Barnes & Noble, Amazon release 'Best Books of the Month' lists

The nation’s two largest online booksellers – Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com – released this week their monthly “Best Books of the Month” lists, and today I’m passing them along to you.

“22 Britannia Road” by Amanda Hodgkinson was the No. 1 book and the “Spotlight Selection” on Amazon’s Best Books of the Month list, which is selected by editors at Amazon.com.

“Bossypants” by Tina Fey was the No. 1 book on Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Month list for adult readers, and “The Emerald Atlas” by John Stephens was the top book on Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Month list for kids and teens.

Without further ado, here are the complete lists:

Amazon’s Best Books of the Month
1. “22 Britannia Road” by Amanda Hodgkinson
2. “Galore” by Michael Crummey
3. “Bossypants” by Tina Fey
4. “Please Look After Mom” by Kyung-Sook Shin
5. “Mister Wonderful: A Love Story” by Daniel Clowes
6. "Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul" by Howard Schultz
7. "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India" by Joseph Lelyveld
8. Best Book for Young Adults: "Where She Went" by Gayle Forman
9. Best Book for Middle-Grade Readers: "The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning)" by John Stephens
10. Best Picture Book: "The Loud Book!" by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska

Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Month… for Adults
1. “Bossypants” by Tina Fey
2. “The Pale King” by David Foster Wallace
3. “Bloodlust” by Russell Jacoby
4. “In Zanesville” by Jo Ann Beard
5. “Please Look After Mom” by Kyung-Sook Shin
6. “The Crimean War” by Orlando Figes
7. “The Great Night” by Chris Adrian
8. “Reading My Father” by Alexandra Styron
9. “The Wilder Life” by Wendy McClure
10. “Malcolm X” by Manning Marable
11. “Black Milk” by Elif Shafak
12. “Collected Short Fiction” by V.S. Naipaul

Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Month… for Kids and Teens
1. “The Emerald Atlas” by John Stephens
2. “Abandon” by Meg Cabot
3. “Ladder to the Moon” by Maya Soetoro-Ng
4. “Vespers Rising” by Rick Riordan
5. “Say Hello to Zorro!” by Carter Goodrich
6. “Summer and the City” by Candace Bushnell
7. “One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street” by Joanne Rocklin
8. “Where She Went” by Gayle Forman
9. “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” by Jack Norworth
10. “A World Without Heroes” by Brandon Mull

In the end, how many of these books have you had a chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.