Closing One Chapter by Boy_Wonder on Flickr.
Closing One Chapter by Boy_Wonder on Flickr.
— Neil Gaiman
World Book Night U.S. is a celebration of books and reading held on April 23, when 25,000 passionate volunteers across America give a total of half a million books within their communities to those who don’t regularly read. In 2012, World Book Night was celebrated in the U.S., the UK, Ireland, and Germany and saw over 80,000 people gift more than 2.5 million books.
Now, you can apply to giveaway 20 free copies of the following books to light and non-readers in your area.
- 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 (English & Spanish editions)
- The Alchemist by Paul Coelho (English & 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 Pratchett & 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 David Sedaris
- The Ladies’ No. 1 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 in Large Print edited by Paul Negri
You can check out the website here and apply to be a giver here
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