Book Madness Update: Vote now to determine our Elite Eight

We have our Sweet Sixteen, though the sweet aspect might be pushed aside as people vote to keep their favorite title and/or character in the running. It's getting harder to choose. Percy Jackson vs. Laura Ingalls Wilder? Gone With the Wind vs. The Grapes of Wrath? The Giver vs. Charlotte's Web?

"It's too hard to choose," one patron tweeted.

We agree, but it must be done. Voting in this round continues through the end of the day Friday. We will reveal our Elite Eight Saturday morning.

Go Books!

Click here to see the original lineup.

Book Madness 2015: Adults and Teens

HUMOR ME

• How to Tell If Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You by The Oatmeal
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

• One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
• Bossypants by Tina Fey

BOOKS THAT BLOW YOUR MIND

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

• Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

BIG BOOKS WORTH THE EFFORT

• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

IOWA WRITERS

• A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
• Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

• On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
• The Magic Thief series by Sarah Prineas

Book Madness 2015: Children’s

BELOVED CHARACTERS

• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Percy Jackson

• Curious George
• The Pigeon

BOOKS THAT GOT YOU HOOKED ON READING

• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

BEST SERIES

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Little House on the Prairie

• Babymouse
• Elephant and Piggie

WORDLESS PICTURE BOOKS

• Journey by Aaron Becker
• Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle

• Owly by Andy Runton
• Chalk by Bill Thomson