Buckle up, sports fans!  This week, Magda and Lindsay battle head-to-head, fighting it out to win best, most incredible, most powerful…manager of a totally fictional literary team of characters, tropes, and genres.  Listen in as they draft their top 3 picks for female main character, male main character, sidekick, theme/trope/genre, and audiobook. Each day, they’ll post their matchups, and the audience will vote on their favorites. There’s a lot on the line (sort of), and they’ll leave it all out on the field/page.    Email us!  Literally Books Website Literally Books Instagram Magda's Instagram Lindsay's Instagram Literally Books YouTube Literally Books TikTok   Intro & Outro Song: "Would it Kill You," courtesy of The Solder Thread   Book Mentioned in the Episode:  “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil“ by V.E. Schwab  “Darker Shade of Magic“ by V.E. Schwab  “A Gathering of Shadows“ by V.E. Schwab  “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue“ by V.E. Schwab  “The Hunger Games“ by Suzanne Collins “Pride and Prejudice“ by Jane Austen “Little Women“ by Louisa May Alcott “Tress of the Emerald Sea“ by Brandon Sanderson “Throne of Glass“ by Sarah J. Maas “Legendborn“ by Tracy Deonn “Frozen River“ by Ariel Lawhon “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo“ by Taylor Jenkins Reid “Lessons in Chemistry“ by Bonnie Garmus “Legendborn“ by Tracy Deonn “A Court of Thorns & Roses“ by Sarah J. Maas “Project Hail Mary“ by Andy Weird “To Kill a Mockingbird“ by Harper Lee “Deep End“ by Ali Hazelwood “The Knight and the Moth“ by Rachel Gillig “Mickey7“ by Edward Ashton “Fourth Wing “ by Rebecca Yarros “Lord of the Rings“ by J.R.R. Tolkien  “Don Quixote“ by Miguel de Cervantes “The Briar Club“ by Kate Quinn “The Women“ by Kristin Hannah “The Nightingale“ by Kristin Hannah Iron Flame“ by Rebecca Yarros The Hunger Games“ by Suzanne Collins Chain Gang All-Stars“ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Compound“ by Aisling Rawle Yellowface “ by R.F. Kuang Beg, Borrow, or Steal“ by Sarah Adams Beach Read“ by Emily Henry The Three Lives of Cate Kay“ by Kate Fagan A Wrinkle in Time“ by Madeleine L’Engle Ramona Quimby“ by Beverly Cleary Daisy Jones and the Six“ by Taylor Jenkins Reid Listen for the Lie“ by Amy Tintera World War Z“ by Max Brooks Margo’s Got Money Troubles“ by Rufi Thorpe The Murderbot Diaries“ by Martha Wells Dungeon Crawler Carl“ by Matt Dinniman I’m Glad My Mom Died“ by Jeanette McCurdy The Woman in Me“ by Britney Spears