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Limits RegistryEnglish crime writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976), author of 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, is listed by Guinness World Records as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, with an estimated 2 billion copies sold. Her 1939 novel And Then There Were None alone has sold over 100 million copies.
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English crime writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976), author of 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, is listed by Guinness World Records as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, with an estimated 2 billion copies sold. Her 1939 novel And Then There Were None alone has sold over 100 million copies.
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