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Terry Pratchett the most “evergreen” author

1 August 2008 (17:37) Rincewind Death Discworld Books Terry Pratchett News News Archives

The British book trade’s premier publication, The Bookseller, released today for the first time a list of “evergreen” titles–titles that have never fallen out of the top 5,000 bestseller chart since 1995.  The list consists of only twelve (out of more than 1.8 million) books, three of which belong to the Discworld series.

The Colour Of Magic, The Light Fantastic, and Mort all received the honor.  No author besides Terry Pratchett has more than one book on the list, earning him the title “‘evergreen’ king.”

Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks, topped the list.  The other books on the list were Complete Cookery Course, by Delia Smith; The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield; A Long Walk To Freedom, by Nelson Mandela; and the favorites of The Hobbit, A Brief History Of Time, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

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  • Shoshana:

    This is really cool. Who would have guessed? And has anybody even heard of Birdsong?

  • Joseph:

    I’m kind of surprised that those three books made the list. I didn’t like The Colour Of Magic all that much, and Mort was definitely not my favorite (though it was still very good).

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