Water for Elephants is s stunningly beautiful work that deserves its spot in The Final Four. Don’t believe it? Read an excerpt to decide for yourself.

To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic. Haven’t read it yet? Check out this excerpt and decide whether or not it deserves to make it to the Final Two.

4 more books have been eliminated and a new round of voting–and a whole new chance to win!–has begun. Click through to the Polls page to see which books still remain and vote for your favourites as we march toward choosing the 2010 HCC March Madness champion.

Round 5 will last two weeks so you’ll have plenty of time to cast a ballot for your favourite. Vote now and vote often for your favourite and come back on March 22 for Round 6.

The father of modern high fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, has an unlikely opponent in Getting the Girl. Check out this excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring and vote if you think it should take the title. Browse Inside now.

Water for Elephants was a surprise hit when it was released. Did you love it? Keep its popularity going by voting for it now. Didn’t read it? Check out an excerpt before it gets turned into a mega-hit movie (potentially starring Robert Pattinson!).

Meg Cabot, author of mega-hit The Princess Diaries, is competing against Water For Elephants with her fun, quirky romantic comedy called The Boy Next Door. Think it’s fun enough to take the title? Read the excerpt.

8 more books have been eliminated and a new round of voting–and a whole new chance to win!–has begun. Click through to the Polls page to see which books still remain and vote for your favourites as we march toward choosing the 2010 HCC March Madness champion.

Round 4 will last only this week. Vote now and vote often for your favourite and come back on March 8 for Round 5.

The Space Between Us, a hauntingly beautiful novel set in modern-day India, faces off against Lehane’s popular thriller Shutter Island. Warm and quiet, The Space Between Us traces the lives of two women divided by class and yet intricately connected. Browse Inside to read an excerpt.

Susan Juby is famous for the tongue-in-cheek humour that makes her YA novels bestsellers. But will the detective story with a twist, Getting the Girl, take the March Madness title? Read the excerpt and then cast your vote!

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a beloved American classic about a girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the century. It’s a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident, and you can read an excerpt from it. Or, check out the English 101 reading challenge all about it.