List of best-selling books Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Between 20 million and 30 million copies === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " !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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00943/|title=Komatsu Sakyō: Japan's Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Author in the Spotlight in 2020|date=Oct 16, 2020|website=Nippon.com}}</ref> || [[science fiction]] |- |{{ill|三毛猫ホームズシリーズ|ja|vertical-align=sup}} (''[[Calico Cat Holmes series]]'') || [[Jirō Akagawa]] || Japanese || 43 || 1978–present || 28 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/6505659/|title=ミステリーとジャニーズと、時々、ネコ? 『三毛猫ホームズの推理』|date=April 26, 2012|website=livedoor.com}}</ref> || [[Detective fiction|detective]], [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] |- |''[[Curious George]]'' || [[Hans Augusto Rey]] and [[Margret Rey]] || English || 58 || 1941–present || 27 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/books/13geor.html|title=How Curious George Escaped the Nazis|date=13 September 2005|work=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503124315/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/books/13geor.html|archive-date=3 May 2015}}</ref> || [[Children's Literature]] |- |''[[Shannara]]'' || [[Terry Brooks]] || English || 20 || 1977–present || 26 million<ref>[https://hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/shannara-series-works-at-mtv-663313 'Shannara' Series in the works at MTV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102083236/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/shannara-series-works-at-mtv-663313 |date=2016-01-02 }} [[The Hollywood Reporter]] 2013</ref> |- |''[[Kurt Wallander]]'' || [[Henning Mankell]] || Swedish || 10 || 1991–2002 || 25 million<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/21/theatre.branagh The Guardian] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413114341/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/21/theatre.branagh |date=2016-04-13 }} on ''Wallander'': "[...] the crime novels by Swedish author Henning Mankell, which have sold 25 million copies worldwide." (21 September 2008)</ref> |- |''Sagan om Isfolket'' (''[[The Legend of the Ice People]]'') || [[Margit Sandemo]] || Swedish || 47 || 1982–1989 || 25 million<ref>[http://www.norway.org.uk/News_and_events/culture/literature/margitsandemo/ Norwegian best selling author to cast spell on the UK] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105102032/http://www.norway.org.uk/News_and_events/culture/literature/margitsandemo/ |date=2012-01-05 }}</ref> |- |''[[The Sword of Truth]]''||[[Terry Goodkind]]||English||21||1998–present||25 million<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Brooks|title=Swords and Sorcery Return to Syndication|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/arts/television/26barn.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 October 2008 |access-date=18 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904092429/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/arts/television/26barn.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0|archive-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> |- |''[[Outlander (book series)|Outlander]]''|| [[Diana Gabaldon]] || English || 8 || 1991–present || 25 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/outlander-is-this-the-new-game-of-thrones-9685662.html|title=Outlander: Is this the new 'Game of Thrones'?|work=The Independent|date=26 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815210941/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/outlander-is-this-the-new-game-of-thrones-9685662.html|archive-date=2017-08-15}}</ref> |- |{{ill|ズッコケ三人組|ja|vertical-align=sup}} (''[[Zukkoke Sanningumi]]'') || [[Masamoto Nasu]] || Japanese || 50 || 1978–2004 || 25 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000009.000031579.html|title=【ズッコケ三人組40周年記念】広島市にて那須先生講演会・特別展示を開催。那須正幹先生への取材・インタビューのお願い|date=March 12, 2018}}</ref> || [[Children's Literature]] |- |鬼平犯科帳 (''[[Onihei Hankachō]]'') || [[Shōtarō Ikenami]] || Japanese || 24 || 1968–1990 || 24.4 million, only [[bunkobon]]<ref>[http://homepage1.nifty.com/shimizumon/walk/course1/walk_01.html Nifty.