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From YouTube To Your Hands

What do Zoella, Alfie Deyes, Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig have in common? They are all starting to follow in the award-winning footsteps of John Green: these YouTubers have officially penned books.

It's no secret that YouTube can open doors for it's loyal employees: everyone has a traveling tour, Tanya Burr has her own line of cosmetics, Jack and Finn Harries travel the world and create documentaries (including The Rickshaw Run, which raised money for Teenage Cancer Trust *swoon* ), and now our favorite YouTubers are landing book deals left and right. Here are four YouTuber books to check out this fall:

1. "Girl Online" by Zoe Sugg (Zoella)

From The Cover: I had no idea GirlOnline would take off the way it has - I can't believe I now have 5432 followers, thanks so much! - and the thought of opening up to you all about this is terrifying, but here goes... 

Penny has a secret. 

Under the alias GirlOnline, she blogs about school dramas, boys, her mad, whirlwind family - and the panic attacks she's suffered from lately. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets the gorgeous, guitar-strumming Noah. Suddenly Penny is falling in love - and capturing every moment of it on her blog. 

But Noah has a secret too. One that threatens to ruin Penny's cover - and her closest friendship - forever.

What To Expect: A look at what it's like to fall into online fame: the perks, the pitfalls and the press all framed into a somewhat stereotypical love story. And I know you should never judge a book by it's cover but that cover is really, really adorable.

Where You Can Get It: Available via Amazon on the 25th of November for $18.

2. The Pointless Book: Started by Alfie Deyes, Finished By You (PointlessBlog)

From The Cover: 
"Bake a cake in a mug; take part in a people-watching challenge; create a time capsule; create a diary for a week of your life and learn to make origami. Fully illustrated and packed with a host of games, activities and pranks, Alfie invites you to join his online following as he challenges you to complete your journal of pointlessness and do virtually nothing with pride."

What To Expect
An interactive activity book reminiscent of Keri Smith's Wreck This Journal, but with a clever online twist: download the app and follow how the author completed his very own copy.

Where You Can Get It
Now available at Barnes & Noble for $20.

3. "My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Going with Your Gut" by Hannah Hart (MyHarto)

From The Cover
One day, a lonely cubicle dweller and otherwise bored New York City transplant Hannah Hart decided to make a fake cooking show for a friend back home in California. She opened her laptop, pulled out some break and cheese, and then, as one does, started drinking. The video was called "Butter Yo Sh*t" and online sensation My Drunk Kitchen was born. 

My Drunk Kitchen (the book!) includes recipes, stories, color photographs, and tips and tricks to inspire your own adventures in tipsy cooking. Hannah offers cocktail recommendations, culinary advice (like, remember to turn off the oven when you go to bed), and shares never-before-seen recipes such as:

The Hartwhich (Knowledge is ingenuity! Learn from the past!)

Can Bake (Inventing things is hard! You don't have to start from scratch!)

Latke Shotkes (Plan ahead to avoid a night of dread!)

Tiny Sandwiches (Size doesn't matter! Aim to satisfy.)

Saltine Nachos (It's not about resources! it's about being resourceful.)

In the end, My Drunk Kitchen may not be your go-to guide from your next dinner party...but it will make you laugh and drink...I mean think...about life.

What To Expect
A hilarious cookbook-style collection of life stories, recipes, and in true Hannah Hart fashion, a ton of puns. 

Where You Can Get It
Now available at Barnes & Noble for $15.

4. "Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to be a Grown-Up" by Grace Helbig (itsGrace)

From The Cover
Growing up in the digital era isn't easy. So Grace Helbig has written a guide that's perfect for anyone faced with the daunting task of becoming an adult.

Infused with her trademark saucy, sweet, and funny voice, Grace's Guide is a tongue-in-cheek handbook for Millennials, encompassing everything a young or new (or regular or old) adult needs to know, from how to live online to landing a job to surviving a breakup to decorating a first apartment, and much more. 

Charmingly illustrated, Grace's Guide features full-color photos, interactive worksheets, and exclusive stories from Grace's own misadventures, including her disastrous interview for NBC's Page Program, her lifelong struggles with anxiety, the first (and also last) time she entered a beauty pageant, meeting her first boyfriend at a high school Latin convention, and many other hilarious lessons she learned the hard way.

Amusing and unexpectedly educational, this refreshing and colorful guide proves that becoming an adult doesn't necessarily mean you have to grow up.

What To Expect
Hilarity, profanity, anxiety and maybe a touch of maturity all woven into stories that will make you think, So I'm not the only one who did that?

Where You Can Get It
Available at Barnes & Noble this October for $18.

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