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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 ...
This is a list of novelists from the United States, listed with titles of a major work for each. This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-time resident alien) who has published a novel. (For the purposes of this article, novel is defined as an extended work of fiction. This definition ...
C. W. A. Scott's Book: The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight of C.W.A. Scott: 1934 Beirne Lay Jr. I Wanted Wings: 1937 Frank Glasgow Tinker: Some Still Live: 1938 Louise Thaden: High, Wide and Frightened: 1938 Igor Sikorsky: The Story of the Winged-S: 1939 Richard Hillary: The Last Enemy: 1940 Beryl Markham: West with the Night: 1942 Ted W ...
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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 ...
This page provides lists of best-selling books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as ...
"author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" [109] novel, short story, essay, translation 2009: Herta Müller (b. 1953) Germany Romania: German "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" [110]
The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists. List. Name Author Year Ref. The Adventures of Augie March: Saul Bellow: 1953 ...