USA Today pegged Stieg Larson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series tops for 2010.
Here's a excerpt from their article by Anthony DeBarros and Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY
Millennium trilogy unbeatable
Stieg Larsson's girl with the dragon tattoo might weigh all of 92 pounds, but she made the late Swedish author the year's ultimate sales heavyweight. His Millennium trilogy —The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest— outsold every other author in 2010.
According to Larsson's publisher, Knopf, the thriller series — set in Sweden and starring computer hacker Lisbeth Salander — has sold 12.5 million print copies and 2.5 million e-books.
This year is likely to be another big one for Larsson and Lisbeth, with David Fincher's film adaptation of Dragon Tattoodue in December.
How the series did on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list:
• It had a perfect week on June 3, taking the three top spots. (The third book, Hornet's Nest, hit stores in late May.)
• For all 52 weeks, at least one Larsson novel was in the top 50.
• Tattoo held the No. 1 spot for nine weeks; Hornet's Nest for one.
• Larsson's trilogy accounted for 5% of all sales tracked.
• For all 52 weeks, at least one Larsson novel was in the top 50.
• Tattoo held the No. 1 spot for nine weeks; Hornet's Nest for one.
• Larsson's trilogy accounted for 5% of all sales tracked.
Read the entire article here.
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