Best of 2015
I’m happy to report that The Library at Mount Char made it onto a number of “Year’s Best” lists over the last few weeks. Please pardon the shameless self-promotion. I’m pretty excited, and you only get to do this once.
“A wholly original, engrossing, disturbing, and beautiful book. You’ve never read anything quite like this, and you won’t soon forget it.”–Full Review here
Unlike anything I’ve ever read before, this book is a surreal, violent, adrenaline-fueled punch to the brain, a book you can’t stop thinking about. More, please.”–Full Review here
“Like a dark-hearted take on what might really happen if child wizards like Harry and Hermione weren’t so well-behaved, Hawkins debut is harrowing, entrancing, and never less that utterly original.”–Full Review here
“A wild ride of a novel, fierce and totally bonkers yet moving and humane, The Library at Mount Char will stun you on every page.”–Full Review here
“Dark, demented, and drop-dead funny, Scott Hawkins’ twisted fantasy morality play is the best genre debut in years!”
“The Library at Mount Char is a brilliant, highly original piece of fantasy that more people should be reading.”–Full Review here.
Nominated for the Best Debut category in the Goodreads Choice Awards, and lost. Badly. (Final result: 13th out of 16.)But it was in fact an honor to be nominated.
Full list here.
The audiobook, narrated by Hilary Huber, is fantastic. She recently won a “Best Voice” award from AudioFile magazine.
Minnesota Public Radio included The Library at Mount Char on their “Top sci-fi and fantasy picks of 2015” list. 
“Scott Hawkins is a recent discovery for me personally, but he’s a talent I’ll look to in the future, as he’s given the world one of the greatest stories to hit shelves in 2015.”–Full Review
“Scott Hawkins doesn’t have time for your stinkin’ genre conventions. The Library at Mount Char winds its way through the realms of horror, fantasy, and mystery—sometimes occupying all of these spaces at once.”–The Lineup Presents: The Creepiest Reads of 2015
All Books Considered included it in the 2015 Best New Authors roundup.
“This debut fantasy novel creates a magical and surreal world that’s similar to our own yet imbued with supernatural danger, deities, and plenty of adventure.”–Full Review at ReadItForward.com
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Dec 17, 2015 12:09PM
No need to apologize Scott. The book was awesome and deserves to be on all the lists. I've had it on display a few times at the Library.
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Really. Most original thing I read all year. As a former bookseller you gave me a new book to shamelessly foist on unsuspecting friends and family !! And they all loved it too!
All absolutely well deserved praise. Wishing you more continued success in 2016 and beyond. Happy New Year!
by the time i was at the end of the book i was literally standing on my bed talking to it. i was completely blown away and feel inept to properly capture how epic, original and amazing it was and IS. i read this book two months ago and i am still haunted by the damn bull. i consider myself one of the most well read persons i know (although "good at reading books" doesn't really translate well into a job) and your book is in my top 5 books of all time. the last time there was any change in the list was when i read cryptonomicon by neal stephenson. that was a while ago!! thank you for the experience and i hungrily await your next work, whatever it may be and whatever road it might take. you deserve all the accolades and then some. Happy New Year to you and yours!!!
