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Best-Selling Books Repeatedly Rejected by Publishers

Bach's story of a seagull had a hard time getting published.

Publishers International, Ltd.

Novelists spend years developing their craft, editing and reediting their work, agonizing over the smallest word, often to be rejected by publisher after publisher. The following famous books and authors were turned down by publishers at least 15 times before they became household names.­

Find the first in our list of best sellers repeatedly rejected by publishers on the next page.

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  • 1: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
  • 2: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
  • 3: Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
  • : 4. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
  • : 5. The Peter Principle by Laurence Peter
  • 6: Dubliners by James Joyce
  • : 7. Lorna Doone by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • : 8. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
  • : 9. M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker
  • : 10. Carrie by Stephen King
  • : 11. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  • : 12. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
  • : 13. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw
  • 14: Dune by Frank Herbert
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