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  2. List of best-selling fiction authors - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Novels - Wikipedia

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    The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  4. List of best-selling books - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. List of English novelists - Wikipedia

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    John Braine (1922–1986), Room at the Top; Matthew Branton (born 1968) Paula Brackston (living), historical fantasy; Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883), historical novels; Wallace Breem (1926–1990), Eagle in the Snow; Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1872–1957), historical fiction for children; Simon Brett (born 1945), crime fiction

  6. The Big Read - Wikipedia

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    The British public voted originally for any novel that they wished. [5] From this, a list of 200 was drawn up, with the highest 21 then put forward for further voting, on the provision that only one book per author was permitted in the top 21. As the poll was based on novels, the plays of William Shakespeare were not part of the survey.

  7. List of top book lists - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of ...

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    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 ...

  9. List of British literary awards - Wikipedia

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    Barbellion Prize, for ill and disabled writers; Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize, for a book which "presents new, important and challenging ideas" British Book Awards, the "Nibbies" Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread book awards) Guardian First Book Award; International Rubery Book Award; Jhalak Prize; John Llewellyn Rhys Prize ...

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