Editing Gone with the Wind (novel) (section)

===Awards and recognition===

In 1937, Margaret Mitchell received the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] for ''Gone with the Wind'' and the second annual [[National_Book_Award_for_Fiction#Most_Distinguished_Novel_(1935–1936)|National Book Award for Fiction]] from the [[American Booksellers Association]].<ref>"5 Honors Awarded on the Year's Books:", ''The New York Times'', February 26, 1937, page 23. ProQuest Historical Newspapers ''The New York Times'' (1851–2007)</ref> It is ranked as the second favorite book by American readers, just behind the Bible, according to a 2008 [[Harris Insights & Analytics|Harris poll]].<ref name=harrispoll>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080408005148/en/Bible-Americas-Favorite-Book-Wind The Bible is America's Favorite Book Followed by ''Gone With the Wind''], (April 8, 2008) ''Business Wire''. Retrieved May 10, 2011.</ref> The poll found the novel has the strongest following among women, those aged 44 or more, both Southerners and Midwesterners, both whites and Hispanics, and those who have not attended college. In a 2014 Harris poll, Mitchell's novel ranked again as second, after the Bible.<ref>[http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/mid/1508/ArticleId/1422/Default.aspx "The Bible Remains America's Favorite Book"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025030/http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/mid/1508/ArticleId/1422/Default.aspx |date=September 24, 2015 }}, Harris Interactive; Retrieved April 29, 2014.</ref> The novel is on the [[list of best-selling books]]. As of 2010, over 30 million copies have been printed in the United States and abroad.<ref name=Brown>Brown, Ellen F., et al., ''Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood'', p. 320.</ref> More than 24 editions of ''Gone with the Wind'' have been issued in China.<ref name=Brown /> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine critics [[Lev Grossman]] and [[Richard Lacayo]] included the novel on their list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.<ref name=Time100b>Grossman, Lev & Lacayo, Richard (October 16, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100216130650/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1951793,00.html "All Time 100 Novels"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Retrieved May 10, 2011.</ref><ref name=Time100a>Kelly, James (October 16, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100310070348/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1951793_1952018_1952023,00.html "Time's List of the 100 Best Novels"], ''Time''. Retrieved May 10, 2011</ref> In 2003, the book was listed at number 21 on the BBC's [[The Big Read]] poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml "BBC – ''The Big Read''"]. BBC. April 2003, Retrieved October 27, 2012</ref>