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Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...
Author Min. estimated sales Max. estimated sales Original language Genre and/or major works Number of books Nationality William Shakespeare: 2 billion [1] 4 billion [2] English: Plays and poetry, e.g. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet: 42 British: Agatha Christie: 2 billion [3] 4 billion [2] English Whodunits, including the Miss Marple and ...
Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, [14] 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, [15] making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
In addition to their early work with regional American food the Sterns' book Square Meals (Knopf 1985) put "comfort foods" like mac and cheese, meatloaf, and mashed potatoes on the culinary map. Square Meals did an audacious reverse spin on the tricked up and precious nouvelle cuisine that was beloved by food critics at that time.
This category contains cookbooks of significant influence or popularity, including books that have served as references of record for major national cuisines, popular or influential books and series of books (especially those that have drastically influenced the cooking and eating habits of their intended audience), and the masterworks of prominent chefs and food writers.
Great Books of the Western World; Harvard Classics; Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century; Literary Taste: How to Form It; Major English dictionaries; Modern Library's 100 Best Novels; Most expensive books and manuscripts; Ninety-Nine Novels; Time's List of the 10 Best Graphic Novels; The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
25 Of The Greatest Food Quotes Of All Time Alison Dominguez ... "My weaknesses have always been food and men—in that order." Sarah Ceniceros - Hearst Owned. Ernestine Ulmer
The series combined recipes with food-themed travelogues in an attempt to show the cultural context from which each recipe sprang. Each volume came in two parts—the main book was a large-format, photograph-heavy hardcover book, while extra recipes were presented in a spiralbound booklet with cover artwork to complement the main book.