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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 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 is loosely interpreted to include novellas, novelettes, and books of interconnected short stories.)
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 ...
novel, short story, essay 1930: Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) United States: English "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters" [36] novel, short story, drama 1931: Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931) Sweden: Swedish "The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt" [37] poetry 1932 ...
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 ...
As The New York Times noted, at the time of his death, "all 101 of Mr. L'Amour's books — 86 novels, 14 short-story collections and one full-length work of nonfiction," were in print, making him ...
This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.
This is a partial list of 21st-century writers. This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works.