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List of best-selling books

This page provides lists of best-selling individual books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. This list is incomplete because there are many books, such as The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas,[1] Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes,[2] and The Lord of the Rings[3] (which has been sold as both a trilogy of books, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King, and as a single issue) by J. R. R. Tolkien, that lack comprehensive sales figures.

According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed.[4] Sales estimates for other printed religious texts include at least 800 million copies for the Qur'an and 190 million copies for the Book of Mormon.[5] Among non-religious texts, the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, also known as the Little Red Book, has produced a wide array of sales and distribution figures — with estimates ranging from 800 million[4] to over 6.5 billion printed volumes.[6] Some claim the distribution ran into the "billions"[7] and some cite "over a billion" official volumes between 1966 and 1969 alone as well as "untold numbers of unofficial local reprints and unofficial translations."[8][9] Exact print figures for these and other books may also be missing or unreliable since these kinds of books may be produced by many different and unrelated publishers, in some cases over many centuries. All books of a religious, ideological, philosophical or political nature have thus been excluded from the below lists of best-selling books for these reasons.

Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide,[10][11][12] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies,[13] making it one of the best-selling books of all time. As of June 2017, the series has been translated into 80 languages,[14] placing Harry Potter among history's most translated literary works. The last four books in the series consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books of all time, where the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sold roughly fifteen million copies worldwide within twenty-four hours of its release.[15][16] With twelve million books printed in the first US run, it also holds the record for the highest initial print run for any book in history.[17][18]

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List of best-selling individual books

More than 100 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Spanish 1605 (1st Part),

1615 (2nd Part)

500 million[19] Adventure Fiction
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens English 1859 200 million[20][circular reporting?] Historical fiction
The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry French 1943 200 million[21][22] Novella
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling English 1997 120 million[23][24] Fantasy
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie English 1939 100 million[25] Mystery
Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) Cao Xueqin Chinese 1791 100 million[26][27] Family saga
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien English 1937 100 million[28][29][30] Fantasy

Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis English 1950 85 million[31] Fantasy, Children's fiction
She: A History of Adventure H. Rider Haggard English 1887 83 million[32] Adventure
Vardi Wala Gunda Ved Prakash Sharma Hindi 1992 >80 million[33][better source needed] Detective
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown English 2003 80 million[34] Mystery thriller
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling English 1998 77 million[35] Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling English 1999 65 million[36] Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling English 2000 65 million[36] Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling English 2003 65 million[36] Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince J. K. Rowling English 2005 65 million[36] Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling English 2007 65 million[36] Fantasy
The Alchemist (O Alquimista) Paulo Coelho Portuguese 1988 65 million[37][38][obsolete source] Fantasy
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger English 1951 65 million[39] Coming-of-age
The Bridges of Madison County Robert James Waller English 1992 60 million[40] Romance
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Lew Wallace English 1880 50 million[41] Historical fiction
You Can Heal Your Life Louise Hay English 1984 50 million[42] Self-help
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) Gabriel García Márquez Spanish 1967 50 million[43][44][45] Magic realism
Lolita Vladimir Nabokov English 1955 50 million[46] Novel
Heidi Johanna Spyri German 1880 50 million[47] Children's fiction
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Benjamin Spock English 1946 50 million[48] Manual
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery English 1908 50 million[49] Children's novel
Black Beauty Anna Sewell English 1877 50 million[50] Children's literature
The Name of the Rose (Il Nome della Rosa) Umberto Eco Italian 1980 50 million[51] Historical novel, mystery
The Eagle Has Landed Jack Higgins English 1975 50 million[52] War, thriller
Watership Down Richard Adams English 1972 50 million[53] Fantasy
The Hite Report Shere Hite English 1976 50 million[54] Sexology
Charlotte's Web E. B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams English 1952 50 million[55] Children's fiction
The Ginger Man J. P. Donleavy English 1955 50 million[56] Novel

Between 20 million and 50 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter English 1902 45 million[57] Children's Literature
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach English 1970 44 million[58] Novella, Self-help
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle English 1969 43 million[59] Children's Literature, picture book
A Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard English 1899 40 million[48] Essay/Literature
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee English 1960 40 million[60] Southern Gothic, Bildungsroman
Flowers in the Attic V. C. Andrews English 1979 40 million[61] Gothic horror, Family saga
Cosmos Carl Sagan English 1980 40 million[62] Popular science, Anthropology, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Philosophy, History
Sophie's World (Sofies verden) Jostein Gaarder Norwegian 1991 40 million[63] Philosophical novel, Young adult
Angels & Demons Dan Brown English 2000 39 million[64] Mystery-thriller
Kane and Abel Jeffrey Archer English 1979 37 million[65] Novel
How the Steel Was Tempered (Как закалялась сталь) Nikolai Ostrovsky Russian 1932 36.4 million copies in USSR[66] Socialist realist novel
War and Peace (Война и мир) Leo Tolstoy Russian 1869 36 million copies in Russia[66] Historical novel
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio) Carlo Collodi Italian 1881 35 million[67][68][better source needed] Fantasy, Children's fiction
The Diary of Anne Frank (Het Achterhuis) Anne Frank Dutch 1947 35 million[69] Historical non-fiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Bildungsroman / Coming of Age, Jewish literature
Your Erroneous Zones Wayne Dyer English 1976 35 million[70][71] Self-help
The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough English 1977 33 million[72] Romantic family saga
The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren English 2002 33 million[73] Christian literature
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini English 2003 31.5 million[74] Bildungsroman, Historical fiction
Valley of the Dolls Jacqueline Susann English 1966 31 million[75] Novel
Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Bill Wilson English 1939 30 million[76][77] Self-help
How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie English 1936 Over 30 million[78][79] Self-help
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald English 1925 30 million ("around")[80] Novel, tragedy
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell English 1936 30 million (est.)[81] Historical fiction
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier English 1938 30 million (est.)[82] Gothic novel
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell English 1949 30 million[83] Dystopian, political fiction, social science fiction
The Revolt of Mamie Stover William Bradford Huie English 1951 30 million[84] Fiction
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) Stieg Larsson Swedish 2005 30 million[85] Fiction
The Lost Symbol Dan Brown English 2009 30 million[86] Fiction
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins English 2008 29 million in US[87] Young adult fiction
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl English 1961 28 million[88] Children's novel
The Young Guard (Молодая гвардия) Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev Russian 1945 26 million copies in USSR[66] Young adult historical novel
Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson English 1998 28[89] – 30[90] million Self-help, motivational, business fable, psychology, leadership, parable
A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking English 1988 25 million[91] Popular science
Paul et Virginie Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre French 1788 25 million[92] Novel
Lust for Life Irving Stone English 1934 25 million[93] Biographical novel
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame English 1908 25 million[94] Children's literature
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey English 1989 25 million[95] Self-help
Virgin Soil Upturned (Поднятая целина) Mikhail Sholokhov Russian 1935 24 million copies in USSR[66] Novel
The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield English 1993 23 million[96] New-age spiritual novel
The Fault in Our Stars John Green English 2012 23 million[97] Young adult romantic novel
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins English 2015 23 million[98] Thriller
The Shack William P. Young English 2007 22.5 million[99] Novel
Uncle Styopa (Дядя Стёпа) Sergey Mikhalkov Russian 1936 21 million copies in USSR[66] Children's Literature, picture book
The Godfather Mario Puzo English 1969 21 million[100] Crime novel
Love Story Erich Segal English 1970 21 million[101] Romance novel
Catching Fire Suzanne Collins English 2009 21 million in US[87] Young Adult novel, adventure, dystopian, science fiction
Mockingjay Suzanne Collins English 2010 20 million in US[87] Young Adult novel, adventure, war, science fiction, action thriller
Kitchen (キッチン) Banana Yoshimoto Japanese 1988 20 million[102] Japanese novel
Andromeda Nebula Ivan Yefremov Russian 1957 20 million[103] Science fiction novel
Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda Hindi 1946 20 million[104] Autobiography
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn English 2012 20 million[105] Crime thriller novel
All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) Erich Maria Remarque German 1929 20 million[106] War novel
The Bermuda Triangle Charles Berlitz English 1974 20 million[107]
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe English 1958 20 million[108] Novel
Animal Farm George Orwell English 1945 20 million[109] Satirical allegorical novella, Political satire, Dystopian Fiction, Roman à clef
Wolf Totem (狼图腾) Jiang Rong Chinese 2004 20 million[110] Semi-autobiographical novel
The Happy Hooker: My Own Story Xaviera Hollander English 1971 20 million[111] Memoir
Jaws Peter Benchley English 1974 20 million[112] Thriller
Love You Forever Robert Munsch English 1986 20 million[113] Children's literature, picture book, fiction
The Women's Room Marilyn French English 1977 20 million[114] Feminist novel
What to Expect When You're Expecting Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff English 1984 20 million[115] Pregnancy guide
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain English 1885 20 million[116] Picaresque novel, Bildungsroman, satire, Robinsonade
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ Sue Townsend English 1982 20 million[117] Young adult novel
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen English 1813 20 million[118][119] Classic regency novel, romance
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft (Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen) Thor Heyerdahl Norwegian 1950 20 million[120] Travel literature
The Good Soldier Švejk (Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války) Jaroslav Hašek Czech 1923 20 million (printed)[121] Unfinished satirical dark comedy novel
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak English 1963 20 million[122] Children's picture book
The Power of Positive Thinking Norman Vincent Peale English 1952 20 million[123] Self-help
The Secret Rhonda Byrne English 2006 20 million[124] Self-help
Fear of Flying Erica Jong English 1973 20 million[125] Romantic novel
Dune Frank Herbert English 1965 20 million[126] Science fiction novel
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl English 1964 20 million[127] Children's fantasy novel
The Naked Ape Desmond Morris English 1968 20 million[128] Social Science, Anthropology, Psychology

