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Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, [14] 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, [15] making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
Book Author January 2: Roots: Alex Haley: January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8: Your Erroneous Zones: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer: May 15 May 22 May 29 June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24: The ...
The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-book fiction category. [2]The most popular books of the year was The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen with respectively 15 and 8 cumulative weeks at the top.
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 ...
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (1921–1977), Hindi novelist; Padma Sachdev (1940–2021), poet, novelist in Hindi and Dogri; Pran Kumar Sharma (1938–2014), creator of Chacha Choudhary; Premchand (1880–1936), modern Hindustani literature; Priyamvad (1952–), writer and historian in Hindi. Parichay Das (1964–), writer and editor in contemporary ...
The best known book from this age is the Satsai of Bihari Lal, a collection of Dohas (couplets), dealing with Bhakti (devotion), Neeti (Moral policies) and Shringar (love). The first Hindi books, using the Devanagari script or Nāgarī script were Heera Lal 's treatise on Ain-i-Akbari , called Ain e Akbari ki Bhasha Vachanika, and Rewa Maharaja ...
1977 Shamsher Bahadur Singh: Chuka Bhi Hun Nahin Main: Poetry 1978 Bharat Bhushan Agarwal: Utna Vah Suraj Hai: Poetry 1979 Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil' Kal Sunana Mujhe: Poetry 1980 Krishna Sobti: Zindaginama - Zinda Rukh: Novel 1981 Trilochan Tap Ke Taye Hue Din: Poetry 1982 Harishankar Parsai: Viklang Shraddha Ka Daur: Satire 1983 Sarveshwar Dayal ...
She published over 80 books, in English and Hindi, besides translating many Jain writings and some Hindi literature into English. [1] She is featured in the Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English and was a recipient of The Vreeland Award (1969) and the Marie Sandoz Prairie Schooner Fiction Award (1970 and 1971). [ 4 ]