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The world's first book cover tournament.
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Championship Break: Bracket Returns January 19

Voting is closed while we reset the bracket for the championship rounds.

The final Wild Card round is complete, and the Book Jacket Bracket is taking a short breather.

Championship voting runs from January 19 through the final on April 6, the same night as the March Madness title game.

Come back ready to crown this season's ultimate cover.

Championship Schedule

  • Now–January 18: Season break; no active matchup
  • January 19: Championships begin
  • April 6: Final round; winner announced

What Is This?

The Book Jacket Bracket is an aesthetic tournament that celebrates cover design and lifts lesser-known releases into the spotlight.

Each Monday for the first 32 weeks, four fresh covers enter the ring. Readers vote for their favorite. The winner advances.

Then the battle really begins: weekly winners royal rumble until an ultimate victor is placed upon the Shelf of Immortality.

It’s part celebration, part discovery engine, and part slow-burning literary bloodsport (but friendly).

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Weekly Winners: 2025–2026 Season

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The Road to Immortality

One hundred and twenty covers.
One immortal champion.

Book Jacket Bracket preview 2025–2026 season Explore the Bracket

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Jorge Luis Borges observing the vote