Between 10 million and 20 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre
Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window (窓ぎわのトットちゃん) Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Japanese 1981 18 million (in Japan and China)[129]
Matilda Roald Dahl English 1988 17 million[130] Children's Literature
The Book Thief Markus Zusak English 2005 16 million[131] Young Adult Fiction
The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans English 1995 16 million[132]
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown English 1947 16 million[133] Children's Literature
The Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte) Michael Ende German 1979 16 million[134] Children's Literature
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr English 2014 15.3 million[135] Historical fiction, war novel
Fifty Shades of Grey E. L. James English 2011 15.2 million in the U.S.[136] Erotica
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens English 2018 15 million[137]
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton English 1967 15 million[138]
Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney English 1994 15 million[139]
Shōgun James Clavell English 1975 15 million[140]
The Poky Little Puppy Janette Sebring Lowrey English 1942 15 million[141]
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett English 1989 15 million[142] Historical fiction
Perfume (Das Parfum) Patrick Süskind German 1985 15 million[143]
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck English 1939 15 million[144]
The Shadow of the Wind (La sombra del viento) Carlos Ruiz Zafón Spanish 2001 15 million[145]
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri English 2000 15 million[146]
Becoming Michelle Obama English 2018 14 million[147]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams English 1979 14 million[148] Science fiction
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom English 1997 14 million[149]
God's Little Acre Erskine Caldwell English 1933 14 million[150]
Follow Your Heart (Va' dove ti porta il cuore) Susanna Tamaro Italian 1994 14 million[151]
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle English 1962 14 million[152]
Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela English 1994 14 million[153]
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway English 1952 13 million[66]
Life After Life Raymond Moody English 1975 13 million[154]
Me Before You Jojo Moyes English 2012 12 million[155]
Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森) Haruki Murakami Japanese 1987 12 million[156]
Peyton Place Grace Metalious English 1956 12.1 million[157]
The Plague (La Peste) Albert Camus French 1947 12 million[158]
No Longer Human (人間失格) Osamu Dazai Japanese 1948 12 million[159]
Man's Search for Meaning (Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager) Viktor Frankl German 1946 12 million[160]
The Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia) Dante Alighieri Italian 1304 11–12 million (during the 20th century)[161]
The Prophet Kahlil Gibran English 1923 11 million[162]
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne English 2006 11 million[163]
The Exorcist William Peter Blatty English 1971 11 million[164] Horror
The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson English 1999 10.5 million[165]
Fifty Shades Darker E. L. James English 2012 10.4 million in the U.S.[136] Erotica
Tobacco Road Erskine Caldwell English 1932 10 million[166]
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter Astrid Lindgren Swedish 1981 10 million[167]
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss English 1957 10.5 million[168]
Diana: Her True Story Andrew Morton English 1992 10 million[169]
The Help Kathryn Stockett English 2009 10 million[170]
Catch-22 Joseph Heller English 1961 10 million[171]
The Stranger (L'Étranger) Albert Camus French 1942 10 million[172]
Eye of the Needle Ken Follett English 1978 10 million[173]
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold English 2002 10 million[174]
Wild Swans Jung Chang English 1992 10 million[175]
Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez Spanish 1995 10 million[176]
Night (Un di Velt Hot Geshvign) Elie Wiesel Yiddish 1958 10 million[177]
Confucius from the Heart (于丹《论语》心得) Yu Dan Chinese 2006 10 million[178]
The Total Woman Marabel Morgan English 1974 10 million[179]
Knowledge-value Revolution (知価革命) Taichi Sakaiya Japanese 1985 10 million[180]
Problems in China's Socialist Economy (中国社会主义经济问题研究) Xue Muqiao Chinese 1979 10 million[181]
What Color Is Your Parachute? Richard Nelson Bolles English 1970 10 million[182]
The Dukan Diet Pierre Dukan French 2000 10 million[183]
The Joy of Sex Alex Comfort English 1972 10 million[184]
The Gospel According to Peanuts Robert L. Short English 1965 10 million[185]
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Mark Manson English 2016 10 million[186]
Life of Pi Yann Martel English 2001 10 million[187]
The Giver Lois Lowry English 1993 10 million[188]
The Front Runner Patricia Nell Warren English 1974 10 million[189]
The Goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt English 1984 10 million[190]
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury English 1953 10 million[191]
Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt English 1996 10 million[192]
The Story of My Experiments with Truth (સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gujarati 1925–1929 10 million[193]
Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding English 1996 10 million (as of 2005)[194]

List of best-selling book series

More than 100 million copies

Book series Author(s) Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
Harry Potter J. K. Rowling English 7 + 3 companion books + 4 scripts 1997–2007 600 million[195]
Goosebumps R. L. Stine English 62 + spin-off series 1992–present 350 million[196]
Perry Mason Erle Stanley Gardner English 82 + 4 short stories 1933–1973 300 million[197]
Berenstain Bears Stan and Jan Berenstain English 428 1962–present 260 million[198]
Choose Your Own Adventure Various authors English 185+ 1979–present 250 million[199]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney English 17 + 5 spin-offs 2007–present 275 million[200]
Sweet Valley High Francine Pascal and ghostwriters English 400 1983–2003 250 million[201]
The Railway Series Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher Awdry English 42 1945–2011 201 million[202]
Noddy Enid Blyton English 24 1949–present 200 million[203]
Nancy Drew Various authors as Carolyn Keene English 175 1930–present 200 million[204]
San-Antonio Frédéric Dard French 173 1949–2001 200 million[205]
Robert Langdon Dan Brown English 5 2000–present 200 million[206]
Geronimo Stilton Elisabetta Dami Italian 200+ 1997–present 180 million[207]
Percy Jackson & the Olympians Rick Riordan English 5 + 5 companion books 2005–2009 180 million[208]
The Baby-sitters Club Ann Martin English 335 1986–present 172 million[209]
Twilight Stephenie Meyer English 4 + 2 companion books + 1 novella 2005–2020 160 million[210]
Star Wars Various authors English over 300 1977–present 160 million[211]
Little Critter Mercer Mayer English over 200 1975–present 150 million[212]
Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter English 6 1902–1930 150 million[213]
Fifty Shades E. L. James English 3 2011–2015 150 million[214]
American Girl Various authors English 141 + spin-off series 1986–present 160 million[215]
Chicken Soup for the Soul Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen English 105 1997–present 130 million[216]
Clifford the Big Red Dog Norman Bridwell English over 80[217] 1963–2014 129 million[218]
Frank Merriwell Gilbert Patten English 209 1896–1936 125 million[219]
Dirk Pitt Clive Cussler English 24 1973–present 120 million[220]
宮本武蔵 (Musashi) Eiji Yoshikawa Japanese 7 1935–1939 120 million[221]
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis English 7 1950–1956 120 million[222]
Mr. Men Roger Hargreaves, Adam Hargreaves English 43 1971–present 120 million[223]
SAS Gérard de Villiers French 200 1965–2013 120 million[224][225]
The Hunger Games trilogy Suzanne Collins English 4 2008–2010 100 million[226]
James Bond Ian Fleming English 14 1953–1966 100 million[227]
Martine Gilbert Delahaye, Marcel Marlier French 60 1954–2014 100 million[228]
Millennium Stieg Larsson, David Lagercrantz Swedish 6 2005–present 100 million[229]

Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Book series Author(s) Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
A Song of Ice and Fire George R. R. Martin English 5 + 3 novellas + 1 guide 1996–present 90 million[230]
The Wheel of Time Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson English 15 1990–2013 90 million[231]
Discworld Terry Pratchett English 41 1983–2015 90 million[232]
Nijntje (Miffy) Dick Bruna Dutch 119 1955–present 85 million[233]
Alex Cross James Patterson English 21 1993–present 81 million[234]
Anpanman (アンパンマン) Takashi Yanase Japanese 150 picture books 1973–2013 80 million[235]
Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey English 12 plus spinoffs 1997–2015 80 million[236]
Fear Street R. L. Stine English 114 1989–present 80 million[237]
Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) Astrid Lindgren Swedish 3 + 3 picture books 1945–2001 80 million[238]
The Vampire Chronicles Anne Rice English 13 1976–present 80 million[239]
OSS 117 Jean Bruce French 265 1949–1992 75 million[240]
Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne; illustrated by E. H. Shepard English 2 1926–1928 70 million[241]
Magic Tree House series Mary Pope Osborne English 56[242] 1992–present 70 million[243]
Left Behind Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins English 16 1996–2007 65 million[244]
A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler English 13 1999–2006 65 million[245]
Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder English 12 1932–2006 60 million[246]
All Creatures Great and Small Alf Wight, as James Herriot English 8 1970–1992 60 million[247]
Jack Reacher Lee Child English 22 Novels + 11 Short Stories 1997–present 60 million[248]
The Magic School Bus Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen English 131 1986–2010 58 million[249]
Where's Wally?[250] Martin Handford English 13 1987–present 55 million[251]
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus John Gray English 15 1992–present 50 million[252]
The Hardy Boys Various authors as Franklin W. Dixon English 190 1927–present 50 million[253]
The Bobbsey Twins Various authors as Laura Lee Hope English 72 1904–1979 50 million[254]
Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs English 26 1914–1995 50 million[255]

Between 30 million and 50 million copies

Book series Author(s) Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales
Earth's Children Jean M. Auel English 6 1980–2011 45 million[256]
A Child's First Library Of Learning Various authors English 29 1980– 45 million[257]
Junie B. Jones Barbara Park English 30 1992–2013 44 million[258]
Harry Bosch Michael Connelly English 15 1992– 42 million[259]
Harry Hole Jo Nesbø Norwegian 9 1997–present 40 million[260]
Warriors Erin Hunter English 78 2003–present 40 million[261]
连环画 铁道游击队 (Picture-and-story book Railway Guerilla) original author: Liu Zhixia Chinese 10 1955–1962 36.52 million[262]
The Shadowhunter Chronicles Cassandra Clare English 14 + 8 companion books 2007–present 50 million[263]
かいけつゾロリ (Kaiketsu Zorori) Yutaka Hara Japanese 60 1987–present 35 million[264]
Paddington Bear Michael Bond English 70 1958–present 35 million[265]
Divergent trilogy Veronica Roth English 3 2011–2013 35 million[266]
ノンタン (Nontan) Sachiko Kiyono Japanese 40 1976–2016 33.6 million[267]
The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini English 4 2002–2011 33 million[268]
Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter English 18 1997– 32 million[269]
とある魔術の禁書目録 (Toaru Majutsu no Index) Kazuma Kamachi Japanese 46 2004– 30 million[270]
グイン・サーガ (Guin Saga) Kaoru Kurimoto Japanese 147 1979–2009 30 million[271]
徳川家康 (Tokugawa Ieyasu) Sōhachi Yamaoka Japanese 26 1950–1967 30 million[272]
Ramona Beverly Cleary English 8 1955–1999 30 million[273]
The Dark Tower Stephen King English 8 1982–2012 30 million[274]
Dork Diaries Rachel Renée Russell English 15 2009–present 30 million[275]
The Destroyer Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, various authors English 150 1971–present 30 million[276]

Between 20 million and 30 million copies

Book series Author(s) Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales Genre
地球往事 (Remembrance of Earth's Past) Liu Cixin Chinese 3 2008–2010 29 million[277] science fiction
三毛猫ホームズシリーズ (Calico Cat Holmes series) Jirō Akagawa Japanese 43 1978–present 28 million[278] detective, mystery
Curious George Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey English 58 1941–present 27 million[279] Children's Literature
Shannara Terry Brooks English 20 1977–present 26 million[280]
Kurt Wallander Henning Mankell Swedish 10 1991–2002 25 million[281]
Sagan om Isfolket (The Legend of the Ice People) Margit Sandemo Swedish 47 1982–1989 25 million[282]
The Sword of Truth Terry Goodkind English 21 1998–present 25 million[283]
Outlander Diana Gabaldon English 8 1991–present 25 million[284]
ズッコケ三人組 (Zukkoke Sanningumi) Masamoto Nasu Japanese 50 1978–2004 25 million[285] Children's Literature
鬼平犯科帳 (Onihei Hankachō) Shōtarō Ikenami Japanese 24 1968–1990 24.4 million, only bunkobon[286] jidaigeki
Brain Quest Various authors English 1992–present 23.7 million[287]
South Beach Diet Arthur Agatston English 6 2003–present 22 million[288]
ソードアート・オンライン (Sword Art Online) Reki Kawahara Japanese 27 2009–present 30 million[289]
竜馬がゆく (Ryoma ga Yuku) Ryōtarō Shiba Japanese 5 1963–1966 21.5 million[290] jidaigeki
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer English 8 2001–2012 21 million[291]
I Survived Lauren Tarshis English 25 2010–2020 more than 20 million[292][293]
Découvertes Gallimard Various authors French more than 700 1986–present more than 20 million[294][295]
Redwall Brian Jacques English 22 1986–2011 20 million[296]
Maisy Lucy Cousins English 23 1990–present 20 million[139]
Dragonlance Various authors English more than 150 1984–present 20 million[297]
幻魔大戦 (Genma Taisen) Kazumasa Hirai Japanese 20 1979–1983 20 million[298]
青春の門 (The Gate of Youth) Hiroyuki Itsuki Japanese 1970–present 20 million[299]
スレイヤーズ (Slayers) Hajime Kanzaka Japanese 50 1989–present 20 million[300]
The Foundation Trilogy Isaac Asimov English 3[301] 1950–1953 20 million[302]
Horrible Histories Terry Deary English 24 1993–present 20 million[303]
Rainbow Magic Daisy Meadows English 80+ 2003–present 20 million[304]
Morgan Kane Louis Masterson Norwegian 90 1966– 20 million[305]
The Southern Vampire Mysteries Charlaine Harris English 13 2001–2013 20 million[306]

Between 15 million and 20 million copies

Book series Author(s) Original language No. of instalments First published Approximate sales
Doc Savage Lester Dent, various authors English 203 1933–present 20 million[307]
涼宮ハルヒシリーズ (Haruhi Suzumiya Series) Nagaru Tanigawa Japanese 11 2003–present 20 million[308]
科学のアルバム (Kagaku no album) Various authors Japanese 1970–present 19 million[309]
剣客商売 (Kenkaku Shobai) Shotaro Ikenami Japanese 18 1972–1989 18 million[310]
Erast Fandorin series Boris Akunin Russian 12 1998–present 18 million[311]
Dragonriders of Pern Anne McCaffrey English 23 1967–present 18 million[312]
吸血鬼ハンターD (Vampire Hunter D) Hideyuki Kikuchi Japanese 39 1983–present 17 million[313]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, plus a final book by Eoin Colfer English 6 1979–2008 16 million[314][315]
ぼくらシリーズ (Bokura series) Osamu Soda Japanese 36 1985–present 15 million[316]
Bridget Jones Helen Fielding English 3 1996–present 15 million[317]
His Dark Materials Philip Pullman English 3 1995–2000 15 million[318]
銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of the Galactic Heroes) Yoshiki Tanaka Japanese 14 1982–1989 15 million[319]
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith English 9 1999–present 15 million[320]
Der Regenbogenfisch (Rainbow Fish) Marcus Pfister German 1992–present 15 million[321]
The Riftwar Cycle Raymond E. Feist English 25 1982–present 15 million[322]
Wiedźmin (The Witcher) Andrzej Sapkowski Polish 9 1990–2013 15 million[323]

Notes

The Perry Rhodan series has sold more than 1 billion copies,[324] but is not listed because that figure includes magazine sales, not novels alone.[citation needed] Similarly, the Jerry Cotton series has sold over 300 million copies, but most of these were in magazine format.[325]

The figures given for some books are for the number printed instead of confirmed sales.[which?]

List of best-selling regularly updated books

More than 100 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
新华字典 (Xinhua Zidian / Xinhua Dictionary) Chief editor: Wei Jiangong Chinese 1957 567 million[326]
Scouting for Boys Robert Baden-Powell English 1908 100–150 million[327]
The McGuffey Readers William Holmes McGuffey English 1853 125 million[328]
Guinness World Records (published every year) Various authors English 1955 115 million[329]
六星占術によるあなたの運命 (Rokusei Senjutsu (Six-Star Astrology) Tells Your Fortune) Kazuko Hosoki
Kaori Hosoki
Japanese 1986 101.2 million[330]
American Spelling Book (Webster's Dictionary) Noah Webster English 1783 100 million[48]

Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
World Almanac (published every year) Various authors English 1868–76; 1886–present 82 million[331][332]
Betty Crocker Cookbook General Mills staff English 1950–2016 (12th edition) 75 million[333]
Tung Shing (Chinese: 通勝) Choi Park Lai's family, among others Chinese 1891(Only counting versions published by Choi's family) >70 million (Only counting version published by Choi)[334]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Merriam-Webster English 1898 55 million[335]

Between 30 million and 50 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
Roget's Thesaurus Peter Mark Roget English 1852– 40 million[336]
できるシリーズ (Dekiru Series) Impress Dekiru Series Editorial Desk Japanese 1994–present 40 million[337]
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book Various authors English 1930– 38 million[338]
수학의 정석
(The Art of Mathematics)
Hong Sung-dae Korean 1966–present 37 million[339]
~ 40 million[340]
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary A. S. Hornby English 1948 30 million[341]
Le guide Michelin France (The Michelin Guide France) (published every year) Various authors French 1900–present 30 million[342]

Between 20 million and 30 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
超図解シリーズ (Cho-Zukai series) X media Japanese 1996–2007 25 million[343]
自由自在 (Jiyu Jizai) Various authors Japanese 1953–present 24 million[344]
新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai kokugo jiten) Tadao Yamada Japanese 1972 20.4 million[345]
English Grammar Lindley Murray English 1795 20 million[346]

Between 10 million and 20 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
The Joy of Cooking Various authors English 1936 18 million[347]
スーパーマップル (Super Mapple) Various authors Japanese 1991–present 18 million[348]
チャート式 (Chart Shiki) Various authors Japanese 1927–present 17.44 million, only for the first grade of high-school[349]
英語基本単語集 (Eigo Kihon Tangoshu) "Compilation of basic English vocabulary" Yoshio Akao Japanese, English 1942 17.2 million[349]
Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary English (Up to 1965) 15.11 million[350]
試験に出る英単語 (Siken Ni Deru Eitango) "English vocabulary in examinations" Ichiro Mori Japanese, English 1967 15 million[351]
新英和中辞典 (Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten) "New English-Japanese Dictionary" Shigeru Takebayashi Japanese, English 1967 12 million[352]
広辞苑 (Kōjien) Izuru Shinmura Japanese 1955 11.9 million[353]
旺文社古語辞典 (Obunsha Kogo Jiten) "Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms" Akira Matsumura Japanese 1960 11 million[354]
Hammond's Pocket Atlas English (Up to 1965) 11 million[355]
三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseido Kokugo Jiten) "Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language" Kenbō Hidetoshi Japanese 1960 10 million[356]
家庭に於ける実際的看護の秘訣 (Katei Ni Okeru Jissaiteki Kango No Hiketsu) "Key to Practical Personal Care at Home" Takichi Tsukuda Japanese 1925 10 million[357]
C程序设计 (C Program Design) Tan, Haoqiang Chinese 1991 10 million[358]

