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Old 07-19-2012, 10:47 PM   #6
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Are you looking for individual novels or series or some combination?

For example, the entire Star Wars books as a whole is arguably one of the best-selling franchises. The individual novels, on the other hand, still sell very good (enough to get on the NY Times Best-Seller lists), but perhaps not as a lot as some classics (not that a lot of SF classics sell very well).

If you want individual titles, I'd say Ender's Game and Dune are probably one of the best-sellers.

If you want a modern best-seller count, I'd check the USA Today's List (http://books.usatoday.com/list/index?f=10,0,122). Why USA Today? Less editorializing on the best-seller list compared to the widely popular NY Times. (More on their metrics at http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/b...oks-list_n.htm).

Right now, if you discount the fantasy titles, it's currently Farenheit 451 and Ender's Game. (Interesting to note both are fix-up novels.)
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