news

March Gradness Day One: Round of 64 (Part 1)

Cast your vote for the best campus novel of all time

Electric Lit is just $4,000 away from our year-end fundraising goal of $35,000! We need to hit this target to get us through the rest of 2025, and balance the budget for 2026. Please give today! DONATE NOW.

Over the next week and a half, you’ll be helping us decide the best campus novels of all time. Voting starts now! Below are the Round One (part one) match-ups, featuring the 32 campus novels on the lefthand side of the bracket, ranging from classics to contemporary takes on the genre.

Click for a printable (and zoomable!) PDF

Round One (part one) polls are now closed. Thanks for voting! Head over to Round One (part two) to vote on the bracket’s righthand side!

Round One – Lefthand Side

The Secret History vs. The Maidens

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

Ninth House vs. The Magicians

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

If We Were Villains vs. The World Cannot Give

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

Sirens & Muses vs. Voice Like a Hyacinth

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

Transcendent Kingdom vs. The Secret Place

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

The Starboard Sea vs. Old School

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

The Vanishers vs. I Have Some Questions for You

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

Never Let Me Go vs. The Incendiaries

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

The Name of the World vs. Skippy Dies

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

Stargazer vs. Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

The Rules of Attraction vs. The Art of Fielding

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

Talent vs. We Wish You Luck

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

On Beauty vs. I Am Charlotte Simmons

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

The Adult vs. Harvard Square

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost vs. Possession

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

Prep vs. Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos

Choose the best campus novel

Voting for this Round has closed.

Look out for the next round to begin shortly.

About the Author

Electric Literature is a nonprofit publication committed to making literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive.

More about the author
Read Next
Switch On Symbol

A Madman Cannot Survive His Own Masterpiece

An excerpt from ATTILA by Javier Serena, translated and recommended by Katie Whittemore

Mar 24 - Javier Serena Read
Switch On Symbol

More Like This

news

March Gradness Day 2: Round of 64 (Part 2)

Cast your vote for the best campus novel of all time

Mar 25 - Electric Literature
news

Help Us Choose the Best Campus Novel of All Time

Cast your votes in our March Gradness competition, and you might win a prize!

Mar 21 - Electric Literature
news

Announcing the Winner of March Sadness

There can only be one saddest of them all

Apr 2 - Katie Henken Robinson
Thank You!