10 December 2018
The average American reads 12 or 13 books a year, but with over 3 million books in print, the choices they face are staggering.
Despite the introduction of 100,000 new titles each year, only a tiny fraction of these attract a large enough readership to make The New York Times Best Seller list.
Which raises the questions: How does a book become a best-seller, and which types of books are more likely to make the list?
