10 Books That Became Worldwide Success After Initial Rejection

10 Books That Became Worldwide Success After Initial Rejection

Let’s read about 10 books that became a worldwide success after initial rejection from publishers.

Lord of the Flies – William Golding

Lord of the Flies – William Golding

Golding’s classic Lord of the Flies got rejected 20 times and one rejection note even considered this work of fantasy as ‘absurd’, ‘uninteresting’, and ‘dull’.

Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

The masterpiece of Nabokov was rejected 5 times. It was considered as ‘obscene, ‘nauseating’ and ‘revolting’.

Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind

This book by Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1937 and it is one of the top films of all time as well. But still, this book got rejected over 35times.

The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl

This incredible diary by Anne Frank presents Nazi dominance and her life hiding from them got rejected 15 times.

Dubliners – James Joyce

Dubliners – James Joyce

Whoever has heard of James Joyce, knows about his masterwork Dubliners. He was asked to change a lot of his writing by different publishers.

Twilight – Stephenie Meyer

Twilight – Stephenie Meyer

Can you believe that Stephenie Meyer had a hard time finding a representation for her work, which was discarded by 14 agents?

Animal Farm – George Orwell

Animal Farm – George Orwell

Orwell’s most renowned work Animal Farm got rejected about 4 times. Even poet T.S. Eliot discarded this based on the wrong representation.

Dune – Frank Herbert

Dune – Frank Herbert

The first of the Dune saga, a novel based on science fiction, a tale of a future civilization conflicting to manage valuable possessions on a desert planet.

The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar is one of the well-written semi-autobiographical novels to date. It is unbelievable that when Plath went on to publish The Bell Jar.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Yes, even a Harry Potter story got rejected 8 times. It was when an eight-year-old found the first chapter, Harry Potter got his identity.