The Silent Patient
Book · 2019 · Notable
A seeded debut thriller reached No. 1 on the NYT hardcover fiction bestseller list.
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How it worksNumbers
- TikTok hashtag posts in Macmillan's 2024 catalogue
- 11.7K
- TikTok · Self-reported · Macmillan Publishers
- Observed peak date
- Week of Aug 8, 2020
- Jan 2019 to Week of Aug 8, 2020
- Platforms
- 4
- Started on Retail
- Origin
- Mixed
- Media & publishing
How it spread
Trace the originAdvance copies, giveaways and ads preceded a NYT hardcover No. 1 debut. Instagram posts and later BookTok videos widened discovery. Deadline reported more than 12 million copies sold when Sony joined the film adaptation.
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February 2018
Celadon Books precursor · Feb 2018
Celadon sought author blurbs and sent advance copies with handwritten notes to librarians and booksellers.[1]
July 2018
Celadon Books / Goodreads precursor · Jul 2018
A giveaway offered 100 copies and attracted 2,910 entries.[1]
December 2018
Publishers Weekly precursor · Dec 7 ’18
Publishers Weekly profiled Michaelides's move from screenwriting and reported sales of rights in 40 territories.[2]
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