Battle of the Books

The high school I teach at is having a Battle of the Books, Classics versus Contemporary. Since several of my homeroom students hadn't read nearly any of the books, they left some brackets (which I took the joyful liberty of filling out).

Here is my bracket:

Classics win! I had the most difficulty figuring out the left (Classics) side and feel like some great works were left out (Faulkner, Tolstoy, Stephen King). I could breeze through the contemporary - Kite Runner, Glass Castle, and Lord of the Rings were the only meaningful books on their side. Of course I read this from a book-lover, adult, and teacher perspective and less from an teenage-entertainment viewpoint. 

Perhaps I will make my own bracket...