Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Here is where we are encouraging you to vote for the 4 books among these 8 quarterfinalists that you would like to see advance to the semifinals and get one step closer to being the big book we read in our 19th season, which will be filmed next year.

Matchups (pick one book per matchup):

1.) "Swan Song" by Robert McCammon vs. "Matterhorn" by Karl Marlantes
2.) "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens vs. "The Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens
3.) "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes" vs. "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens
4.) "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr vs. "The Grace of Kings" by Ken Liu

Where you can vote:

1.) In the comments of this video.
2.) Our Facebook group page: facebook.com/groups/120801414781021
3.) Our Instagram page: instagram.com/literary_gladiators
4.) Our Goodreads group page: goodreads.com/group/show/155327-literary-gladiators
5.) Our Patreon (if you vote on our Patreon and are a patron of $1 per month of more, your vote counts for 3 votes): patreon.com/literary_gladiators