The cover of “Night of a Thousand Boyfriends” was intentionally retro to be reminiscent of the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style, which was probably a marketing mistake for teens. I think the original target audience was a little older, twentysomethings who remembered the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books. But it made the 2004 ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list, so it’s sort of officially a YA book. I think it’s one of those books that doesn’t quite fit our library and bookstores categories, and mostly got shared by word-of-mouth.

The original Choose-Your-Own-Adventures books were not great literature but they were a lot of fun and prepared a whole generation to understand the concept of hypertext and interactive storytelling. They were also had a real social component — kids often read these aloud and passed them around and essentially “played” together.

@Jen: Now that I know these are in bookstores, I might have to start looking for others again – Choose Your Own Adventure cracks me up, and adult versions opens up a whole new genre for me.