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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 ...
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. As of June 2017, the series has been translated into 85 languages, [16] placing Harry Potter among history's most translated literary works.
"for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the Occupation" [115] novel, screenplay 2015: Svetlana Alexievich (b. 1948) Belarus (born in Soviet Ukraine) Russian "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time" [116] history, essay 2016: Bob ...
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 ...
The list starts in order with the first ten books: the I Ching (an ancient Chinese divination text), the Hebrew Bible (a version of which serves as the "Old Testament" of the Christian Bible), the Iliad and Odyssey, the Upanishads (a collection of ancient Indian philosophical texts), the Tao Te Ching, the Avesta, the Analects, the History of ...
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 ...
Modernist women writers; Women printers/publishers before 1800; Women rhetoricians; Women science fiction authors; Biographical dictionaries of women writers in English; Norton Anthology of Literature by Women
This page provides a list of novelists who have written historical novels. Countries named are where they worked for longer periods. Alternative names appear before the dates.