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By wellinghall
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Tolkien is the 25th best selling author of the last ten years

23 Dec, 2009
2009-12-23 6:53:22 PM UTC

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/ ... 3/decade-books-jk-rowling

- wellinghall

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31 Dec, 2009
2009-12-31 10:19:59 PM UTC

The Nielson BookScan data given in "The Decade Round-Up 2000-2009" (in The Bookseller) differs slightly.

Tolkien is 23rd overall by volume (4.9m)
10th overall by value (£47m)
& the only dead author in this (value) top ten list.

BH

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