Help Us Choose the Best Campus Novel of All Time

Last year, you helped us decide the saddest book of all time in our March Sadness bracket. Now we’re back again with yet another pun-based book competition: March Gradness, a quest to find the best campus novel out there.

You may be asking yourself: how long could they possibly keep this up? Surely there are only so many book-themed March Madness puns they can make? But don’t underestimate us—we’re just getting started!

Voting will begin Monday, 3/24 at 12 PM Eastern, and this year, we have a couple new twists:

Firstly, we have prizes! Download the bracket here, fill it out with your picks, then email it to us at books@electricliterature.com by 9 AM Eastern on Monday, 3/24 as a .pdf, .jpg, or .png file, using subject line BRACKET: followed by the title of the book you’ve chosen as the winner (e.g., “BRACKET: The Secret History”). The person whose bracket is closest to the real results will win a free manuscript consultation with an EL editor and a Reading into Everything tote! Two runners-up will each receive a tote as well. We’ll reach out to our winners the week after results are in.

Help Us Choose the Best Campus Novel of All Time — Click to download a printable PDF.

Secondly, we have a new way to cast your votes. While you’ll still be able to vote in our Instagram stories as usual, you’ll also have the option of casting your votes right here on electricliterature.com! Stop by Monday at noon Eastern to vote in Round One.

Below is a sneak peak of the Round One match-ups, featuring 64 of the best campus novels out there, ranging from classics to contemporary takes on the genre.