Говорят, что бумажные книги уходят в прошлое и Now is the time of gadgets and electronic media. But is it? Is it possible to replace the scent of a fresh new book? Rustling pages? The possibility of immersion in history without the presence of annoying banners on both sides of the page? Paper books will not go away until there are people who value their magic. So, it will always be relevant to publish a list of popular continuations. What books have won the greatest audience love?
Why we love books
The book truly captures if it isstory and intrigue. If the story does not let go and so beckons with its twist, then it asks to write a continuation of the book. For example, Forbes magazine calls the highest paid writer in the world, Erica L. James, who gave the world the story of Anastacia Steel and Christian Gray. And Britain is just crazy about every new book by JK Rowling. How is it that today women are ruled in the best-selling world?
Fantasy and adventure
Феномен Джоан Роулинг стал самым неожиданным в world, because its success began with a simple fairy tale. The story of Harry Potter for a long time did not want to publish and take in any publishing house, until he found one daredevil. As a result, the whole world went crazy about books about a wizard boy, and Joan and with her all the characters involved in the story became millionaires. In fact, Joan could rest on her laurels and not continue to write, but she does not stop there. After the seventh book on magic, Rowling took a closer look at the magic books she mentioned and wrote them herself. The depth with which Joan comes to work is striking. No wonder she is the first writer in the world to earn a billion dollars in literature. She is the author of the most replicated series of books with the most cash screen adaptations. In total, 400 million of her novels were sold, and this number does not include the new "Free Vacancy" and "Call of the Cuckoo." The latest Joan released under a pseudonym, because she wanted to feel like a beginner. The meticulous media revealed the secret and the book took off in first place in sales.
King of horrors
Popular fantasy sequels positiveappreciated the horror king Stephen King, who for more than a quarter of a century remains on the list of the highest-grossing writers. He called Potterian a story of courage, strength of mind and friendship. King himself is by no means a novice in writing, but he doesn’t give up his positions and regularly makes his readers happy with their fruits. Especially prized by the master himself and his adepts is the series of books about the Dark Tower, which has become the focal point of being and the world axis. King himself admits that he wanted to build a global narrative just like Tolkien, but only to make it more “his”, vital and shrill. Each book in the series was awaited with trepidation and horror, and the ending was unpredictable, despite all the critics' speculations. Now King admits that the series of books about the tower has become his mania, and he writes all his other works on binding to the main theme.
Once again about love
Stephanie Meyer blasted the world with a love storysimple girl and a vampire. Mayer herself in the summer of 2003 was only 29 years old, but three children gave her food for thought and her highest grossing child, the Twilight saga, was born. A year after the first contact with literary agents, Meier received a contract for three books worth nearly a million dollars. Another year and "Twilight" tore the cash register for sale. In the list of popular sequels, the love affair about Bella and Edward has been made more than once. Added the popularity of the history of the novel the main performers of the film adaptation - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. After the vampires, Stephanie Meyer went over to the aliens and composed “The Guest”. The fans instantly dared the book from the store shelves, but she didn’t write further until Mayer did. Since 2008, she moved to the cinema and opened her own production company.
Inspiration
Books Mayer gave impetus to TV worker EricaMitchell, who wrote fan fiction on Twilight. She wanted to create a story with a closer focus on the physical relations of the main characters. And the text has become a separate work - "50 shades of gray." This was followed by the continuation of the book "50 shades of gray", a trilogy in electronic form, a record for the number of downloads and huge circulation of paper versions. The author entered the list of the most influential people in the world and got to the top of the list of the richest writers according to the Forbes magazine. The screen version of the first film was eagerly awaited, but few were subjugated to it. Part of the audience agreed that the film was more Puritan than the book, and Dakota Johnson took over too much from the game Kristen Stewart. The continuation of the book "50 shades of gray" in the movie promised to make more frank, so we will wait.
Teenage fantasy
Susan Collins is a professional writer.She wrote scripts for children's television shows and quite succeeded in this. As a result, her pen gave birth to a teenage fantasy "Gregor Aboveground." The continuation of the book in five volumes has received a general name - "Chronicles of the Underdark". The hero of the book - 10-year-old Gregor got into a magical country through a sewer hatch in Central Park in New York. After the finals, Susan Collins found a really gold mine - she came up with the Hunger Games franchise, thanks to which she got into the list of popular sequels. The novel, opening the trilogy, the year was the leader in the book charts in New York, and the film version hit a jackpot of $ 700 million.
Unusual creativity
Gillian Flynn was always interested.pop culture, although her parents forbade daughters and instilled tastes for the masterpieces of the classics. Decade Gillian worked on reporting from the filming of Hollywood films, and then she was suddenly fired. By this time, the girl released the first novel "Sharp Objects", which deserved the praise of Stephen King. The next book "Dark Places" hit the bestsellers, and the novel "Disappeared" justifiably penetrated the list of popular sequels. The rights to the film were sold for 1.5 million, and the main male role went to Ben Affleck.
Sylvia Day has succeeded in female prose, lacederotica. She actively follows in the footsteps of E.L. James, hitting the list of popular sequels with her books about the love of a billionaire and beauty, which proves the interest of women in beautiful erotica.
On fan fiction "rose" and Cassandra Claire,writing compositions on the basis of Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings. In 2007, she released a series of books "The Instruments of Death" of six volumes, with the seventh part already ending. Then two more trilogies of The Chronicles of Bane and Hellish Mechanisms appeared. In fact, this is a mixture of Harry Potter and Twilight, and after all, plus-plus cannot give a minus. Whether the franchise will shoot at the box office is not yet clear, but the orientation goes to teenagers. If there is success, then filming all the parts is not far off.
Of course, this is not all popular sequels, butlist them is not easy. It is worth noting the current trend - the writers take as a basis a successful idea and flavor it with new details. Maybe this is the secret of a successful career? Worth a look.
