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Reception
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Notable events:
- New York Times Editor's Choice.
- One of Publishers Weekly's "Best Children's Books of 2005".
- Publishers Weekly "Best Book of the Year".
- One of the American Library Association's "Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults" and "Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers".
- One of School Library Journal's "Best Books of 2005".
- Amazon.com's "Best Book of the Decade...So Far".
- #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list within a month of its release.
- In October 2008, it was ranked #26 in USA Today's list of "Bestselling Books of Last 15 Years".
Notable events:
- #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.
- Remained in that spot for eleven weeks and spent over 47 weeks in total on the list.
- #1 on USA Today's Top 150 Bestsellers.
- Biggest selling children's paperback of 2008 with over 5.3 million copies sold.
- Ranked #37 on USA Today's "Bestselling Books of Last 15 Years".
Notable events:
- The fourth bestselling book of 2008, only behind Twilight, New Moon, and Breaking Dawn.
- Ranked #1 on Publishers Weekly's list of "Bestselling Hardcover Backlist Children's Books" in 2008 with over 4.5 million copies sold.
- The book replaced J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the top of bestseller lists around the globe.
- Eclipse peaked at #1 on USA Today's top 150 best sellers list and went on to spend over 100 weeks on the list.
- Later ranked #45 on their list of the best-selling books of the last 15 years in October 2008.
Notable events:
- From its initial print run of 3.7 million copies, 1.3 million were sold in the first 24 hours of the book's release, setting a record in first-day sales performance for the Hachette Book Group USA.
- One of the most anticipated books of 2008 with The Guardian noting, "Teenagers across the world are anxiously awaiting the next installment of author Stephenie Meyer's vampiric series of novels."
- #1 on USA Today's top 150 best sellers list and has gone on to spend over 58 weeks on the list.
- British Book Award for "Children's Book of the Year"
- At the "Children's Choice Book Awards", the novel was chosen as "Teen Choice Book of the Year" and won Meyer the "Author of the Year" award.
[Information from Wikipedia]