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The New York Times. number-one books of 2022. The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States. The lists are split in three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.
Trust (novel) Trust. (novel) Trust is a 2022 novel written by Hernan Diaz. [2][3][4][5][6] The novel was published by Riverhead Books. Set predominantly in New York City and focusing on the world of finance, the novel is a metafictional look at a secretive financier and his wife.
A 2023 analysis by The Washington Post found that a majority of book challenges in over 100 school districts from the 2021–2022 school year were filed by just 11 people. [30] Based on a survey by PEN, about 10,000 books were banned from US schools by Republican-led censorship laws in the 2023/2024 academic year.
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.
Courtesy of Minotaur Books, Mysterious Press, Blackstone Publishing Inc. 1. The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves. 2. Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram From Hell by Dr. John H. Watson, M.D. 3. An Honorable ...
Stay True is a 2022 memoir by Hua Hsu, published by Anchor Books and Doubleday, both imprints of Penguin Random House. The memoir depicts Hsu's unlikely relationship with a college friend named Ken, a friendship that was unexpectedly and tragically cut short when Ken was killed in a carjacking in 1998. The book received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize ...
28 May – Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez in Barcelona, designed by Suma Arquitectura, is formally inaugurated. 2 June – British literary figures recognised in the 2022 Birthday Honours include novelists Ian Rankin (knighthood) [11] and Salman Rushdie; the latter is made a Companion of Honour, along with illustrator Sir Quentin Blake.
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 ...