Fun fact: LOTR is second only to the Bible in worldwide book sales.
Fun fact: LOTR is second only to the Bible in worldwide book sales.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
That is an amazing fact... that 100% true Bill? wow...Originally Posted by Merlin1958
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That is an amazing fact... that 100% true Bill? wow...
It was at the time I read it, It may have changed since, but as far as I know it is 100% true.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Wikipedia suggests the highest selling novel is A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens but it is Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books
Then I found this which suggests Don Quixote is the highest selling
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.c...ers.htm#page=0
It may have been at one particular time, but still, it's up there and TDT is no where to be seen. Not that I don't love TDT, just saying is all.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
LOTR was published a hundred years later and still ranks second on the list.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
LOTR was published a hundred years later and still ranks second on the list.
And "The Hobbit" is right there too!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
True but what's your point? There was a lot less people and a lot less publishers back then as well which makes it an even greater accomplishment that A Tale of Two Cities is number 1 or 2 depending on which list you look at, but then again it has had more time to circulate and get published in various editions however, when I got to the bookstore there is an entire section devoted to the different editions of LotR and The Hobbit but not that many copies of A Tale of Two Cities so I guess it is all relative, Anyway LotR is a cultural phenomenon that we may never see the likes of again, Incidentally does anyone know what Stephen King's highest selling book is?LOTR was published a hundred years later and still ranks second on the list.
Wow!! I never would have thought, but apparently as far as a single book goes, King is not even in the running...True but what's your point? There was a lot less people and a lot less publishers back then as well which makes it an even greater accomplishment that A Tale of Two Cities is number 1 or 2 depending on which list you look at, but then again it has had more time to circulate and get published in various editions however, when I got to the bookstore there is an entire section devoted to the different editions of LotR and The Hobbit but not that many copies of A Tale of Two Cities so I guess it is all relative, Anyway LotR is a cultural phenomenon that we may never see the likes of again, Incidentally does anyone know what Stephen King's highest selling book is?LOTR was published a hundred years later and still ranks second on the list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books
Who would have thought? TDT comes in at $30 million for a series.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
He is on a list of the highest-selling authors, just behind Dean Koontz actually but I suppose no one book of his has really out sold any of the others, (4 billion Agatha Christie novels in the world and I haven't read one of them yet, jeez)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...iction_authors
That's a pretty interesting list. Just looking at some of the more contemporary authors on an average per book basis, the order changes a little:
J. K. Rowling 40.9 million
Dan Brown 33.3 million
Stephenie Meyer 19.3 million
Dr. Seuss 11.4 million
John Grisham 11.4 million
J. R. R. Tolkien 6.9 million
Danielle Steel 6.7 million
Stephen King 5.0 million
Dean Koontz 4.4 million
Anne Rice 3.7 million
James Patterson 2.8 million
"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a fantastic book; definitely the best murder mystery I've ever read.
Thank you for the tip, I will definitely try to read it soon!The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a fantastic book; definitely the best murder mystery I've ever read.
My point is that TOTC has had an additional 100 years of sales. (Don Quixote has had even more time.) There were actually a lot more publishers back then and no television. While there were fewer people those generations must be added to those alive today and so the total number of possible book purchasers is far greater.True but what's your point? There was a lot less people and a lot less publishers back then as well which makes it an even greater accomplishment that A Tale of Two Cities is number 1 or 2 depending on which list you look at, but then again it has had more time to circulate and get published in various editions however, when I got to the bookstore there is an entire section devoted to the different editions of LotR and The Hobbit but not that many copies of A Tale of Two Cities so I guess it is all relative, Anyway LotR is a cultural phenomenon that we may never see the likes of again, Incidentally does anyone know what Stephen King's highest selling book is?LOTR was published a hundred years later and still ranks second on the list.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
This is about highest sales not necessarily Better sales, if LotR was published the same year as AToTC, it would probably have out performed it by now but it wasn't, as is AToTC is a higher selling novel than LotR, Perhaps LotR is a Better selling novel but that is a different story
Incidentally does anyone know what Stephen King's highest selling book is?
Yes, but if you want the complete set of LotR books you need to buy three volumes of books versus one Dickens.
The '78 or '90 version or do they count as the same in terms of sales?Incidentally does anyone know what Stephen King's highest selling book is?
that is a good point as well, the list does not specify
Back on topic about Stephen King Collecting Questions.
There are other sections of the forum where each and every King book is discussed, other authors are discussed, and these type of issues can be debated.
Take at look at Cara Laughs, Dutch Hill, Gilead, and The Baronies.
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