‘Bridgerton’ Author Julia Quinn on Her Spiking Book Sales and the TikTok Musical

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However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.“The Duke and I,” a.k.a.

the steamy historical romance that served as the basis for the first season of Netflix’s Shonda Rhimes hit “Bridgerton,” has made its way to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, at last — just 21 years after its initial publication.In fact, the first book in Julia Quinn’s “Bridgerton” series, which has been the No.

1 print and e-book fiction novel for two weeks in a row, isn’t even the only “Bridgerton” book that’s currently a bestseller — its sequel, “The Viscount Who Loved Me,” sits at No.

5, and “Romancing Mister Bridgerton,” book four in the series, is No.

7.

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