The book enjoyed modest initial success, residing on "The New York Times" Best Seller list for only two weeks, as opposed to his earlier 1939 English translation, "Wind, Sand and Stars" which remained on the same list for nearly five months. As a cultural icon, the novella regularly draws new readers and reviewers, selling almost two million copies annually and also spawning numerous adaptations. Modern-day references to "The Little Prince" include one from "The New York Times" that describes it as "abstract" and "fabulistic".