Upon its publication in April of 2003, A Million Little Pieces was selected to be a part of Oprah's Book Club, skyrocketing sales. The memoir shot to the number-one paperback non-fiction book slot on Amazon, and it topped The New York Times Best Seller list for fifteen straight weeks at the time.
As of 2026, the book is still immensely popular among readers, with Goodreads ranking it as one of the "Best Books of the 21st Century."
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After the inquiries began to rise, Frey appeared with his publisher, Nan A. Talese, on The Oprah Winfrey Show. During the interview, Frey admitted that some of his demons had caused him to fabricate sections of the novel, and Talese admitted that little had been done to fact-check the book despite it being marketed as "brutally honest" and a work of "non-fiction."
Despite this (and as evidenced by the Goodreads inclusion), A Million Little Pieces has been published in almost 30 languages across the world and has sold over 5 million copies.
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