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The winner of our March Madness bracket has been decided! Not Connecticut huskies, but a man-bug thing. Close enough.

Thanks to all who submitted brackets (winning one to be announced later today) and voted to help us decide which title would be crowned champion. We hope you enjoyed following the action and that you’ve been inspired to pick up (or read again) one of these classics.

Our Book Bracket finalists prepare for battle in not dissimilar ways: one walks around Dublin hating himself, the other crawls around his house being hated. And both are ultimately transformed.

Throw your weight behind Joyce or Kafka here! The winning title—and winning submitted bracket—will be announced on Monday afternoon.

Perhaps it was too mired in ethical dilemmas—The Brothers Karamazov couldn’t squeak out the win it needed for advancement into the Book Bracket semifinals. Our first contender for the gold and glory has been chosen, and he’s going to write a villanelle to celebrate!

Congrats to Stephen Dedalus, who will be up against either Gregor Samsa the human beetle or Lily Bart the cautionary tale. Help decide which author battles Joyce in the semifinal of the 2014 Book Bracket by voting here.

With your help, the final match-up will be decided over the weekend and announced on Monday—keep an eye out for a voting link!

Dostoevsky, Joyce, Kafka, and Wharton have all cemented spots in the quarterfinals. But which lucky books will go on to the semis? Your chance to choose! Submit your votes here.

No April Fool’s prank—Kafka’s human bug shoves Hawthorne’s ornate roof out of the running. One slot in the quarterfinals remains. Will it go to Nella Larsen or Edith Wharton? Help choose by voting here!

A wandering writer in Dublin handily defeated a wandering writer in Venice in Game 10 of our Book Bracket. In the next game, will The Metamorphosis or The House of the Seven Gables become the third quarterfinalist? You can help choose here!

Have you filled in the Kanye Madness Bracket? 

What song did you end up with as the winner?

Laetiporus conifericola - Chicken Mushroom

What an odd piece of lingerie

#MarchMapMadness

In lieu of basketball, try voting in our March Mapness bracket starting Monday, March 16 via the American Geographical Society Library’s Instagram Story. 

https://www.instagram.com/agslibrary/

Tune in for info about the maps and to vote every Monday and Thursday til the end of the month when we announce the winner on March 31st!