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Sales of MrBeast and James Patterson’s novel are low — The Verge

Lev Shevtsov 01 September 2026 20:15
Sales of MrBeast and James Patterson’s novel are low — The Verge

Sales of the recently released novel The Most Dangerous Games, which Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson and writer James Patterson collaborated on, are very low, The Verge reports, citing Semafor. The book was published by HarperCollins.

Book sales

According to Semafor, the low sales may make it difficult for HarperCollins to recoup the money spent on the collaboration between Donaldson and Patterson. The Verge describes the book’s sales as very low.

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Potential publisher costs

The Verge suggests that HarperCollins may have spent significant sums to bring Donaldson and Patterson together to collaborate on the novel. This is the publication’s assumption, not an amount of expenses it cites.

In its article, The Verge notes that Jimmy Donaldson is known by the pseudonym MrBeast and calls James Patterson a writer. The sales data cited by The Verge comes from a Semafor report. The novel was released recently, The Verge notes in its publication.

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