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Fifty Shades Of Grey

For the film adaptation, see Fifty Shades of Grey (film). For the soundtrack album, see Fifty Shades of Grey (soundtrack). Fifty Shades of Grey 50ShadesofGreyCoverArt.jpg 2012 paperback cover Author	E. L. James Country	United Kingdom Language	English Series	Fifty Shades trilogy Genre	Erotic romance Published	20 June 2011 (Vintage Books) Media type	Print (Hardcover, paperback) Pages	514 ISBN	978-1-61213028-6 OCLC	780307033 Followed by	Fifty Shades Darker Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM). Originally self-published as an ebook and a print-on-demand,[1][2] publishing rights were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012.[3][4]

The second and third volumes, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, were published in 2012. Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists around the world, including those of the United Kingdom and the United States.[5][6] The series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into 52 languages,[7] and set a record in the United Kingdom as the fastest-selling paperback of all time.[8] Critical reception of the book, however, has tended toward the negative, with the quality of its prose generally seen as poor. Universal Pictures and Focus Features produced a film adaptation, which was released on 13 February 2015[9] and also received generally unfavorable reviews.