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Good times, great oldies
2026 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS LONGLIST DROPPED LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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The 2026 Long List — The Tournament of Books
Literary bloodsport approaches! As we narrow down our shortlist of Tournament competitors, here are the 70 works of fiction in consideration from this year.
www.tournamentofbooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
among other things my in-laws are overhead-lights-and-shades-drawn-in-daytime house dwellers so here i am back relishing in NATURAL LIGHT and LAMPS
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
There's one place i can see a use for ai: making competitive cheer 'music'
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I heard the story this weekend of a time when my husband was like 7 and he kept getting in the way of his mother setting up for an event at their synagogue so she put him on a bus (alone?) to nyc to see the lubavitcher rebbe?
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
s/o to the tsa supervisor at raleigh/durham just doin' the wordle
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Watching freakier friday and physically recoiling at the chad michael murray appearance
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why did my month-old gag about keytar bear breach containment
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My MIL told me she was not allowed to take her shoes off in the house growing up. As soon as she got dressed in the morning, outdoor shoes went on, and stayed on until bed
I just...my in-laws should be studied.
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A favorite crappy food of mine is watery buffet scrambled eggs- the kind you pour out from a carton. It reminds me of weekend hungover brunches in my college dining hall
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Which soft science would study a multigenerational familial relationship? Sociology?
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
HELP I cannot stop my boss from making a horrendous and unpopular decision that will make all of our jobs harder and the general public unhappier (her defense: she made up a guy to meet the nonexistent needs of)
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I have a new pair of tights on and they're about half an inch too short
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
nobody wants your encyclopedias! nobody wants your ten-year-old textbooks! nobody wants your friend's late mother's paperbacks! gah! go away!!!!
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
so we're going down to another state to visit SIL and her family but SIL...won't even be there? she has a ~concert~ to attend
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There's an Italian gymnast sponsored by Parmigiano Reggiano and there are great ad spreads of her flippin' around with giant wheels of cheese
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
can't believe it's been two years since 'maybe they eat takeout all the time because they don't own bowls'
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Mentally I'm here
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I love my husband with all my heart but he says 'a scissor'
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
working out will never not fucking SUCK, no it is not a matter of ~finding what works for you~ it is all objectively awful
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
spending my sunday with a whopper headache and watching a bootleg of dear evan hanson (you can find tons of broadway shows under Slime Tutorials)
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Who the hell has a favorite politician
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
the shel silverstein books with the freakiest author portraits on the back
Prompt: if you had to performatively display two books that you wanted the NYT writer profiling you about your career ending scandal to notice, what would they be?
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
reached an impasse with a patron because, while this is the book with the author, release date and subject matter they wanted, 'i remember red on the cover but i don't remember stripes.'
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Not to be dramatic but i.know what my husband's making for dinner tonight and it makes me not want to go home
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The 'sent from my iPad' of it all is frying me
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM