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Sales of 'religious' books on the rise
Struggling authors should keep the faith - literally. Sales of books that explore religion or spirituality have grown by more than 50 % in the past three years, according to online retailer Amazon.
But the statistics may not make uplifting reading for believers. The most popular 'religious' book, says Amazon, is The God Delusion, an anti-faith polemic by Richard Dawkins, the academic who has been dubbed 'Darwin's rottweiler'. Second is God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, another broadside at holy citadels, by the journalist Christopher Hitchens.
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