Judges in this round read all four novels in their assigned group, then rank those titles. Rankings are due Monday, Sept. 7.
Group A
Katabasis — R. F. Kuang Kaplan's Plot — Jason Diamond What We Can Know — Ian McEwan Vigil — George Saunders
Group B
A Far-Flung Life — M. L. Stedman Babylon, South Dakota — Tom Lin Voyagers — Meg Charlton Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar — Katie Yee
Group C
Contrapposto — Dave Eggers This Is Not About Us — Allegra Goodman The Wilderness — Angela Flournoy The Things We Never Say — Elizabeth Strout
Group D
John of John — Douglas Stuart Lost Lambs — Madeline Cash The Ten Year Affair — Erin Somers Last Night in Brooklyn — Xochitl Gonzalez
Group E
Land — Maggie O'Farrell The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) — Rabih Alameddine Town & Country — Brian Schaefer Heart the Lover — Lily King
Group F
Hollow Spaces — Victor Suthammanont Kin — Tayari Jones Medium Rare — A. Natasha Joukovsky Ruth — Kate Riley
Group G
So Old, So Young — Grant Gnder Watching Over Her — Jean-Baptiste Andrea American Fantasy — Emma Straub Villa Coco — Andrew Sean Greer
Group H
Whidbey — T Kira Madden Go Gentle — Maria Semple Seek Immediate Shelter — Vincent Yu Whistler — Ann Patchett