'Go the F— to Sleep' proves a popular lullaby with bleary-eyed adults [View All]

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The No. 1 book on Amazon.com isn't "Bossypants" by Tina Fey or "Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris — the top New York Times bestsellers this week. Topping the Amazon list is a picture book from a little-known publisher that won't be available until June called "Go the F— to Sleep."

Galleys of this off-color, not-at-all-for-kids title haven't even been printed, yet tens of thousands of copies have been pre-sold, prompting the publisher to move up the release date four months and increase the print run fifteenfold to 150,000.

After looking at a PDF of the book, musician David Byrne raved about it online, calling it "hilarious." Bestselling author and MacArthur fellowship winner Jonathan Lethem said it's "total genius."

"It's pretty wild," said Adam Mansbach, the 34-year-old author who was inspired to write the book "for fun" last year based on the "grueling" experience of putting his then 2-year-old daughter to sleep.