Continuing Popularity
Blyton's books have sold more than 600 million copies. From 2000 to 2010, she was still listed as a Top Ten author, selling 7,910,758 copies (worth £31.2m) in the UK alone. In 2003, The Magic Faraway Tree was voted no. 66 in the BBC's Big Read. In the 2008 Costa Book Awards, Blyton was voted the best-loved author, ahead of Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Shakespeare.
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