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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. J.D. Salinger's tale of teenager Holden Caulfield who wanders the big city was first published more than 70 years ago. While some of the New York City ...
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was the most challenged work from 2000 to 2009. Its topics relating to things such as witchcraft have generated controversy. The second oldest works featured on the list were written by Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is often challenged for its language and discussion of racism.
Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, [13] 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, [14] making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Los Angeles Times. 1998. Given in about a dozen categories, including Young Adult Fiction. Margaret A. Edwards Award. YALSA / School Library Journal. 1988. Awarded annually to recognize authors for lifetime contributions to popular young adult literature. Michael L. Printz Award.
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 ...
Grand Theft Auto is the most successful video game franchise originating from the United Kingdom and is the best-selling action-adventure and open-world series. The series's best-selling game, Grand Theft Auto V, is the second best-selling video game of all time with around 200 million copies shipped. [50] FIFA.
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 ...
Comic magazines. Cover of Weekly Shōnen Jump issue #1 (1968). Weekly Shōnen Jump is the best-selling comic magazine. This list is for comic magazines, which are anthology magazines that serialize multiple different unrelated comic series. This list includes Japanese manga magazines, European comic magazines, and English-language comic magazines.