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915125825/http://homepage1.nifty.com/shimizumon/walk/course1/walk_01.html |date=2010-09-15 }} (Gokujo No Tabi October 2003)</ref> || [[jidaigeki]] |- |''[[Brain Quest]]'' || Various authors || English || || 1992–present || 23.7 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.storybookcove.com/NASApp/store/Product;jsessionid=abcSzlpRBCl9BdJio5A8q?s=showproduct&isbn=0761137769|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928134744/http://www.storybookcove.com/NASApp/store/Product%3Bjsessionid%3DabcSzlpRBCl9BdJio5A8q?s=showproduct&isbn=0761137769|url-status= dead|title=Storybook Cove<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> |- |''[[South Beach Diet]]'' || [[Arthur Agatston]] || English || 6 || 2003–present || 22 million<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/1185/story/378534.html The Miami Herald] on the South Beach Diet books: "The South Beach Diet became a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller and the six books in the series have sold 22 million copies." (15 January 2008)</ref> |- |ソードアート・オンライン (''[[Sword Art Online]]'') || [[Reki Kawahara]] || Japanese || 27 || 2009–present || 30 million<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sankei.com/article/20220623-557PB3RMUFKXNDFMTLFN3HYCNI/|title= Saoの世界に没入 アニメ化10年、来月展覧会|date= 23 June 2022}}</ref> |- |{{ill|竜馬がゆく|ja|vertical-align=sup}} (''[[Ryoma ga Yuku]]'') || [[Ryōtarō Shiba]] || Japanese || 5 || 1963–1966 || 21.5 million<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16256264_ITM Japan Inc.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413161310/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-16256264_ITM |date=2008-04-13 }} (22 June 2006)</ref> || [[jidaigeki]] |- |''[[Artemis Fowl (series)|Artemis Fowl]]'' || [[Eoin Colfer]] || English || 8 + 1 companion book || 2001–2012 || 21 million<ref>[https://variety.com/2013/film/news/disney-developing-artemis-fowl-movie-with-harvey-weinstein-1200569446/ Variety] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816094424/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/disney-developing-artemis-fowl-movie-with-harvey-weinstein-1200569446/ |date=2017-08-16 }} on ''Artemis Fowl'': "The "Artemis Fowl" books have sold more than 21 million copies in print in 44 languages worldwide." (29 July 2013)</ref> | |- |[[The Cosmere]] |[[Brandon Sanderson]] |English |30+<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cosmere Series by Brandon Sanderson |url=https://www.goodreads.com/series/135117-the-cosmere |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> |2005–present |21 Million <ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=2022-03-03 |title=Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/books/brandon-sanderson-kickstarter.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |- |''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' series || [[Frank Herbert]] || English || 30+ || 1965 || 20 million<ref name="Frank Herbert"/> ||Science fiction novel |- | ''[[I Survived (book series)|I Survived]]'' || [[Lauren Tarshis]] || English || 25 || 2010–2020 || data-sort-value="20.1 million" | more than 20 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/lauren-tarshis/ |title= Lauren Tarshis Books In Order |date= 27 June 2017 |publisher= Book Series In Order|access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/isurvived |title=The ''I Survived'' Series by Lauren Tarshis |website= [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] |access-date= July 12, 2020}}</ref> |- |''[[Découvertes Gallimard]]'' || Various authors || French || more than 700 || 1986–present || data-sort-value="20.1 million" | more than 20 million<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 1999 |title=Livres Hebdo (nº 321) |language=fr |magazine=Livres Hebdo, n° 321 |location=Paris |publisher=Electre S.A. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/articles/decouvertes-gallimard-ou-la-culture-encyclopedique-la-francaise |title=Découvertes Gallimard ou la culture encyclopédique à la française |first=Françoise |last=Hache-Bissette |website=ricochet-jeunes.org |date=2002 |access-date=15 October 2017 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921144648/https://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/articles/decouvertes-gallimard-ou-la-culture-encyclopedique-la-francaise |archive-date=21 September 2017 }}</ref> |- |''[[Redwall]]'' || [[Brian Jacques]] || English || 22 || 1986–2011 || 20 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/05/08/23661/ |title=Rubin '09 picked to illustrate next book in popular Redwall series – the Daily Princetonian |access-date=2010-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914062331/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/05/08/23661/ |archive-date=2010-09-14 }} on ''Redwall'': "Brian Jacques’ award-winning books, which have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide in 28 languages." (8 May 2009)</ref> |- |''[[Maisy Mouse|Maisy]]'' || [[Lucy Cousins]] || English || 23 || 1990–present || 20 million<ref name=rjmlicensing /> |- |''[[Dragonlance]]'' || Various authors || English || more than 150 || 1984–present || 20 million<ref>[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4260&Itemid=99 IESB.