The 2021 Tournament of Books Longlist

1.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,320 ratings
2.
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong 4.17 avg rating — 77,996 ratings
3.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,610 ratings
4.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman 4.09 avg rating — 87,937 ratings
5.
Apeirogon
Apeirogon 4.25 avg rating — 25,706 ratings
6.
Hamnet
Hamnet 4.19 avg rating — 310,866 ratings
7.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,719 ratings
8.
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain 4.30 avg rating — 180,949 ratings
9.
A Burning
A Burning 3.72 avg rating — 52,146 ratings
10.
The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel 3.69 avg rating — 190,396 ratings
11.
A Children's Bible
A Children's Bible 3.72 avg rating — 39,352 ratings
12.
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Sharks in the Time of Saviors 3.83 avg rating — 20,862 ratings
13.
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating — 66,334 ratings
14.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,630 ratings
15.
Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown 3.95 avg rating — 68,952 ratings
16.
My Dark Vanessa
My Dark Vanessa 4.10 avg rating — 398,667 ratings
17.
Little Eyes
Little Eyes 3.59 avg rating — 22,588 ratings
18.
Luster
Luster 3.51 avg rating — 107,787 ratings
19.
Real Life
Real Life 3.79 avg rating — 36,467 ratings
20.
The Cold Millions
The Cold Millions 3.95 avg rating — 19,914 ratings
21.
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind 3.15 avg rating — 163,817 ratings
22.
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line 3.81 avg rating — 11,603 ratings
23.
Ring Shout
Ring Shout 3.97 avg rating — 46,514 ratings
24.
Long Bright River
Long Bright River
by: Liz Moore
4.05 avg rating — 164,182 ratings
25.
Memorial
Memorial 3.57 avg rating — 37,145 ratings
26.
Temporary
Temporary 3.75 avg rating — 6,366 ratings
27.
Red Pill
Red Pill 3.66 avg rating — 6,067 ratings
28.
Breasts and Eggs
Breasts and Eggs 3.85 avg rating — 75,030 ratings
29.
The Cactus League
The Cactus League 3.42 avg rating — 4,531 ratings
30.
We Ride Upon Sticks
We Ride Upon Sticks 3.78 avg rating — 16,935 ratings
31.
Tender Is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh 3.78 avg rating — 338,484 ratings
31.
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance 3.97 avg rating — 4,903 ratings
33.
The Resisters
The Resisters
by: Gish Jen
3.59 avg rating — 4,176 ratings
34.
Summer (Seasonal Quartet, #4)
Summer (Seasonal Quartet, #4)
by: Ali Smith
4.04 avg rating — 11,913 ratings
35.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 113,886 ratings
36.
Telephone
Telephone 3.98 avg rating — 5,532 ratings
37.
Earthlings
Earthlings 3.60 avg rating — 91,669 ratings
38.
Afterlife
Afterlife 3.70 avg rating — 17,764 ratings
39.
Sisters
Sisters 3.47 avg rating — 16,216 ratings
40.
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree: A Novel
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree: A Novel 3.77 avg rating — 4,792 ratings
41.
Want
Want 3.36 avg rating — 8,684 ratings
42.
Valentine
Valentine 3.76 avg rating — 43,511 ratings
43.
The Searcher
The Searcher 3.80 avg rating — 155,223 ratings
44.
These Violent Delights
These Violent Delights 3.94 avg rating — 25,175 ratings
45.
Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Straight from the Horse's Mouth 3.66 avg rating — 991 ratings
46.
Sansei and Sensibility
Sansei and Sensibility 3.48 avg rating — 348 ratings
47.
Crossings
Crossings 3.84 avg rating — 10,183 ratings
48.
Jack (Gilead, #4)
Jack (Gilead, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 9,829 ratings
49.
Pizza Girl
Pizza Girl 3.35 avg rating — 30,485 ratings
50.
Barn 8
Barn 8 3.51 avg rating — 2,947 ratings
51.
The Hole
The Hole 3.44 avg rating — 13,567 ratings
52.
The Down Days
The Down Days
by: Ilze Hugo
3.43 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
53.
The Disaster Tourist
The Disaster Tourist 3.36 avg rating — 7,103 ratings
54.
Cleanness
Cleanness 3.81 avg rating — 9,574 ratings
55.
Take Me Apart
Take Me Apart 3.65 avg rating — 5,425 ratings
56.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 4.17 avg rating — 179,597 ratings
56.
The Knockout Queen
The Knockout Queen 3.73 avg rating — 14,570 ratings
58.
Four by Four
Four by Four
by: Sara Mesa
3.48 avg rating — 1,671 ratings
59.
Must I Go
Must I Go
by: Yiyun Li
3.04 avg rating — 2,113 ratings
60.
Topics of Conversation
Topics of Conversation 2.81 avg rating — 9,638 ratings
61.
Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land 4.23 avg rating — 107,840 ratings
62.
Untold Night and Day
Untold Night and Day
by: Bae Suah
3.47 avg rating — 5,551 ratings
63.
Untamed Shore
Untamed Shore 3.77 avg rating — 4,857 ratings
64.
Two Blankets, Three Sheets
Two Blankets, Three Sheets 4.03 avg rating — 1,888 ratings
65.
True Love
True Love 3.06 avg rating — 738 ratings
66.
trans(re)lating house one
trans(re)lating house one 4.25 avg rating — 103 ratings
67.
Or What You Will
Or What You Will
by: Jo Walton
3.78 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
68.
Nights When Nothing Happened
Nights When Nothing Happened
by: Simon Han
3.31 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
69.
Low
Low 3.43 avg rating — 300 ratings
70.
Include Me Out
Include Me Out 3.23 avg rating — 273 ratings
71.
Exciting Times
Exciting Times 3.21 avg rating — 73,035 ratings
72.
Drifts
Drifts 3.67 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
73.
Dominoes at the Crossroads
Dominoes at the Crossroads 3.44 avg rating — 227 ratings
74.
Docile
Docile 3.42 avg rating — 5,852 ratings
75.
A Certain Hunger
A Certain Hunger 3.72 avg rating — 61,072 ratings
76.
Barcelona Days
Barcelona Days 2.79 avg rating — 186 ratings
77.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday 3.64 avg rating — 2,910 ratings