See also

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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources This page provides lists of best selling individual books and book series to date and in any language Best selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book rather than the number of books printed or currently owned Comics and textbooks are not included in this list The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable independent sources This list is incomplete because there are many books such as The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 1 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 2 and The Lord of the Rings 3 which has been sold as both a trilogy of books The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers and Return of the King and as a single issue by J R R Tolkien that lack comprehensive sales figures According to Guinness World Records as of 1995 the Bible is the best selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed 4 Sales estimates for other printed religious texts include at least 800 million copies for the Qur an and 190 million copies for the Book of Mormon 5 Among non religious texts the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse tung also known as the Little Red Book has produced a wide array of sales and distribution figures with estimates ranging from 800 million 4 to over 6 5 billion printed volumes 6 Some claim the distribution ran into the billions 7 and some cite over a billion official volumes between 1966 and 1969 alone as well as untold numbers of unofficial local reprints and unofficial translations 8 9 Exact print figures for these and other books may also be missing or unreliable since these kinds of books may be produced by many different and unrelated publishers in some cases over many centuries All books of a religious ideological philosophical or political nature have thus been excluded from the below lists of best selling books for these reasons Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide 10 11 12 Harry Potter by J K Rowling is the best selling book series in history The first novel in the series Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone has sold in excess of 120 million copies 13 making it one of the best selling books of all time As of June 2017 the series has been translated into 80 languages 14 placing Harry Potter among history s most translated literary works The last four books in the series consecutively set records as the fastest selling books of all time where the final installment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold roughly fifteen million copies worldwide within twenty four hours of its release 15 16 With twelve million books printed in the first US run it also holds the record for the highest initial print run for any book in history 17 18 Contents 1 Key 2 List of best selling individual books 2 1 More than 100 million copies 2 2 Between 50 million and 100 million copies 2 3 Between 20 million and 50 million copies 2 4 Between 10 million and 20 million copies 3 List of best selling book series 3 1 More than 100 million copies 3 2 Between 50 million and 100 million copies 3 3 Between 30 million and 50 million copies 3 4 Between 20 million and 30 million copies 3 5 Between 15 million and 20 million copies 3 6 Notes 4 List of best selling regularly updated books 4 1 More than 100 million copies 4 2 Between 50 million and 100 million copies 4 3 Between 30 million and 50 million copies 4 4 Between 20 million and 30 million copies 4 5 Between 10 million and 20 million copies 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksKey Edit NonfictionList of best selling individual books EditMore than 100 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate sales GenreDon Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Spanish 1605 1st Part 1615 2nd Part 500 million 19 Adventure FictionA Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens English 1859 200 million 20 circular reporting Historical fictionThe Little Prince Le Petit Prince Antoine de Saint Exupery French 1943 200 million 21 22 NovellaHarry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone J K Rowling English 1997 120 million 23 24 FantasyAnd Then There Were None Agatha Christie English 1939 100 million 25 MysteryDream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 Cao Xueqin Chinese 1791 100 million 26 27 Family sagaThe Hobbit J R R Tolkien English 1937 100 million 28 29 30 FantasyBetween 50 million and 100 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate sales GenreThe Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe C S Lewis English 1950 85 million 31 Fantasy Children s fictionShe A History of Adventure H Rider Haggard English 1887 83 million 32 AdventureVardi Wala Gunda Ved Prakash Sharma Hindi 1992 gt 80 million 33 better source needed DetectiveThe Da Vinci Code Dan Brown English 2003 80 million 34 Mystery thrillerHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J K Rowling English 1998 77 million 35 FantasyHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J K Rowling English 1999 65 million 36 FantasyHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J K Rowling English 2000 65 million 36 FantasyHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J K Rowling English 2003 65 million 36 FantasyHarry Potter and the Half Blood Prince J K Rowling English 2005 65 million 36 FantasyHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J K Rowling English 2007 65 million 36 FantasyThe Alchemist O Alquimista Paulo Coelho Portuguese 1988 65 million 37 38 obsolete source FantasyThe Catcher in the Rye J D Salinger English 1951 65 million 39 Coming of ageThe Bridges of Madison County Robert James Waller English 1992 60 million 40 RomanceBen Hur A Tale of the Christ Lew Wallace English 1880 50 million 41 Historical fictionYou Can Heal Your Life Louise Hay English 1984 50 million 42 Self helpOne Hundred Years of Solitude Cien anos de soledad Gabriel Garcia Marquez Spanish 1967 50 million 43 44 45 Magic realismLolita Vladimir Nabokov English 1955 50 million 46 NovelHeidi Johanna Spyri German 1880 50 million 47 Children s fictionThe Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Benjamin Spock English 1946 50 million 48 ManualAnne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery English 1908 50 million 49 Children s novelBlack Beauty Anna Sewell English 1877 50 million 50 Children s literatureThe Name of the Rose Il Nome della Rosa Umberto Eco Italian 1980 50 million 51 Historical novel mysteryThe Eagle Has Landed Jack Higgins English 1975 50 million 52 War thrillerWatership Down Richard Adams English 1972 50 million 53 FantasyThe Hite Report Shere Hite English 1976 50 million 54 SexologyCharlotte s Web E B White illustrated by Garth Williams English 1952 50 million 55 Children s fictionThe Ginger Man J P Donleavy English 1955 50 million 56 NovelBetween 20 million and 50 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate sales GenreThe Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter English 1902 45 million 57 Children s LiteratureJonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach English 1970 44 million 58 Novella Self helpThe Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle English 1969 43 million 59 Children s Literature picture bookA Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard English 1899 40 million 48 Essay LiteratureTo Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee English 1960 40 million 60 Southern Gothic BildungsromanFlowers in the Attic V C Andrews English 1979 40 million 61 Gothic horror Family sagaCosmos Carl Sagan English 1980 40 million 62 Popular science Anthropology Astrophysics Cosmology Philosophy HistorySophie s World Sofies verden Jostein Gaarder Norwegian 1991 40 million 63 Philosophical novel Young adultAngels amp Demons Dan Brown English 2000 39 million 64 Mystery thrillerKane and Abel Jeffrey Archer English 1979 37 million 65 NovelHow the Steel Was Tempered Kak zakalyalas stal Nikolai Ostrovsky Russian 1932 36 4 million copies in USSR 66 Socialist realist novelWar and Peace Vojna i mir Leo Tolstoy Russian 1869 36 million copies in Russia 66 Historical novelThe Adventures of Pinocchio Le avventure di Pinocchio Carlo Collodi Italian 1881 35 million 67 68 better source needed Fantasy Children s fictionThe Diary of Anne Frank Het Achterhuis Anne Frank Dutch 1947 35 million 69 Historical non fiction Autobiography Memoir Bildungsroman Coming of Age Jewish literatureYour Erroneous Zones Wayne Dyer English 1976 35 million 70 71 Self helpThe Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough English 1977 33 million 72 Romantic family sagaThe Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren English 2002 33 million 73 Christian literatureThe Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini English 2003 31 5 million 74 Bildungsroman Historical fictionValley of the Dolls Jacqueline Susann English 1966 31 million 75 NovelAlcoholics Anonymous Big Book Bill Wilson English 1939 30 million 76 77 Self helpHow to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie English 1936 Over 30 million 78 79 Self helpThe Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald English 1925 30 million around 80 Novel tragedyGone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell English 1936 30 million est 81 Historical fictionRebecca Daphne du Maurier English 1938 30 million est 82 Gothic novelNineteen Eighty Four George Orwell English 1949 30 million 83 Dystopian political fiction social science fictionThe Revolt of Mamie Stover William Bradford Huie English 1951 30 million 84 FictionThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Man som hatar kvinnor Stieg Larsson Swedish 2005 30 million 85 FictionThe Lost Symbol Dan Brown English 2009 30 million 86 FictionThe Hunger Games Suzanne Collins English 2008 29 million in US 87 Young adult fictionJames and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl English 1961 28 million 88 Children s novelThe Young Guard Molodaya gvardiya Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev Russian 1945 26 million copies in USSR 66 Young adult historical novelWho Moved My Cheese Spencer Johnson English 1998 28 89 30 90 million Self help motivational business fable psychology leadership parableA Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking English 1988 25 million 91 Popular sciencePaul et Virginie Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre French 1788 25 million 92 NovelLust for Life Irving Stone English 1934 25 million 93 Biographical novelThe Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame English 1908 25 million 94 Children s literatureThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R Covey English 1989 25 million 95 Self helpVirgin Soil Upturned Podnyataya celina Mikhail Sholokhov Russian 1935 24 million copies in USSR 66 NovelThe Celestine Prophecy James Redfield English 1993 23 million 96 New age spiritual novelThe Fault in Our Stars John Green English 2012 23 million 97 Young adult romantic novelThe Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins English 2015 23 million 98 ThrillerThe Shack William P Young English 2007 22 5 million 99 NovelUncle Styopa Dyadya Styopa Sergey Mikhalkov Russian 1936 21 million copies in USSR 66 Children s Literature picture bookThe Godfather Mario Puzo English 1969 21 million 100 Crime novelLove Story Erich Segal English 1970 21 million 101 Romance novelCatching Fire Suzanne Collins English 2009 21 million in US 87 Young Adult novel adventure dystopian science fictionMockingjay Suzanne Collins English 2010 20 million in US 87 Young Adult novel adventure war science fiction action thrillerKitchen キッチン Banana Yoshimoto Japanese 1988 20 million 102 Japanese novelAndromeda Nebula Ivan Yefremov Russian 1957 20 million 103 Science fiction novelAutobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda Hindi 1946 20 million 104 AutobiographyGone Girl Gillian Flynn English 2012 20 million 105 Crime thriller novelAll Quiet on the Western Front Im Westen nichts Neues Erich Maria Remarque German 1929 20 million 106 War novelThe Bermuda Triangle Charles Berlitz English 1974 20 million 107 Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe English 1958 20 million 108 NovelAnimal Farm George Orwell English 1945 20 million 109 Satirical allegorical novella Political satire Dystopian Fiction Roman a clefWolf Totem 狼图腾 Jiang Rong Chinese 2004 20 million 110 Semi autobiographical novelThe Happy Hooker My Own Story Xaviera Hollander English 1971 20 million 111 MemoirJaws Peter Benchley English 1974 20 million 112 ThrillerLove You Forever Robert Munsch English 1986 20 million 113 Children s literature picture book fictionThe Women s Room Marilyn French English 1977 20 million 114 Feminist novelWhat to Expect When You re Expecting Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff English 1984 20 million 115 Pregnancy guideAdventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain English 1885 20 million 116 Picaresque novel Bildungsroman satire RobinsonadeThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 Sue Townsend English 1982 20 million 117 Young adult novelPride and Prejudice Jane Austen English 1813 20 million 118 119 Classic regency novel romanceKon Tiki Across the Pacific in a Raft Kon Tiki ekspedisjonen Thor Heyerdahl Norwegian 1950 20 million 120 Travel literatureThe Good Soldier Svejk Osudy dobreho vojaka Svejka za svetove valky Jaroslav Hasek Czech 1923 20 million printed 121 Unfinished satirical dark comedy novelWhere the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak English 1963 20 million 122 Children s picture bookThe Power of Positive Thinking Norman Vincent Peale English 1952 20 million 123 Self helpThe Secret Rhonda Byrne English 2006 20 million 124 Self helpFear of Flying Erica Jong English 1973 20 million 125 Romantic novelDune Frank Herbert English 1965 20 million 126 Science fiction novelCharlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl English 1964 20 million 127 Children s fantasy novelThe Naked Ape Desmond Morris English 1968 20 million 128 Social Science Anthropology PsychologyBetween 10 million and 20 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate sales GenreTotto chan the Little Girl at the Window 窓ぎわのトットちゃん Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Japanese 1981 18 million in Japan and China 129 Matilda Roald Dahl English 1988 17 million 130 Children s LiteratureThe Book Thief Markus Zusak English 2005 16 million 131 Young Adult FictionThe Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans English 1995 16 million 132 Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown English 1947 16 million 133 Children s LiteratureThe Neverending Story Die unendliche Geschichte Michael Ende German 1979 16 million 134 Children s LiteratureAll the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr English 2014 15 3 million 135 Historical fiction war novelFifty Shades of Grey E L James English 2011 15 2 million in the U S 136 EroticaWhere the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens English 2018 15 million 137 The Outsiders S E Hinton English 1967 15 million 138 Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney English 1994 15 million 139 Shōgun James Clavell English 1975 15 million 140 The Poky Little Puppy Janette Sebring Lowrey English 1942 15 million 141 The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett English 1989 15 million 142 Historical fictionPerfume Das Parfum Patrick Suskind German 1985 15 million 143 The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck English 1939 15 million 144 The Shadow of the Wind La sombra del viento Carlos Ruiz Zafon Spanish 2001 15 million 145 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri English 2000 15 million 146 Becoming Michelle Obama English 2018 14 million 147 The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams English 1979 14 million 148 Science fictionTuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom English 1997 14 million 149 God s Little Acre Erskine Caldwell English 1933 14 million 150 Follow Your Heart Va dove ti porta il cuore Susanna Tamaro Italian 1994 14 million 151 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle English 1962 14 million 152 Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela English 1994 14 million 153 The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway English 1952 13 million 66 Life After Life Raymond Moody English 1975 13 million 154 Me Before You Jojo Moyes English 2012 12 million 155 Norwegian Wood ノルウェイの森 Haruki Murakami Japanese 1987 12 million 156 Peyton Place Grace Metalious English 1956 12 1 million 157 The Plague La Peste Albert Camus French 1947 12 million 158 No Longer Human 人間失格 Osamu Dazai Japanese 1948 12 million 159 Man s Search for Meaning Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager Viktor Frankl German 1946 12 million 160 The Divine Comedy La Divina Commedia Dante Alighieri Italian 1304 11 12 million during the 20th century 161 The Prophet Kahlil Gibran English 1923 11 million 162 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne English 2006 11 million 163 The Exorcist William Peter Blatty English 1971 11 million 164 HorrorThe Gruffalo Julia Donaldson English 1999 10 5 million 165 Fifty Shades Darker E L James English 2012 10 4 million in the U S 136 EroticaTobacco Road Erskine Caldwell English 1932 10 million 166 Ronia the Robber s Daughter Astrid Lindgren Swedish 1981 10 million 167 The Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss English 1957 10 5 million 168 Diana Her True Story Andrew Morton English 1992 10 million 169 The Help Kathryn Stockett English 2009 10 million 170 Catch 22 Joseph Heller English 1961 10 million 171 The Stranger L Etranger Albert Camus French 1942 10 million 172 Eye of the Needle Ken Follett English 1978 10 million 173 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold English 2002 10 million 174 Wild Swans Jung Chang English 1992 10 million 175 Santa Evita Tomas Eloy Martinez Spanish 1995 10 million 176 Night Un di Velt Hot Geshvign Elie Wiesel Yiddish 1958 10 million 177 Confucius from the Heart 于丹 论语 心得 Yu Dan Chinese 2006 10 million 178 The Total Woman Marabel Morgan English 1974 10 million 179 Knowledge value Revolution 知価革命 Taichi Sakaiya Japanese 1985 10 million 180 Problems in China s Socialist Economy 中国社会主义经济问题研究 Xue Muqiao Chinese 1979 10 million 181 What Color Is Your Parachute Richard Nelson Bolles English 1970 10 million 182 The Dukan Diet Pierre Dukan French 2000 10 million 183 The Joy of Sex Alex Comfort English 1972 10 million 184 The Gospel According to Peanuts Robert L Short English 1965 10 million 185 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Mark Manson English 2016 10 million 186 Life of Pi Yann Martel English 2001 10 million 187 The Giver Lois Lowry English 1993 10 million 188 The Front Runner Patricia Nell Warren English 1974 10 million 189 The Goal Eliyahu M Goldratt English 1984 10 million 190 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury English 1953 10 million 191 Angela s Ashes Frank McCourt English 1996 10 million 192 The Story of My Experiments with Truth સત યન પ રય ગ અથવ આત મકથ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gujarati 1925 1929 10 million 193 Bridget Jones s Diary Helen Fielding English 1996 10 million as of 2005 194 List of best selling book series EditSee also List of best selling comic series and List of best selling manga More than 100 million copies Edit Book series Author s Original language No of installments First published Approximate salesHarry Potter J K Rowling English 7 3 companion books 4 scripts 1997 2007 600 million 195 Goosebumps R L Stine English 62 spin off series 1992 present 350 million 196 Perry Mason Erle Stanley Gardner English 82 4 short stories 1933 1973 300 million 197 Berenstain Bears Stan and Jan Berenstain English 428 1962 present 260 million 198 Choose Your Own Adventure Various authors English 185 1979 present 250 million 199 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney English 17 5 spin offs 2007 present 275 million 200 Sweet Valley High Francine Pascal and ghostwriters English 400 1983 2003 250 million 201 The Railway Series Rev W Awdry Christopher Awdry English 42 1945 2011 201 million 202 Noddy Enid Blyton English 24 1949 present 200 million 203 Nancy Drew Various authors as Carolyn Keene English 175 1930 present 200 million 204 San Antonio Frederic Dard French 173 1949 2001 200 million 205 Robert Langdon Dan Brown English 5 2000 present 200 million 206 Geronimo Stilton Elisabetta Dami Italian 200 1997 present 180 million 207 Percy Jackson amp the Olympians Rick Riordan English 5 5 companion books 2005 2009 180 million 208 The Baby sitters Club Ann Martin English 335 1986 present 172 million 209 Twilight Stephenie Meyer English 4 2 companion books 1 novella 2005 2020 160 million 210 Star Wars Various authors English over 300 1977 present 160 million 211 Little Critter Mercer Mayer English over 200 1975 present 150 million 212 Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter English 6 1902 1930 150 million 213 Fifty Shades E L James English 3 2011 2015 150 million 214 American Girl Various authors English 141 spin off series 1986 present 160 million 215 Chicken Soup for the Soul Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen English 105 1997 present 130 million 216 Clifford the Big Red Dog Norman Bridwell English over 80 217 1963 2014 129 million 218 Frank Merriwell Gilbert Patten English 209 1896 1936 125 million 219 Dirk Pitt Clive Cussler English 24 1973 present 120 million 220 宮本武蔵 Musashi Eiji Yoshikawa Japanese 7 1935 1939 120 million 221 The Chronicles of Narnia C S Lewis English 7 1950 1956 120 million 222 Mr Men Roger Hargreaves Adam Hargreaves English 43 1971 present 120 million 223 SAS Gerard de Villiers French 200 1965 2013 120 million 224 225 The Hunger Games trilogy Suzanne Collins English 4 2008 2010 100 million 226 James Bond Ian Fleming English 14 1953 1966 100 million 227 Martine Gilbert Delahaye Marcel Marlier French 60 1954 2014 100 million 228 Millennium Stieg Larsson David Lagercrantz Swedish 6 2005 present 100 million 229 Between 50 million and 100 million copies Edit Book series Author s Original language No of installments First published Approximate salesA Song of Ice and Fire George R R Martin English 5 3 novellas 1 guide 1996 present 90 million 230 The Wheel of Time Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson English 15 1990 2013 90 million 231 Discworld Terry Pratchett English 41 1983 2015 90 million 232 Nijntje Miffy Dick Bruna Dutch 119 1955 present 85 million 233 Alex Cross James Patterson English 21 1993 present 81 million 234 Anpanman アンパンマン Takashi Yanase Japanese 150 picture books 1973 2013 80 million 235 Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey English 12 plus spinoffs 1997 2015 80 million 236 Fear Street R L Stine English 114 1989 present 80 million 237 Pippi Langstrump Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Swedish 3 3 picture books 1945 2001 80 million 238 The Vampire Chronicles Anne Rice English 13 1976 present 80 million 239 OSS 117 Jean Bruce French 265 1949 1992 75 million 240 Winnie the Pooh A A Milne illustrated by E H Shepard English 2 1926 1928 70 million 241 Magic Tree House series Mary Pope Osborne English 56 242 1992 present 70 million 243 Left Behind Tim LaHaye Jerry B Jenkins English 16 1996 2007 65 million 244 A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler English 13 1999 2006 65 million 245 Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder English 12 1932 2006 60 million 246 All Creatures Great and Small Alf Wight as James Herriot English 8 1970 1992 60 million 247 Jack Reacher Lee Child English 22 Novels 11 Short Stories 1997 present 60 million 248 The Magic School Bus Joanna Cole illustrated by Bruce Degen English 131 1986 2010 58 million 249 Where s Wally 250 Martin Handford English 13 1987 present 55 million 251 Men Are from Mars Women Are from Venus John Gray English 15 1992 present 50 million 252 The Hardy Boys Various authors as Franklin W Dixon English 190 1927 present 50 million 253 The Bobbsey Twins Various authors as Laura Lee Hope English 72 1904 1979 50 million 254 Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs English 26 1914 1995 50 million 255 Between 30 million and 50 million copies Edit Book series Author s Original language No of installments First published Approximate salesEarth s Children Jean M Auel English 6 1980 2011 45 million 256 A Child s First Library Of Learning Various authors English 29 1980 45 million 257 Junie B Jones Barbara Park English 30 1992 2013 44 million 258 Harry Bosch Michael Connelly English 15 1992 42 million 259 Harry Hole Jo Nesbo Norwegian 9 1997 present 40 million 260 Warriors Erin Hunter English 78 2003 present 40 million 261 连环画 铁道游击队 Picture and story book Railway Guerilla original author Liu Zhixia Chinese 10 1955 1962 36 52 million 262 The Shadowhunter Chronicles Cassandra Clare English 14 8 companion books 2007 present 50 million 263 かいけつゾロリ Kaiketsu Zorori Yutaka Hara Japanese 60 1987 present 35 million 264 Paddington Bear Michael Bond English 70 1958 present 35 million 265 Divergent trilogy Veronica Roth English 3 2011 2013 35 million 266 ノンタン Nontan Sachiko Kiyono Japanese 40 1976 2016 33 6 million 267 The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini English 4 2002 2011 33 million 268 Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki Sharon Lechter English 18 1997 32 million 269 とある魔術の禁書目録 Toaru Majutsu no Index Kazuma Kamachi Japanese 46 2004 30 million 270 グイン サーガ Guin Saga Kaoru Kurimoto Japanese 147 1979 2009 30 million 271 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu Sōhachi Yamaoka Japanese 26 1950 1967 30 million 272 Ramona Beverly Cleary English 8 1955 1999 30 million 273 The Dark Tower Stephen King English 8 1982 2012 30 million 274 Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell English 15 2009 present 30 million 275 The Destroyer Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir various authors English 150 1971 present 30 million 276 Between 20 million and 30 million copies Edit Book series Author s Original language No of installments First published Approximate sales Genre地球往事 Remembrance of Earth s Past Liu Cixin Chinese 3 2008 2010 29 million 277 science fiction三毛猫ホームズシリーズ Calico Cat Holmes series Jirō Akagawa Japanese 43 1978 present 28 million 278 detective mysteryCurious George Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey English 58 1941 present 27 million 279 Children s LiteratureShannara Terry Brooks English 20 1977 present 26 million 280 Kurt Wallander Henning Mankell Swedish 10 1991 2002 25 million 281 Sagan om Isfolket The Legend of the Ice People Margit Sandemo Swedish 47 1982 1989 25 million 282 The Sword of Truth Terry Goodkind English 21 1998 present 25 million 283 Outlander Diana Gabaldon English 8 1991 present 25 million 284 ズッコケ三人組 Zukkoke Sanningumi Masamoto Nasu Japanese 50 1978 2004 25 million 285 Children s Literature鬼平犯科帳 Onihei Hankachō Shōtarō Ikenami Japanese 24 1968 1990 24 4 million only bunkobon 286 jidaigekiBrain Quest Various authors English 1992 present 23 7 million 287 South Beach Diet Arthur Agatston English 6 2003 present 22 million 288 ソードアート オンライン Sword Art Online Reki Kawahara Japanese 27 2009 present 30 million 289 竜馬がゆく Ryoma ga Yuku Ryōtarō Shiba Japanese 5 1963 1966 21 5 million 290 jidaigekiArtemis Fowl Eoin Colfer English 8 2001 2012 21 million 291 I Survived Lauren Tarshis English 25 2010 2020 more than 20 million 292 293 Decouvertes Gallimard Various authors French more than 700 1986 present more than 20 million 294 295 Redwall Brian Jacques English 22 1986 2011 20 million 296 Maisy Lucy Cousins English 23 1990 present 20 million 139 Dragonlance Various authors English more than 150 1984 present 20 million 297 幻魔大戦 Genma Taisen Kazumasa Hirai Japanese 20 1979 1983 20 million 298 青春の門 The Gate of Youth Hiroyuki Itsuki Japanese 1970 present 20 million 299 スレイヤーズ Slayers Hajime Kanzaka Japanese 50 1989 present 20 million 300 The Foundation Trilogy Isaac Asimov English 3 301 1950 1953 20 million 302 Horrible Histories Terry Deary English 24 1993 present 20 million 303 Rainbow Magic Daisy Meadows English 80 2003 present 20 million 304 Morgan Kane Louis Masterson Norwegian 90 1966 20 million 305 The Southern Vampire Mysteries Charlaine Harris English 13 2001 2013 20 million 306 Between 15 million and 20 million copies Edit Book series Author s Original language No of instalments First published Approximate salesDoc Savage Lester Dent various authors English 203 1933 present 20 million 307 涼宮ハルヒシリーズ Haruhi Suzumiya Series Nagaru Tanigawa Japanese 11 2003 present 20 million 308 科学のアルバム Kagaku no album Various authors Japanese 1970 present 19 million 309 剣客商売 Kenkaku Shobai Shotaro Ikenami Japanese 18 1972 1989 18 million 310 Erast Fandorin series Boris Akunin Russian 12 1998 present 18 million 311 Dragonriders of Pern Anne McCaffrey English 23 1967 present 18 million 312 吸血鬼ハンターD Vampire Hunter D Hideyuki Kikuchi Japanese 39 1983 present 17 million 313 The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams plus a final book by Eoin Colfer English 6 1979 2008 16 million 314 315 ぼくらシリーズ Bokura series Osamu Soda Japanese 36 1985 present 15 million 316 Bridget Jones Helen Fielding English 3 1996 present 15 million 317 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman English 3 1995 2000 15 million 318 銀河英雄伝説 Legend of the Galactic Heroes Yoshiki Tanaka Japanese 14 1982 1989 15 million 319 The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith English 9 1999 present 15 million 320 Der Regenbogenfisch Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister German 1992 present 15 million 321 The Riftwar Cycle Raymond E Feist English 25 1982 present 15 million 322 Wiedzmin The Witcher Andrzej Sapkowski Polish 9 1990 2013 15 million 323 Notes Edit The Perry Rhodan series has sold more than 1 billion copies 324 but is not listed because that figure includes magazine sales not novels alone citation needed Similarly the Jerry Cotton series has sold over 300 million copies but most of these were in magazine format 325 The figures given for some books are for the number printed instead of confirmed sales which List of best selling regularly updated books EditMore than 100 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate sales新华字典 Xinhua Zidian Xinhua Dictionary Chief editor Wei Jiangong Chinese 1957 567 million 326 Scouting for Boys Robert Baden Powell English 1908 100 150 million 327 The McGuffey Readers William Holmes McGuffey English 1853 125 million 328 Guinness World Records published every year Various authors English 1955 115 million 329 六星占術によるあなたの運命 Rokusei Senjutsu Six Star Astrology Tells Your Fortune Kazuko HosokiKaori Hosoki Japanese 1986 101 2 million 330 American Spelling Book Webster s Dictionary Noah Webster English 1783 100 million 48 Between 50 million and 100 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate salesWorld Almanac published every year Various authors English 1868 76 1886 present 82 million 331 332 Betty Crocker Cookbook General Mills staff English 1950 2016 12th edition 75 million 333 Tung Shing Chinese 通勝 Choi Park Lai s family among others Chinese 1891 Only counting versions published by Choi s family gt 70 million Only counting version published by Choi 334 Merriam