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This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The most popular title was The Hucksters which spent much of the latter half of the year (19 weeks) at the top of the list and a total of 35 weeks among the top 15.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Only four books topped the list that year, the list being dominated for 34 weeks by John le Carré's spy novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The prolific novelist Louis Auchincloss had his only No. 1 bestseller that year (and only for one week at the top, though it lasted ...
Hence, in cases where there is too much uncertainty, they are excluded from the list. Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide,[ 13] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, [ 14] making ...
The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States. Fiction [ edit ] The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.
Fiction. The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The American publisher Bennett Cerf noted that there had been "only three novels published [in 1948] that were worth reading ... Cry, The Beloved Country, The Ides of March, and The Naked and the Dead ." [1] Only Cry did not top the list that year.
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. Since October 12, 1931, The New York Times Book Review has published the list weekly. In the 21st century, it has evolved into multiple lists, grouped by genre and format, including fiction and nonfiction, hardcover, paperback and electronic. The list is based on a ...