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This is a list of books written by black authors that have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list in any ranking or category. The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list, in the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction category. [1]
Genre. Science fiction. Notable works. Enemy Mine (1979) Sea of Glass (1987) Circus World (1980) Notable awards. Hugo Award, Prometheus Award, Nebula, John W. Campbell Award, Analog. Barry Brookes Longyear[1] (born May 12, 1942 [1]) is an American author who resides in New Sharon, Maine.
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction is a list of the 100 best English-language books of the 20th century compiled by American literary critic Larry McCaffery. The list was created largely in response to the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list (1999), which McCaffery considered out of touch with 20th-century ...
The Night Circus was a candidate for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award. [18] It won an Alex Award from the American Library Association in 2012. [19] The novel spent seven weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, reaching number two on the hardcover fiction list. [20]
Nights at the Circus is a novel by British writer Angela Carter, first published in 1984 and the winner of the 1984 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. The novel focuses on the life and exploits of Sophie Fevvers, a woman who is – or so she would have people believe – a Cockney virgin, hatched from an egg laid by unknown parents and ready to develop fully fledged wings.
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...
The list was compiled by Time Magazine critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo. [1] The list includes only English language novels published between 1923 (when Time was first published) and 2005 (when the list was compiled). As a result, some notable 20th-century novels, such as Ulysses by James Joyce (published in 1922), were ineligible for ...
Cirque du Freak (also known as Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare) is the first of twelve novels in The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan (real name Darren O'Shaugnessy), published in January 2000. [ 1 ]