March Madness 2026: To Be RED
Your favorite books are red-hot and ready to be read!

Red Alert! March Madness is back featuring the very best of the backlist! It’s March Madness 2026: To Be RED, featuring 16 sizzling books across 8 colorful categories from Crimson Classics to Fiery Fantasy, Ruby Retellings to Vermilion Verse. 

Each week, vote for the titles you think should advance as they battle it out for the title of March Madness Champion 2026!

How to Participate

• Vote Weekly: Voting opens on Monday mornings and that round of voting will be open through Sunday night. Vote once per week from Monday, March 2 through Sunday, March 29.
• Prize Drawing: Each time you vote, you'll be entered into a drawing to win a prize bundle.
• Bonus Entry: Want extra chances to win? Fill out a bracket with your predictions before the tournament starts for a bonus prize drawing entry! Brackets will be available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk starting February 2.
• Perfect Bracket Prize: Think you can predict every winner? If you correctly guess your entire bracket, you'll win the Perfect Bracket Prize!
• Beanstack Tracking (optional):
  If you enjoy tracking your reading or collecting badges, you can follow your March Madness activity in Beanstack. Log the time you spend reading any of the Sweet Sixteen titles to earn red themed reading badges, and log your weekly votes to collect voting badges. Register for March Madness tracking here!

Dates:

• Bracket Predictions Due: Sunday, March 1st 
• Round 1: Monday, March 2 - Sunday March 8
• Round 2: Monday, March 9 - Sunday, March 15
• Round 3: Monday, March 16 - Sunday, March 22
• Championship: Monday, March 23 - Sunday, March 29
• Final Champion Revealed: Monday, March 30th
  
  ** Registration is not required, but by registering you will receive a reminder email when each new round of voting becomes available.