Hudson Booksellers Names the Best Books of 2015

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Hudson Booksellers, a brand unit of travel retailer Hudson Group, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dufry AG of Basel, Switzerland, has announced its list of the Best Books published in 2015. Hudson is one of the most prominent book retailers in the country, successfully operating 60 full-service bookstores and over 400 Hudson and Hudson News travel convenience stores in airports and transportation terminals throughout North America, while also selling books online at www.HudsonBooksellers.com.

As in the past, this year's selection includes the 10 Best Fiction, 10 Best Nonfiction, 5 Best Business Interest and 20 Best Young Reader titles, selected through a nominated shortlist and voting process by a panel of Hudson's professional booksellers across the country. Books were selected for achievements ranging from literary style and innovation, entertainment value and readability, to timeliness and treatment of subjects and themes.

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy, received the most votes across all categories and will be featured as Book of the Year. Matt Comito, VP of Book Operations, says: "Using individual cases to tell a grim story, Leovy manages to personalize and bring immediacy to her analysis of a cycle of violence that ravages the community."

Complimentary "Best Books" brochures will be available to customers in Hudson stores from Thanksgiving through the holiday book buying season. The brochures feature reviews and Bookseller Top 10 lists. A selection of the Best Books of 2015, highlights from previous years' selections, Bookseller Top 10 features, and Bestsellers from 2015 will be prominently displayed in most Hudson Booksellers and Hudson News stores beginning around November 24 th. Hudson's Best of 2015 will also be featured and discounted on our website with special extras and exclusives. Click on the direct link: http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/best-of-2015

The books (listed alphabetically by author) are:

Best Fiction: A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson; Undermajordomo Minor Patrick DeWitt; The Last American Vampire Seth Grahame-Smith; The Making of Zombie Wars Aleksandar Hemon; The Tusk That Did the Damage Tania James; Adult Onset Ann-Marie MacDonald; Slade House David Mitchell; Seveneves Neil Stephenson; The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Vendela Vida; A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara.

Best Nonfiction: Modern Romance Aziz Ansari; Sick in the Head Judd Apatow; Spinster Kate Bolick; Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates; George the Dog, John the Artist John Dolan; Barbarian Days William Finnegan; A Kim Jong-Il Production Paul Fischer; Ghettoside Jill Leovy; Hold Still Sally Mann; So You've Been Publicly Shamed Jon Ronson.

Best Business Interest: Triggers Marshall Goldsmith; Machines of Loving Grace John Markoff; Superforecasting Philip E Tetlock & Dan Gardner; Misbehaving Richard H. Thaler; Elon Musk Ashlee Vance.

Best Young Readers:
Picture Books:
The Day the Crayons Came Home Drew Daywalt; Wolfie the Bunny Ame Dyckman; Home Carson Ellis; Waiting Kevin Henkes; I Don't Want to Be a Frog Dev Petty.
Middle Reader:
Crenshaw Katherine Applegate; Circus Mirandus Cassie Beasley; The Thing about Jellyfish Ali Benjamin; The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate Jacqueline Kelly; The Nest Kenneth Oppel; The Marvels Brian Selznick; Goodbye Stranger Rebecca Stead.
Young Adult:
The Wrath and the Dawn Renee Ahdieh; Mosquitoland David Arnold; Red Queen Victoria Aveyard; The Accident Season Moira Fowley-Doyle; The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz; Orbiting Jupiter Gary D. Schmidt; An Ember in the Ashes Sabaa Tahir Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon.

Hudson Booksellers' 2015 Book of the Year:
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America Jill Leovy.

About Hudson Group:
Hudson Group, the largest duty-paid travel retailer in North America, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of international travel retailer Dufry AG (DUFN) of Basel, Switzerland. Hudson Group operates over 700 Hudson, Hudson News, Hudson Booksellers, cafes, specialty retail and duty free shops in 70 airports and transportation terminals in the United States and Canada. Dufry operates over 1,700 stores in more than 58 countries and 240 airports and transportation terminals around the world. The Hudson Booksellers division is headquartered in Marietta, Georgia.

For more information, visit www.hudsonbooksellers.com, www.hudsongroup.com and www.dufry.com.

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