We're very excited to see four of our fine titles on Booklist's 2012 Editors’ Choice list of the best Adult books for a Young Adult audience.
That Adult-to-Teen crossover appeal makes these titles special for us and accessible to all of your patrons.
Here are the Macmillan titles:
GIRLCHILD by Tupelo Hassman
LITTLE STAR by John Ajvide Lindqvist
THIS IS HOW: Proven to Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More, for Young and Old Alike by Augusten Burroughs
RAIDERS!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made by Alan Eisenstock and others
The full list has not been posted online, yet. When I see it, I will update this post.
Read moreThis is the time of year that Talia and I are of the busier of the busy bees (maybe that's why we're buzzing so much lately??) and we end up missing some of the totally rad week-to-week Macmillan excitement.
So when Talia paused for 1/23 of a second to sip her coffee this morning and glanced at The New York Times Book Review Best Sellers list for May 27, she did a double-take and then called me in to talk about how many of our awesome books are on the list.
We high-fived about it.
To give these books a pat on the back, a nod of approval, and a "well done, champ!" I've listed them below:
#3 BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel
#11 THE SINS OF THE FATHER by Jeffrey Archer
#14 A DOG’S JOURNEY by W. Bruce Cameron
#4 MOST TALKATIVE by Andy Cohen
#6 KILLING LINCOLN by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
#20 WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel
#11 SEAL TEAM SIX by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
#4 THIS IS HOW by Augusten Burroughs
#9 The Trylle Trilogy by Amanda Hocking
#8 BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel
#20 THE SINS OF THE FATHER by Jeffrey Archer
#7 MOST TALKATIVE by Andy Cohen
#9 KILLING LINCOLN by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
#32 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman
Read moreFARTHER AWAY by Jonathan Franzen
"The theme of human struggle against the pulls of solipsism and narcissism illuminates every page of the novelist’s essays."
OBLIVION by Héctor Abad. Translated by Anne McLean and Rosalind Harvey.
"Abad’s highly personal coming-of-age story is also a sociopolitical portrait of Colombia."
Augusten Burroughs' collection of comedic wisdom cleverly masquerading as a self-help book has just been selected for Amazon's Best Books of the Month: May 2012! In THIS IS HOW New York Times bestselling Burroughs offers advice on the following topics:
How to feel like crap!
How to ride an elevator!
How to find love!
How to finish your drink!
...and so much more.
Read more"In this hilarious and searingly straightforward memoir, Burroughs (RUNNING WITH SCISSORS) turns the self-help genre upside down [...] As always, Burroughs is smart and energetically forthright about living and loving." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)



