Reflection

What does it mean to be a best seller? Now, this might not be that difficult to answer, but the question of whether or not it is a good thing is more difficult to say.  A bestselling book is one that has sold the most over a period of time for some reason or another.  I initially thought that must mean that it is a good thing to be a best seller. After all, there must be some reason or another that people are buying the book. It could be because it is a piece of literary genius and is one of the best written books of its time . . . or it could be because it is so simple and easy that even the average Joe will read it.  BOOM. That took a turn for the worst. But let’s face it; the book would have to appeal to a wide array of audiences for it to be a best seller. That means that even the most illiterate people may like it as well. This point was brought up to me and caused me to doubt my initial positive thought that all bestsellers must be great books. But, whether or not you agree or disagree, the bestselling books are still best selling for a reason. So someone somewhere likes it.