Back in 1998 the eighth
Wheel of Time novel,
The Path of Daggers, became the first book in the series to hit #1 on the
New York Times bestseller lists. Remarkably, every book released so far in the series has managed the same feat and
Towers of Midnight has made it six in a row. Even more startling is that
Towers of Midnight sold 12% more copies than
The Gathering Storm did in the first week and displaced crime mega-seller John Grisham's new novel from the #1 spot in only its second week on sale (last year
The Gathering Storm knocked Dan Brown off the top spot, but that was after a much longer period).
Photo of Brandon Sanderson by John Sloan via Facebook, check here for the full-size version.
Congratulations to Brandon and everyone at Tor Books!
2 comments:
That picture makes me laugh, both for a WoT-related reason and a Legend of Zelda-related one.
"Brandon Sanderson found a bestseller!"
Strange how it took till book 8 to hit #1 because many people feel the series was already dragging along by that point.
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