs The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas

MUST READS

My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett vs Redwall by Brian Jacques

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley vs Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

2016 BOOK MADNESS SWEET SIXTEEN – TEENS AND ADULTS BRACKET

REQUIRED READING

1984 by George Orwell vs Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald vs Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

BUZZ-WORTHY BOOKS

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr vs Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline vs Dead Wake by Erik Larson

YOUNG ADULT

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell vs The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins vs I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

ADD TO YOUR READING LIST

Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella vs The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

City of Thieves by David Benioff vs The Martian by Andy Weir