Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton, FRSL (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published "Essays in Love" (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include "How Proust Can Change Your Life" (1997), "Status Anxiety" (2004) and "The Architecture of Happiness" (2006).
Killing Patton
On his June 24, 2015 segment of "The O’Reilly Factor", O’Reilly claimed that "Killing Patton" was “the bestselling tome . . . in 2014.” "Publishers Weekly" subsequently pointed out that according to Nielsen BookScan, "Killing Patton" "was the fifth bestselling print book of 2014, behind "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" by Jeff Kinney, and "Divergent" and "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth.”