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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters.  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 29, 2014 3:30 PM UTC  Akashic Books  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 29, 2014 3:30 PM UTC The author of the bestselling humorous children’s book _Go the F-ck to Sleep_ is back, and this time he’s tackling the treacherous minefield of kids’ insane eating habits. Adam Mansbach’s new book, _You Have to F-cking Eat_ is a “long-awaited sequel about the _other_ great parental frustration: getting your little angel to eat something that even vaguely resembles a normal meal,” according to the publisher,[ Akashic ](http://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/you-have-to-fing-eat/)books. _Go the F-ck to Sleep_ was marketed at frustrated parents trying to get their kids to sleep, and despite the profanities—or perhaps because of them—it debuted at #1 on the New York _Times_ Bestseller [list ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/go-f-k-sleep-debuts-202184)and sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. _You Have to F-cking Eat_, which is illustrated by Owen Brozman, will be available to purchase Nov. 12. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3445234/go-the-f-ck-to-sleep-has-a-sequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3445234/go-the-f-ck-to-sleep-has-a-sequel/"},"headline":"Go the F-ck to Sleep Has a Sequel","datePublished":"2014-09-29T15:30:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:04.322Z","description":"It's called 'You Have to F-cking Eat'","url":"https://time.com/3445234/go-the-f-ck-to-sleep-has-a-sequel/","keywords":["Living","Parenting","Books","Sleep","meals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7235979ce30b4c3b/6986a5dde53aba57ef4d4a9b/you-have-to-fucking-eat-adam-mansbach.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7235979ce30b4c3b/6986a5dde53aba57ef4d4a9b/you-have-to-fucking-eat-adam-mansbach.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"You Have to F--king Eat Adam Mansbach","caption":"You Have to F--king Eat Adam Mansbach","creditText":"Akashic Books","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3445234/go-the-f-ck-to-sleep-has-a-sequel/","name":"Go the F-ck to Sleep Has a Sequel"}}]}] ```