ToF 2025 - non-ToB nominations

[Chrissy]

In this thread, please nominate ONE book from last year that was NOT included on the ToB long list, but that you have read and consider a favorite. Please take a moment to ensure that your choice was published in the US in 2024 and was NOT on the ToB longlist. Pro tip: if you have more than one favorite and can’t decide, wait a day or two to see if anyone else nominates one of them! There is no need to second a nomination, all nominated books will be in the voting for bracket selection.

Please don’t nominate more than one book! Nominations close Monday evening, 3/31

[Chrissy]

I'll start us off!

I nominate I Make Envy on Your Disco by Eric Schnall.

[Kim]

Chrissy, can we nominate one already nominated? For instance, I also would nominate I Make Envy on Your Disco. Are you going with most nominations or do I need to come up with another one?

[Kyle]

I nominate Devil Is Fine by John Vercher.

[Chrissy]

Kim wrote: "Chrissy, can we nominate one already nominated? For instance, I also would nominate I Make Envy on Your Disco. Are you going with most nominations or do I need to come up with another one?"

I edited my initial post, but no - you don't need to second.

[Aaron]

I nominate Two-Step Devil by Jamie Quatro

[Adam]

I nominate It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken.

[Paul]

I nominate Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán

[Kip]

Gretel and the Great War by Adam Ehrlich Sachs

[Alison]

The Coast Road by Alan Murrin is my choice.

[Jan]

I nominate God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas.

[Heather]

I nominate The Winner by Teddy Wayne

[Bryn]

I nominate Long Island by Colm Toibin

[Ellen]

Stone Yard Devotional, by Charlotte Wood.

[Emily]

I'll nominate There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

[Chrissy]

Ellen wrote: "Stone Yard Devotional, by Charlotte Wood."

Ellen, this came out in 2023, it seems?

[C]

Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru
(just so we can say that Kunzru's Red, White and Blue books were all in some form of tournament! (Red Pill, White Tears))

[Lauren]

Chrissy wrote: "Ellen wrote: "Stone Yard Devotional, by Charlotte Wood."

Ellen, this came out in 2023, it seems?"

I found options for 2023, 2024, and 2025, where it might have just been on kindle in '23, then the official hardcover in '24? I'm fine with allowing it if the rest of the group is. I've been wanting to read it. ;)

[Lauren]

This was a very tough choice, but I'll nominate:

Victim by Andrew Boryga

[Bob]

My nomination is Why Did You Come Back Every Summer by Belén López Peiró

[Chrissy]

Everything up to this point has been double checked and added to our list. Please get any last nominations in by 8 pm PST today!

[Phyllis]

Hard by a Great Forest, by Leo Vardiashvili

[Chrissy]

That’s it, nominations are closed. Tomorrow morning I’ll post the voting polls, which will be open till Sunday night.