May Madness: Battle of the Books

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Library staff were bummed that our favorite sporting events have been canceled. In response, the Library is hosting a book tournament, May Madness! Please fill out the following Google Poll with your choice of the winning book by Friday, May 8th to be entered to win a prize!! After Wednesday, vote on the Library Instagram story (@LNDLibrary) for your favorite book to win tournament games. The following books were selected from the Best Books of the Decade. The blurbs were taken from the book descriptions on Amazon.

Choose what YOU think will be the champion book!

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer | "Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself."

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou | "The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes—now the subject of the HBO documentary The Inventor—by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end."

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates | "In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis."

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover | "An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University."

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee | "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence."

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt | "A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | "The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time)."

Grant by Ron Chernow | "Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant."

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly | "The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space."

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance | "From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class

Less by Andrew Sean Greer | "A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (The New York Times Book Review)."

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng | "From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives."

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante | "Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times–bestselling “enduring masterpiece” about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic)."

The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu | "Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume."

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen | "The Sympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a “man of two minds,” a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam."

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Sttrayed | "Wild is a powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an 1100-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe - and built her back up again."

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