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Max Shelf: Bill O’Reilly
“I love reading books with paper pages and browse old bookstores wherever I go. Libraries are sacred ground, and I thank all the librarians for keeping the literary tradition. We need you guys!”
— Bill O’Reilly
Today’s Maximum Shelf Awareness feature delves into Bill O’Reilly’s mega-bestselling history franchises: the Killing, Legends & Lies and the YA Last Days series, as well as his new current affairs book, OLD SCHOOL: Life in the Sane Lane.
Writing about history in a way that readers can enjoy was a goal of O’Reilly’s since he was a high school teacher in the early 1970s. Readers are drawn to the books, O’Reilly says, because “they inform and they’re entertaining.”
O’Reilly has also launched the Legends & Lies TV series (which premiered on Fox News in April 2015) to tie in to the books, which focus on a major figure from a historical period, debunking or confirming popular myths about their lives.
The Killing series has been adapted into the YA-friendly Last Days series, which aims to allow younger readers to enjoy illustrated versions of the historical narratives. The illustrations include a variety of maps, photographs and other images.
O’Reilly also has a non-series book coming out March 28, OLD SCHOOL: Life in the Sane Lane, written with Bruce Feirstein, about the cultural wars over values, his first current affairs book in many years.
The Killing series
KILLING LINCOLN: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever (available in hardcover, trade paperback, mass market)
KILLING KENNEDY: The End of Camelot (available in hardcover, trade paperback, mass market, audio)
KILLING JESUS: A History (available in hardcover, trade paperback, audio)
KILLING PATTON: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General (available in hardcover, audio)
KILLING REAGAN: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency (available in hardcover, audio)
KILLING THE RISING SUN: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (available in hardcover, audio) readmoreremove
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KILLING PATTON by Bill O’Reilly
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny
THE PERFECT WITNESS by Iris Johanson
ENDER’S GAME by Orson Scott Card
LANDLINE by Rainbow Rowell
LILA by Marilynne Robinson
SON OF NO ONE by Sherrilyn Kenyon
STILL LIFE by Louise Penny
BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande
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1) THE SUNLIT NIGHT by Rebecca Dinerstein (A PW Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2015!) On Sale: June 2, 2015
2) THE BOOK OF SPECULATION by Erika Swyler On Sale: June 23, 2015
3) THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah Available Now
4) THOSE GIRLS by Chevy Stevens On Sale: July 7, 2015
5) A MURDER OF MAGPIES by Judith Flanders (A February 2015 LibraryReads pick!) On Sale: February 24, 2015
6) A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab (A February 2015 LibraryReads pick!) On Sale: February 24, 2015
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