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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 ...
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 ...
Angela Carter* — American Ghosts and Old World Wonders, Burning Your Boats (including six previously unpublished short stories) Raymond Chandler — Poodle Springs (with Robert B. Parker) Bruce Chatwin* — Anatomy of Restlessness (a collection of short stories and travel tales, as well as essays and articles) Geoffrey Chaucer* — The ...
This is a list of short stories and novellas that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
Endorsing the novel, Ernest Hemingway wrote: "If you want to read a book by a man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvelously well, read Appointment in Samarra." [10] O'Hara followed Samarra with BUtterfield 8, his roman à clef based upon the tragic, short life of flapper Starr Faithfull, whose mysterious death in ...
Luke Short (1908–1975), (pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden) Jack Slade (publisher house name, pseudonym of Peter B. Germano and others) Frank H. Spearman (1859–1937) Kai Starr (born 1964) John Steinbeck (1902–1968) Wallace Stegner (1909–1993) Louis J. Stellman (1877–1961) Manning Lee Stokes (1911–1976), writing as Ford Worth ...
The bibliography of Raymond Carver consists of 72 short stories, 306 poems, a novel fragment, a one-act play, a screenplay co-written with Tess Gallagher, and 32 pieces of non-fiction (essays, a meditation, introductions, and book reviews).
The bibliography of Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) includes essays, books and fiction, as well as film and television adaptations of works written by the Indianapolis-born author. Vonnegut began his literary career with science fiction short stories and novels, but abandoned the genre to focus on political writings and painting in his later life.