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024031858/http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content |date=2008-10-24 }} (4 February 2008)</ref> |- |幻魔大戦 (''[[Genma Taisen]]'') || [[Kazumasa Hirai (author)|Kazumasa Hirai]] || Japanese || 20 || 1979–1983 || 20 million<ref>[http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0504/04/news072.html IT Media Mobile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922125256/http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0504/04/news072.html |date=2009-09-22 }} (4 April 2005)</ref> |- |青春の門 (''[[The Gate of Youth (novel)|The Gate of Youth]]'') || [[Hiroyuki Itsuki]] || Japanese || || 1970–present || 20 million<ref> [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20050320cs.html The Japan Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110042028/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20050320cs.html |date=2009-01-10 }} (20 March 2005)</ref> |- |スレイヤーズ (''[[Slayers]]'') || [[Hajime Kanzaka]] || Japanese || 50 || 1989–present || 20 million<ref>{{cite news |last1=Komatsu |first1=Mikikazu |title=Slayers Novel Original Series' Long-Awaited 16th Volume Set for Release on October 20 |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/08/31/slayers-novel-original-series-long-awaited-16th-volume-set-for-release-on-october-20 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |work=[[Crunchyroll]] |date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> |- |''[[The Foundation Trilogy]]'' || [[Isaac Asimov]] || English || 3<ref>However further 'Foundation' books were written by Asimov from 1982, extending the direct series to seven books, however these four further novels tell two largely independent stories. Ultimately many of Asimov's works join to form a single time line encompassing 20,000 years of future-history. To further add the extent of the series, a 'Second Foundation Trilogy' of books by contemporary Sci-Fi writers also explicitly join with the series.</ref> || 1950–1953 || 20 million<ref>[http://movies.ign.com/articles/036/036229p1.html IGN] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522132606/http://movies.ign.com/articles/036/036229p1.html |date=2011-05-22 }} 27 June 2000</ref> |- |''[[Horrible Histories (book series)|Horrible Histories]]'' || [[Terry Deary]] || English || 24 || 1993–present || 20 million<ref>[http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/21934/horrible-histories-the-terrible-tudors The Stage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612025019/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/21934/horrible-histories-the-terrible-tudors |date=2011-06-12 }} on ''Horrible Histories'': "[...] based on the hugely successful (20 million copies sold worldwide) series of children's books by Terry Deary, who also wrote this adaptation." (1 October 2008)</ref> |- |''[[Rainbow Magic]]'' || [[Daisy Meadows]] || English || 80+ || 2003–present || 20 million<ref>[http://www.bradenton.com/2010/11/23/2760832/hit-entertainment-and-rosettabooks.html Brandeton.com] {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on ''Rainbow Magic'': "A publishing phenomenon, "Rainbow Magic" has sold 20+ million copies in 31 languages worldwide, including over 6 million books in print in the U.S." (23 November 2010)</ref> |- |''[[Morgan Kane]]'' || [[Louis Masterson]] || Norwegian || 90 || 1966– || 20 million<ref>[http://www.stavangeravisen.com/art.asp?id=17482 Stavangeravisen.no] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006192641/http://www.stavangeravisen.com/art.asp?id=17482 |date=2011-10-06 }}</ref> |- |''[[The Southern Vampire Mysteries]]''||[[Charlaine Harris]]||English||13||2001–2013||20 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1728855.html|title=Lovely County Citizen: Entertainment: Dinner with a vampire author? (05/18/11)|work=Lovely County Citizen|date=18 May 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527135235/http://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1728855.html|archive-date=2011-05-27}}</ref> |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page