Make it Simple
Monday, January 19, 2009
At the consistently wonderful Readerville, we can today ponder the 2008 international fiction bestsellers, in which Khaled Hosseini ranks first and Stephenie Meyer fourth, Jodi Picoult twelfth, Lauren Weisberger seventeenth.
In the Guardian story that presents the list (and that Readerville links to), Philip Jones, the managing editor of the Bookseller's website, offers up this explanation: "They are all telling fairly simple, universal stories. From vampires to evil businessmen to wizards, these are recognisable tropes."
Note to self: Find yourself a recognizable trope.
6 comments:
Interesting list! Thanks for pointing it out.
So very interesting. Note taken and absorbed. Thanks for the link!
"Simple,universal stories" ...good advice. Thanks for passing it along :)
I'd say you did with House of Dance :-)
(My word verification for this comment is reads ons - without the space. I can't wait to do that, read on (in the plural!) with more of your novels.
Sherry -- or, that could be "read sons". ;)
Thanks for sharing the link! It's interesting to catch up with the most popular authors.
Okay, I just hope no one scoops my story idea about a hot, teenage vampire who lives in Afghanistan and wears a lot of Prada.
Seriously - hands off.
;^) Anna
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