March Madness 2023 in the Library – Week 3

It’s Monday and you know what that means… Another week in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library March Madness!

This week we said goodbye to some amazing competitors (Sea of Tranquility, House of Sky and Breath, The Final Gambit, and I’m Glad My Mom Died) and welcomed in our official Final Four (listed below). Folks have until Sunday, March 26th to add a tally to the brackets and mark their favourites.

You can vote by visiting the McLennan-Redpath Library Building and heading toward the Redpath Exhibition Case and Book Display on the mainfloor.

Book bracket showing competitors. The Final four are listed below.

Final Four Competitors

Corrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller
Heartstopper (Volume 4) by Alice Oseman

Don’t forget to check back in on Monday, March 27th to see which of your favourites make it to the Top Two!

March Madness 2023 in the Library – Week 2

It’s Monday, March 13th and that means it’s time to begin Week 2 of our March Madness book bracket! There were some big upsets last week, but we listened to your votes and now our original 16 contenders are down to the Elite Eight!

Voting for Week 2 is up until Sunday, March 19th. Want to vote? Head to the McLennan-Redpath Library Building mainfloor near the Redpath Exhibition Case and Book Display to find the boards!

march madness book bracket, list of top eight competitors below.

Elite Eight Competitors

Don’t forget to check back in Monday, March 20th to see which of your favourites make it to the Final Four!

March Madness 2023 in the Library – Week 1

This year the Humanities and Social Sciences Library is celebrating March Madness with our very own book bracket. We’ve taken the top rated books from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2022 to put together the ultimate challenge on McGill’s favourite reads.

Week 1 begins March 6th and will be up from Monday – Sunday. Folks can vote for their favourite books by adding a tally next to their choice. Our preliminary bracket consists of sixteen contenders hoping to make it to our Elite Eight in Week 2.

Want to vote? Head to the McLennan-Redpath Library Building mainfloor near our Redpath Exhibition Case and Book Display to find the March Madness boards!

March Madness book brackets, full list of titles with hyperlinks available below.

Meet the Competitors

  1. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  2. The Maid by Nita Prose
  3. Corrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  4. House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
  5. Book Lovers by Emily Henry
  6. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
  7. Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
  8. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  9. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller
  10. Heartstopper (Volume 4) by Alice Oseman
  11. Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
  12. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  13. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  14. Gallant by V.E. Schwab
  15. The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O’Rourke
  16. Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta

Join us March 13th for Week 2!