This list contains information about the best books that were released posthumously, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Several famous fiction writers, scientists, and children's book authors have had their works released posthumously. Some of these famous books were released just days after an author's death, while others were released decades later.
What is the most famous book to be released posthumously? The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank tops our list. This book was published in 1947 and documents Frank and her family's experience hiding from the Nazis for two years during World War II. Frank died from typhus in a concentration camp in 1945. Ernest Hemingway recalled his experiences in Paris in the 1920's in the book A Moveable Feast, which was published in 1964. Hemingway committed suicide in 1961.
One of the most popular book series of recent years was published posthumously. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was published in 2005, just months after its author, Stieg Larsson, died of a heart attack on November 9, 2004. The book has since been developed in to a film by David Fincher, starring Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander.
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Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
A Moveable Feast
Northanger Abbey
Poodle Springs
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Canterbury Tales
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Trial
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo