Fifty Shades of Grey is a erotic romance novel by British author E. Originally self-published as an ebook and print-on-demand in Junethe publishing rights to the novel were acquired by Vintage Books in March Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists around the world, selling over million copies worldwide by June [ citation needed ]. It has been translated into 52 languages, and set a record in the United Kingdom as the fastest-selling paperback of all time. Critical reception of the book, however, has tended towards the negative, with the quality of its prose generally seen as poor, while its portrayal of BDSM has been targeted for criticism from a variety of perspectives. Universal Pictures and Focus Features produced an American film adaptationwhich was released on 13 February[2] and also received unfavourable reviews even though it was a box office success. The second and third volumes of the original trilogyFifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freedwere published in A versi...