List of popular continuations of books: romance novels, fantasy, adventure, detectives

It is said that paper books are a thing of the past and now is the time of gadgets and electronic media. But is it? Is it possible to replace the fragrance of a fresh new book? Rustling of pages? Possibility of immersion in history without the presence of annoying banners on both sides of the page? Paper books will not go away, while there remain people who value their magic. So, it will always be topical to publish a list of popular sequels. What books have won the most spectator love?

Why we love books

The book really captures, if it has a history and intrigue. If history is not let go and so beckons its zest, then so does the continuation of the book. For example, Forbes magazine calls the highest-paid writer in the world Eric L. James, who gave the world the story of Anastacia Still and Christian Gray. And Britain is just going crazy with every new book by Joanne Rowling. How does it happen that today in the world of bestsellers rule the representatives of the fair sex?

Fantasy & Adventure

The phenomenon of Joan Rowling was the most unexpected in the world, because her success began with a simple fairy tale. The history of Harry Potter for a long time did not want to be published and accepted in any publisher until one daredevil was found. As a result, the whole world went mad from books about the wizard boy, and Joan and all the characters involved in the history 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 of magic, Rowling looked more attentively at the magic books mentioned by her and wrote them herself. It strikes the depth with which Joan comes to work. No wonder she is the world's first writer, who has earned a billion dollars in literature. She is the author of the most circulation series of books with the most box-office adaptations. In total, it sold 400 million of her novels, and this number does not include the new "Free Vacancy" and "Call of the Cuckoo". The last Joan released under a pseudonym, because she wanted to feel like a beginner. Meticulous media disclosed the secret and the book took off in first place on sales.

King of Horrors

Popular continuations of fantasy were positively estimated by the acknowledged King of Horrors Stephen King, who has been on the list of the most box-office writers for more than a quarter of a century. Potterian he called the story of courage, strength of spirit and friendship. King himself is far from a novice in writing skills, but he does not pass positions and regularly rejoices readers with his fruits. Especially appreciated by the master himself and his followers is a series of books about the Dark Tower, which became the focus of being and the world axis. King himself admits that he wanted to build an equally global narrative, like Tolkien, but only to make it more "his own", vital and piercing. Each book of the series was expected with trembling and horror and the finale was unpredictable, despite all the assumptions of the critics. Now King admits that a series of books about the tower became his mania and all his other works he writes on the link to the main topic.

Once more about love

Stephanie Meyer blew up the world with the love story of a simple girl and a vampire. Mayer herself was only 29 years old in the summer of 2003, but three children gave her food for thought, and her most cash child, the Twilight saga, appeared on the light. A year after the first contact with literary agents, Mayer received a contract for three books worth almost a million dollars. Another year and "Twilight" tore the cash on sale. In the list of popular extensions, a love story about Bella and Edward was hit more than once. Added the popularity of the story of the novel of the main performers of the film adaptation - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. After the vampires Stephanie Mayer went to aliens and wrote "Guest". Fans instantly dumped the book from the shelves of stores, but further until Mayer did not write. Since 2008, she moved to the cinema and opened her production company.

Inspiration

Meyer's books gave an impulse to TV worker Erica Mitchell, who wrote fanfics for Twilight. She wanted to create a story with a closer look at the physical relationships of the main characters. And the text turned into a separate work - "50 shades of gray." Then followed the continuation of the book "50 shades of gray," the trilogy in electronic form, the record for the number of downloads and huge copies of paper versions. The author was included in the list of the most influential people in the world and got to the top of the list of richest writers according to Forbes magazine. The film was waiting for the first film with impatience, but few were conquered. Part of the audience agreed that the film is more puritanical than the book, and Dakota Johnson took too much from the game Kristen Stewart. The continuation of the book "50 shades of gray" in the movie promised to make it more frank, so we'll wait.

Teenage fantasy

Susan Collins is a professional writer. She composed scenarios for children's TV shows and very much succeeded in this. As a result, her pen spawned teenage fantasy "Gregor Nadzemny." The continuation of the book in five volumes has received a common name - "The Chronicles of the Underdark." The hero of the book - a 10-year-old Gregor fell into a magical land through a sewage hatch in Central Park of New York. After the finale, Susan Collins found a really golden vein - she came up with the franchise "Hunger Games", so she got on the list of popular sequels. The novel, which opens the trilogy, was in the lead in the New York book charts, and the screen version tore the jackpot at $ 700 million.

Unusual creativity

Gillian Flynn has always been interested in pop culture, although her parents forbade their daughters and instilled tastes to the masterpieces of the classics. Decade Gillian worked on the reports from the filming of Hollywood films, and then she was suddenly fired. By this time, the girl released the first novel "Sharp Objects", which earned the praise of Stephen King. The next book "Dark places" hit the bestsellers, and the novel "The Disappeared" justifiably penetrated the list of popular sequels. Rights to the film adaptation were sold for 1.5 million, and the main male role went to Ben Affleke.

Sylvia Day excelled in women's prose, flavored with eroticism. She actively follows in the footsteps of E.L. James, hitting the list of popular extensions with her books about the love of the billionaire and beauty, which proves the interest of women in beautiful eroticism.

On the fanfics Cassandra Claire, who wrote works based on Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings, also "climbed up". In 2007, she released a series of books "Cannons of Death" of six volumes, with the seventh part already ending. Then there were two more trilogies of the "Bane Chronicles" and "Hell Mechanisms". As a matter of fact it is a mix of Harry Potter and Twilight, and after all plus on plus can not give a minus. If the franchise is shot at the box office, it's not clear yet, but the orientation is towards teenagers. If there is a success, the shooting of all parts is not far off.

Of course, these are not all popular extensions, but it's not so easy to list them. It is worth noting the modern trend - writers take as a basis a successful idea and surrender it with new details. Maybe this is the secret of a successful career? It is worth a closer look.