2025 Battle of the Books
Deep Dives
Explore related topics with these Wikipedia articles, rewritten for enjoyable reading:
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Frankenstein
16 min read
The #1 seeded book in the bracket - readers voting would benefit from understanding the novel's historical significance, Mary Shelley's creation story, and its lasting cultural impact as one of the first science fiction novels
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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
10 min read
The article explicitly references 'March Madness style book bracket' - understanding the actual tournament structure, bracket format, and cultural phenomenon helps readers appreciate the book competition format being emulated
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Lolita
11 min read
The #2 seeded book in the bracket by Vladimir Nabokov - a controversial and influential novel whose complex reception history and literary significance would provide valuable context for readers making bracket predictions
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It’s year eight of The Stacks Battle of the Books!
That’s our annual March Madness style book bracket, in December, to crown the best Stacks book club pick from the year.
I feel like I say this every year, but this might be the best year of book club picks we’ve ever had. Which means it is going to be a particularly challenging year to predict a winner and I love that for all of us!
And just like March Madness. This isn’t only about crowning a winner. This is also about YOU tapping into your competitive impulses and filling out a TSBC bracket to predict the winner and win a book!
To enter fill out a bracket at Challonge. You create your account put your predictions1 in for who you think will win. Then on The Stacks Instagram Stories, you’ll vote (starting 12/26) for your favorite books in head to head battles, until we crown one winner, The Stacks Book Club Book of the Year. The results of each round will be updated over on Challonge (our bracket site) and on our Instagram @thestackspod.
You have until Friday, December 26rd at 12:00am PST to put in your predictions. Be sure your bracket name is easily identifiable so you can be contacted if you win! We will announce the winner of the tournament and the winner of the giveaway on Tuesday, December 30th once all the results are in.
Here is the important stuff.
Make sure you’re following The Stacks on Instagram @thestackspod.
Register for the bracket if you want to be part of the giveaway CLICK HERE. Be sure to pick a winner at the bottom of the page2.
Vote in each round on our Insta Stories daily, starting Friday December 26th.
That feels like a lot, trust me, it’ll be fun and worth it. For now, just fill out your bracket.
Now for all the nerds…
Below are the gory details of how the seeding was figured out. I came up with my own calculations to
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