Welcome to the LFBC Sudden Death Survey!

The previous survey was intended to pick six books to read during 2026. However, at the end of the survey there were four books tied for fourth, fifth, and sixth place, so a sudden death survey is necessary to pick just three of those four.

You will place three votes. They will be equally weighted, and the three books with the most points will officially be the 4th-6th LFBC books for 2026.

Again, you will need a passcode, but it will be possible to reuse one from the previous survey.

Here are the four books, with a link to an Amazon or Wikipedia page about each one.

Empire of the Sun
by J. G. Ballard
Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann

Vote quickly—the deadline is the end of January 6!