Webster s Collegiate Dictionary Merriam Webster English 1898 55 million 335 Between 30 million and 50 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate salesRoget s Thesaurus Peter Mark Roget English 1852 40 million 336 できるシリーズ Dekiru Series Impress Dekiru Series Editorial Desk Japanese 1994 present 40 million 337 Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book Various authors English 1930 38 million 338 수학의 정석 The Art of Mathematics Hong Sung dae Korean 1966 present 37 million 339 40 million 340 Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary A S Hornby English 1948 30 million 341 Le guide Michelin France The Michelin Guide France published every year Various authors French 1900 present 30 million 342 Between 20 million and 30 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate sales超図解シリーズ Cho Zukai series X media Japanese 1996 2007 25 million 343 自由自在 Jiyu Jizai Various authors Japanese 1953 present 24 million 344 新明解国語辞典 Shin Meikai kokugo jiten Tadao Yamada Japanese 1972 20 4 million 345 English Grammar Lindley Murray English 1795 20 million 346 Between 10 million and 20 million copies Edit Book Author s Original language First published Approximate salesThe Joy of Cooking Various authors English 1936 18 million 347 スーパーマップル Super Mapple Various authors Japanese 1991 present 18 million 348 チャート式 Chart Shiki Various authors Japanese 1927 present 17 44 million only for the first grade of high school 349 英語基本単語集 Eigo Kihon Tangoshu Compilation of basic English vocabulary Yoshio Akao Japanese English 1942 17 2 million 349 Merriam Webster Pocket Dictionary English Up to 1965 15 11 million 350 試験に出る英単語 Siken Ni Deru Eitango English vocabulary in examinations Ichiro Mori Japanese English 1967 15 million 351 新英和中辞典 Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten New English Japanese Dictionary Shigeru Takebayashi Japanese English 1967 12 million 352 広辞苑 Kōjien Izuru Shinmura Japanese 1955 11 9 million 353 旺文社古語辞典 Obunsha Kogo Jiten Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms Akira Matsumura Japanese 1960 11 million 354 Hammond s Pocket Atlas English Up to 1965 11 million 355 三省堂国語辞典 Sanseido Kokugo Jiten Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language Kenbō Hidetoshi Japanese 1960 10 million 356 家庭に於ける実際的看護の秘訣 Katei Ni Okeru Jissaiteki Kango No Hiketsu Key to Practical Personal Care at Home Takichi Tsukuda Japanese 1925 10 million 357 C程序设计 C Program Design Tan Haoqiang Chinese 1991 10 million 358 See also Edit Books portalList of best selling comic series List of best selling manga List of best selling fiction authors Publishers Weekly lists of bestselling novels in the United States List of literary works by number of translations Lists of booksReferences Edit Bruzelius Margaret 2007 Romancing the Novel Adventure from Scott to Sebald Lewisburg Bucknell University Press p 30 ISBN 978 0 8387 5644 7 Retrieved April 26 2022 Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo like many of Scott s novels was a runaway best seller and is still widely available in abbreviated and entire editions and even in comic strip format de Looze Laurence 2016 The Letter and the Cosmos How the Alphabet Has Shaped the Western View of the World Toronto University of Toronto Press p 102 ISBN 978 1 4426 5060 2 Retrieved April 26 2022 Don Quixote was certainly an extraordinary bestseller throughout Europe and the New World Thompson Kristin 2007 The Frodo Franchise The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood California University of California Press p 2 ISBN 978 0 520 24774 1 Retrieved December 30 2020 a b Best selling book of non fiction Guinness World Records Archived from the original on 15 March 2015 Retrieved 15 March 2015 Walch Tad 2020 10 04 12 things I learned about the church that I didn t know before general conference Deseret News Retrieved 2021 03 15 Zhengyuan Fu Autocratic Tradition and Chinese Politics Cambridge University Press 1994 p 186 Autocratic Tradition and Chinese Politics Archived 2016 01 12 at the Wayback Machine Allen Kent Harold Lancour Jay E Daily Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science Volume 22 CRC Press 1977 p 31 Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science Alexander C Cook Mao s Little Red Book A Global History Cambridge University Press 2014 p xiii Mao s Little Red Book A Global History Archived 2016 01 12 at the Wayback Machine Daniel Leese Mao Cult Rhetoric and Ritual in China s Cultural Revolution Cambridge University Press 2013 p 108 Mao Cult Rhetoric and Ritual in China s Cultural Revolution Archived 2016 01 12 at the Wayback Machine Forbes Archived 2017 08 25 at the Wayback Machine on Harry Potter It and the six subsequent books have now sold 500 million copies worldwide 22 May 2013 Hybable Archived 2013 10 15 at archive today on Harry Potter Collectively the seven Harry Potter books have sold nearly 500 million copies since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone in 1997 making Harry Potter the bestselling book series of all time 29 April 2012 The Telegraph Archived 2017 10 04 at the Wayback Machine on Harry Potter More than 500 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide and the series has been translated into 79 languages 26 June 2017 Chalton Nicola MacArdle Meredith 2017 20th Century in Bite Sized Chunks Chartwell Books p 129 ISBN 978 0 7858 3510 3 Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 Retrieved 23 August 2017 J K Rowling Archived 2017 07 31 at the Wayback Machine on Harry Potter 20 years after it was first published in the UK in 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone is to be translated into its 80th language Scots 28 June 2017 Forbes on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The final one Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has sold 44 million since it was published last July including 15 million in the first 24 hours 19 December 2008 World Record Academy on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the seventh and last novel in the series sold around 15 million copies worldwide in its first day and set the new world record for the fastest selling book 23 July 2007 BBC Archived 2008 11 28 at the Wayback Machine on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The book had a print run of 12 million in the US compared with 10 8 million for the last book according to Lisa Holton of the book s US publisher Scholastic 23 July 2007 Inshorts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The final instalment of the Harry Potter series The Deathly Hallows is recognised by Guinness World Records as the fastest selling book of fiction in 24 hours with a total of 15 million books sold With 12 million books printed in the first run it also holds a record for the highest initial print run for a fiction book 4 July 2016 Radford Wattley Aaron 24 June 2020 This book has sold the most copies FOXBusiness Retrieved 5 January 2023 A Tale of Two Cities broadway com Archived from the original on April 5 2008 Retrieved April 24 2008 Since its inaugural publication on August 30 1859 A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies in several languages making it one of the most famous books in the history of fictional literature Royal party and read a thon mark big day for Dickens Reuters 3 February 2012 some estimates say A Tale of Two Cities is the best selling novel of all time at more than 200 million copies A Tale of Two Cities King s Head review September 28 2013 According to Adam Spreadbury Maher the artistic director of the King s Head Theatre the prize goes to Charles Dickens s A Tale of Two Cities with sales of more than 200 million copies since its publication in 1859 Charles Dickens inscribed book offered for 275 000 sale BBC News 19 August 2014 A Tale of Two Cities is believed to be the best selling novel of all time having sold more than 200 million copies Charles Dickens novel inscribed to George Eliot up for sale TheGuardian com 21 August 2014 A Tale of Two Cities the bookseller Peter Harrington writes in its catalogue regularly cited as the all time bestselling novel in any language with over 200 million copies sold Inman William H March 21 2011 Hotelier Saint Exupery s Princely Instincts institutionalinvestor com Euromoney Institutional Investor Archived from the original on November 12 2020 Retrieved May 12 2022 The Prince remains a king among books with more than 200 million copies sold in more than 190 languages making it one of the bestselling volumes of any kind Lowne Cathy The Little Prince britannica com Archived from the original on October 31 2017 Retrieved April 27 2022 Translated into hundreds of languages some 150 million copies of the novella have sold worldwide making it one of the best selling books in publishing history Lohnes Kate Lowne Cathy December 27 2018 The Little Prince britannica com Archived from the original on January 22 2019 Retrieved March 24 2022 The novella has been translated into hundreds of languages and has sold some 200 million copies worldwide making it one of the best selling books in publishing history Chalton Nicola Macardle Meredith 2017 03 15 20th Century in Bite Sized Chunks Book Sales ISBN 978 0 7858 3510 3 Burbank Public Library offering digital copies of first Harry Potter novel to recognize the book s 20th anniversary Burbank Leader 2018 09 05 Retrieved 2020 09 03 Flood Allison September 1 2015 And Then There Were None declared world s favourite Agatha Christie novel The Guardian Retrieved October 26 2022 Betting on The Red Mansions china org cn China Internet Information Center December 14 2005 Archived from the original on October 17 2007 Retrieved April 26 2022 Sun Yuming the vice director of A Dream of Red Mansions Research Institute said that the book has sold over 100 million copies worldwide so far Oswald Godfrey 2017 Library World Records 3d ed McFarland ISBN 9781476667775 Five other books the sic have broken the 100 million barrier are as follows Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin Shippey Thomas 20 September 2012 The Hobbit What has made the book such an enduring success The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 27 January 2021 Retrieved 29 March 2022 Today The Hobbit has sold 100 million copies and been translated into something like fifty languages including two of Tolkien s favourites Icelandic and West Frisian Tolkien s Hobbit celebrates 75th anniversary USA Today 20 September 2012 Retrieved 29 March 2022 The prelude to The Lord of