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I'm old but do you remember The Book of the Month Club. They sold books. If they picked a book and promoted it, thousands of copies zipped out--sold--and the book rose.
A lot of strange things effect the sales of books. So, even is a "best-seller" list were scrupulously honest, and I don't believe they are, it would not influence me at all. For me, it would make even less sense to read a book because it's on a best seller list than because one of the NYT critics praised a book.
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