World Book Night Announces 2013 Book Selections

World Book Night is an international “celebration of books and reading” wherein volunteers give away books to those in their community who are not regular readers. Last year, over 80,000 people signed up to be book givers, and over 2.5 million books were given away across the United States and parts of Europe. Next year’s World Book Night has been scheduled for April 23, 2013, and today the list of giveaway books was announced. How Are the Books Selected? “Each year, 30 books are chosen by an independent panel of librarians and booksellers. The authors of the books waive their royalties and the publishers agree to pay the costs of producing the specially-printed World Book Night U.S. editions. Bookstores and libraries sign up to be community host locations for the volunteer book givers.” (from the WBN website) And The Winners Arrreeee The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood City of Thieves by David Benioff Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury My Antonia by Willa Cather Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (both English and Spanish editions) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (also available in both English and Spanish editions) The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan Bossypants by Tina Fey Still Alice by Lisa Genova Looking for Alaska by John Green Playing for Pizza by John Grisham Mudbound by Hillary Jordan The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Moneyball by Michael Lewis The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Population 485 by Michael Perry Montana Sky by Nora Roberts Look Again by Lisa Scottoline Me Talk Pretty One Day by Me Talk Pretty One Day The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Favorite American Poems edited by Paul Negri How Do I Sign Up as a Giver? You can apply to be a giver on the World Book Night website.