the game is on

The 2009 Tournament of Books nominees have been announced.

• The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga
• 2666, Roberto Bolano
• A Partisan's Daughter, Louis de Bernieres
• The Northern Clemency, Philip Hensher
• The Lazarus Project, Aleksandar Hemon
• My Revolutions, Hari Kunzru
• Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
• Shadow Country, Peter Matthiessen
• The Dart League King, Keith Morris
• A Mercy, Toni Morrison
• Steer Towards Rock, Fae Myenne Ng
• Netherland, Joseph O'Neill
• City of Refuge, Tom Piazza
• Home, Marilynne Robinson
• Harry, Revised, Mark Sarvas