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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.
The film, The Greatest Story Ever Told, based on Oursler's book, was released in 1965. [22] Oursler also wrote, as Abbot, the Reader's Digest article that was made into the movie Boomerang! (1947). Another book was Father Flanagan of Boy's Town, 1949, the story of Fr Edward J. Flanagan's work with young men. The book was co-authored by Fulton's ...
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, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Women by Kristin Hannah with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros with 6 weeks at the top of the list and It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover with 5 weeks at the top of the list.
"The famous book review blurb page-turner is rarely used to describe exhaustive bios, but in this case that description fits like a finely crafted Dents glove made of peccary leather," observed ...
The Greatest Story Ever Told, the title of which was used for Fulton Oursler's 1949 book, [3] used dramatized sketches to depict events in the life of Jesus Christ. [4] As in the book, the words spoken by Jesus in the radio program came directly from the Bible. [1] The premiere episode was "Parable of the Good Samaritan". [5]
And as a writer, Bill worked with his ear. How his writing sounded was the most important thing. Poetry was his mentor. It inspired and guided him.” [4] During the 1950s he hosted a regional television program, The Storyteller, and he later produced audiotapes of his books. [2] The 2015 Bill Martin Jr. Symposium at Texas A&M University–Commerce
The highest-ranked book on the list was the Elena Ferrante novel My Brilliant Friend published in 2012. Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author.