the Rings trilogy The Hobbit has been translated in to more than 50 languages and has sold 100 million copies worldwide JRR Tolkien letter reveals poor sales of The Hobbit BBC 16 October 2012 Retrieved 29 March 2022 Despite his concerns The Hobbit went on to sell 100 million copies The Telegraph Archived 2010 04 06 at the Wayback Machine on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe This classic story has sold more than 85 million copies in 29 different languages since its publication in 1950 3 April 2010 Waiting for Leo Time Magazine September 17 1965 Archived from the original on March 12 2008 Retrieved August 22 2008 Since then it has sold 83 million copies in 44 languages Fowler Christopher January 10 2016 Invisible Ink no 309 Henry Rider Haggard The Independent Archived from the original on 2016 01 29 His next novel She about a beautiful ageless sorceress was a smashing success and by 1965 had sold 83 million copies Mandhwani Aakriti Tripathi Kartikeya 23 March 2017 Forensic science in Hindi pulp fiction blockbusters The Independent Retrieved 28 April 2018 Ved Prakash Sharma s 1992 novel Vardi Wala Gunda The Uniformed Goon sold an unprecedented 1 5 million copies on publication day and went on to sell more than 80 million San Jose Mercury News Archived 2012 01 13 at the Wayback Machine on The Da Vinci Code That earlier book has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide was adapted into a movie and made hits out of Brown s previous novels including Angels amp Demons whose film version is now in theaters 5 June 2009 Hypable Archived 2013 10 15 at archive today on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets As of 2012 the book has sold 77 million copies worldwide and been translated into 72 languages April 2012 a b c d e FanSided Archived 2017 08 24 at the Wayback Machine on Harry Potter The success of the books every one of which has sold over 65 million copies and the films which have done billions of dollars worth of box office sales worldwide is perhaps the easiest way to demonstrate the sheer size of the Harry Potter fandom November 2016 Film to be made of Coelho s The Alchemist AFP May 19 2008 Archived from the original on February 12 2009 Retrieved May 12 2022 Film mogul Harvey Weinstein on Sunday announced the screen adaptation of the novel written 20 years ago and translated into 56 languages with more than 65 million copies sold High Five With Paulo Coelho Forbes Sixty years and 65m copies on Holden Caulfield and the great American novel Carter Alice T The Bridges of Madison County novel springs to life as a musical TribLIVE com Archived from the original on 2017 04 14 Retrieved 2017 04 13 37 Ben Hur A Tale of the Christ The Southern Retrieved 2019 03 17 dead link Genzlinger Neil 2017 09 01 Louise Hay Widely Read Self Help Author Dies at 90 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on 2017 11 23 Retrieved 2017 10 25 Archived copy The Economist Archived from the original on 2017 09 06 Retrieved 2017 09 03 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint archived copy as title link April 26 2014 The Walrus Archived 2008 05 13 at the Wayback Machine December 2007 issue granma cu Archived 2011 07 18 at the Wayback Machine March 6 2007 Woudhuysen H R Suarez Michael F eds 2010 The Oxford Companion to the Book D Z Oxford University Press p 892 ISBN 978 0 19 860653 6 Retrieved May 11 2022 A landmark 20th century novel Lolita sold over 50 million copies by 2007 ABC Australia Archived 2014 04 26 at the Wayback Machine on Heidi Johanna Spyri s story has been translated into fifty languages and sold fifty million copies but the marketing juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down fat from it Heidi now has her own theme park 5 August 2002 a b c The Top 10 of Everything 2002 by Russell Ash Reuters Archived 2010 01 13 at the Wayback Machine on Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million copies and been translated into 20 languages according to Penguin 19 March 2008 The Times Archived 2008 07 18 at the Wayback Machine on Black Beauty Fifty million copies of Black Beauty have been sold in the years since Anna Sewell s publisher paid her 20 for the story 29 February 2008 Library Journal Archived 2008 09 21 at the Wayback Machine no date Crace John 2010 07 30 A life in writing Jack Higgins The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on 2012 01 24 Retrieved 2017 01 29 BBC News Watership Down author Richard Adams criticises homes plan Archived 2012 01 11 at the Wayback Machine on Watership Down Watership Down sold more than 50 million copies 13 December 2011 Then amp Now Shere Hite sexologist The Irish Times The report went on to sell more than 50 million copies Pocono Record Archived 2014 01 21 at the Wayback Machine on Charlotte s Web It has sold over 50 million copies been translated into 23 languages and shown in three major movie versions 06 July 2007 Sunday World Archived 2014 01 18 at archive today on The Ginger Man Donleavy who lives near Mullingar has previously rejected repeated attempts by Hollywood to make a film version of his book which has sold 50 million copies worldwide and been translated into 18 languages 5 August 2008 Worker s Press acknowledge Frederick Warne s intellectual property rights Prnewswire co uk 2003 07 10 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Italiana in Italian July 1 2001 Archived from the original on January 27 2006 Retrieved February 4 2010 Con i suoi trentacinque milioni di copie Le Avventure di Pinocchio e il nostro romanzo piu letto e piu tradotto dopo I promessi sposi Berger Joseph 2014 11 04 Recalling Anne Frank as Icon and Human Being The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on 2017 01 19 Retrieved 2017 05 04 Comfort David 14 November 2013 An Insider s Guide to Publishing Writer s Digest Books p 244 ISBN 9781599637815 Retrieved 30 September 2017 To Bryce Harper and Davey Johnson play me or trade me is just a healthy joke Archived 2014 04 26 at the Wayback Machine Thomas Boswell for The Washington Post If Johnson has to call on the wisdom of an old 70s self help bestseller like Your Erroneous Zones he ll whip it out He s still got one of the 35 million copies sold 8 July 2013 Thomsen Simon 2015 01 30 People Are Going Nuts Over This Obituary For Author Colleen McCullough Which Called Her Plain And Overweight Business Insider Australia Archived from the original on 2017 04 14 Retrieved 2017 04 13 Wenner Emma July Religion Bestsellers Purpose Driven Life Makes a Comeback James Patterson Tops Publishers Weekly Retrieved November 21 2018 Rick Warren s The Purpose Driven Life reappeared on PW s Religion Nonfiction list at No 9 for July after a nearly year long absence Zondervan consistently promotes the ever popular devotional which has sold 33 million copies in over 50 languages since its 2002 publication Playbill Archived 2017 03 08 at the Wayback Machine on The Kite Runner The Kite Runner which has been published in 70 countries selling 31 5 million copies in 60 languages 2 September 2016 Symonds Alexandria Valley of the Dolls by the numbers Archived 2016 02 14 at the Wayback Machine T The New York Times Style Magazine February 9 2016 Retrieved January 10 2017 Akron Beacon Journal Archived 2011 06 15 at the Wayback Machine on The Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book While the title of the book is actually Alcoholics Anonymous the members of AA refer to it as the Big Book This is the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous AA s text on how to stay sober And this year is also the 70th anniversary of the publication of A A s Big Book which has sold nearly 30 million copies since 1939 11 June 2009 Twelve Step Programs Worldwide Archived 2011 08 10 at the Wayback Machine about Alcoholics Anonymous the book affectionately known as The Big Book The 25 millionth copy of the Big Book was published in 2005 and about 1 million copies are sold each year This means that as at 2010 there have been about 30 million copies sold ranking it high on the list of best selling books ever More impressive still it has sold this many copies even though it is available free online in English Spanish and French links provided Garner Dwight 5 October 2011 Classic Advice Please Leave Well Enough Alone The New York Times How to Win Friends and Influence People is now targeting Gen Z girls New York Post 8 August 2020 Alter Alexandra December 29 2018 New Life for Old Classics as Their Copyrights Run Out The New York Times At 75 Gone with the Wind still attracts fans cash and controversy CNN More than 30 million copies of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel are in print worldwide according to most estimates The menacing Daphne du Maurier Independent ie Retrieved 2019 03 16 Summer Broadway Opening Set for 1984 Archived 2017 04 22 at the Wayback Machine The Hollywood Reporter 2017 The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature Archived 2013 10 12 at the Wayback Machine p 559 on The Revolt of Mamie Stover The Revolt of Mamie Stover 1951 which sold almost thirty million copies worldwide 2005 Winnipeg Free Press Archived 2010 05 13 at the Wayback Machine on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The first book sold 30 million copies and is available in 44 languages 15 April 2010 Sperling Nicole 15 January 2013 Dan Brown What s the film status of his book The Lost Symbol Los Angeles Times 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2007 08 31 at the Wayback Machine on Santa Evita Martinez was best known as the author of two classics of Argentine and Latin American literature La novela de Peron 1985 The Peron Novel 1988 and Santa Evita 1995 Eng trans 1995 the latter was translated into 30 languages and sold more than 10 million copies 22 November 2007 The New York Times Archived 2017 09 04 at the Wayback Machine on Night Indeed since it appeared in 1960 Night has sold an estimated 10 million copies three million of them since Winfrey chose the book in January 2006 and traveled with Wiesel to Auschwitz 20 January 2008 Flood Alison April 14 2008 Macmillan s 100k Chinese deal The Bookseller Archived from the original on April 12 2016 ABC News Archived 2008 04 16 at the Wayback Machine on The Total Woman One of the first books to address the issue was Marabel Morgan s The Total Woman which sold more than 10 million copies to women of all religious persuasions making it the best selling nonfiction book of 1974 15 April 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