From The Morning News:

Days are cold and nights are long. Party people party. Dieters forgive themselves. Bookstores are filled with holiday shoppers clutching lists that all say “10 best books of 2010” and all seem to contain the same titles.

And somewhere deep in a forest, in a cave shrouded in frost, Skinny Puppy posters, and the entrails of advance reader copies, a slumbering rooster begins to twitch.

Ladies and gentlemen, the 2011 Tournament of Books, sponsored by Field Notes, is coming soon.

In the meantime, after multiple requests from audience members, we’re releasing our long list of titles to help with your gift giving. When was the last time we got a year crowded with such excellent fiction? These were the novels (and a few non-novels) that excited us the most in 2010. In March 2011, 16 titles from this list will compete in our seventh annual Tournament of Books. We will release the list of 16 in early January so you can get a head start on your reading. more...

 

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