The Girl on the Train
Book · 2015 · Notable
Paula Hawkins’s thriller sold 23 million copies worldwide, according to its publisher.
Stephen King
@StephenKing · Jan 26, 2015
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins: really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. The alcoholic narrator is dead perfect.
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- Peak proxy date
- Week of Oct 1, 2016
- Jan 13 ’15 to Week of Oct 1, 2016
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- Origin
- Mixed
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originAdvance copies and paid ads preceded release. Goodreads recommendations and celebrity posts widened discovery. The publisher reports 23 million worldwide sales; Nielsen’s reported print-sales peak supplies a later attention proxy.
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September 2014
Karen precursor · Sep 2014
A review by advance-copy recipient Karen produced a spike in Goodreads Want to Read additions.[1]
October 2014
Riverhead Books precursor · Oct 2014
Riverhead ran two Goodreads giveaways offering 50 advance copies.[1]
January 2015
Riverhead Books / Paula Hawkins seed · Jan 13 ’15
Riverhead published The Girl on the Train in the US.[2]
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