World Book Night 2013 Books Announced

One of the highlights of this year has been participating in World Book Night. I was lucky enough to be chosen as a “giver” and distributed 24 copies of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was a great feeling and I loved being able to share how much I love reading and discovering new books and authors with people I wouldn’t normally discuss books. The list of books for World Book Night 2013 has been released today and there’s some great titles on there. Books that I already know and love, books that I have on my wish-list and some that I hadn’t heard of until today. I particularly love the fact that there’s young adult and graphic novels on the list – opens up an even bigger audience for World Book Night. A fabulous mixture and there’s definitely more for by wish-list here.

2013’s World Book Night books are:

The Dark Judges – a Judge Dredd graphic novel
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Noughts & Crosses by Marjorie Blackman
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
Little Face by Sophie Hannah
Damage by Josephine Hart
The Island by Victoria Hislop
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Last Night Another Soldier by Andy McNab
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Road Home by Rose Tremain
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

World Book Night takes place on 23rd April.  For more details, including how to apply to be a giver, visit the World Book Night website.