The New York Times comes to grips with the astounding success of thriller writer James Patterson, who last year sold an estimated 14 million copies of his books in 38 different languages. He sells better than Stephen King, John Grisham, and Dan Brown -- combined:There are many different ways to catalog Patterson’s staggering success. Here are just a few: Since 2006, one out of every 17 novels bought in the United States was written by James Patterson. He is listed in the latest edition of “Guinness World Records,” published last fall, as the author with the most New York Times best sellers, 45, but that number is already out of date: he now has 51-- 35 of which went to No. 1.Read the whole article here.
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1 comments:
I won't argue with Patterson's success. I won't argue with the novels. But I don't hold his books up as a the peak of good writing, nor am I even comfortable with his not actually writing them.
That said, I like the early Alex Cross books. Now, not so much. But I would take his success, and applaud him for it.
Michele
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