Fans Point Out Errors On Coin Commemorating HG Wells
A commemorative coin has been released in order to mark The War of the Worlds author HG Wells’ death, but fans say it missed the mark. The Royal Mint’s £2 coin has errors starting with Martian TRIpod having four legs instead of three. Whoopsie.
40 Best-Selling NYT Books of 2020
Yes, 2020 is in everyone’s rearview, as it should be, but also we love data. Stacker researchers did a breakdown of 2020’s overall best-selling books compiled from The New York Times best seller lists on Barnes and Noble’s website. And if you want to know the top selling books broken down by format (hardcover, paperback) and category (fiction, nonfiction), here you go!
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Starts A Book Club
2020 didn’t have great headlines for the British royal family, between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle saying “peace out” and The Crown airing a season focused on Charles, Prince of Wales’ marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales while he was still seeing an also married Camilla Parker Bowles. So it looks like 2021 is a fresh beginning for focusing away from those things, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who works with seven literary charities, has started a book club: Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room.