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 15 million and 20 million copies === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " !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<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=K9P1T0doSpkC&dq=%22doc+savage%22+%22million+copies%22&pg=PA2 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review] Feb. 1979 issue</ref> |- |涼宮ハルヒシリーズ (''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|Haruhi Suzumiya Series]]'') || [[Nagaru Tanigawa]] || Japanese || 11 || 2003–present || 20 million<ref>{{cite web|title=Haruhi Suzumiya Light Novel Series Has 20 Million Copies in Print Worldwide|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-12-10/haruhi-suzumiya-light-novel-series-has-20-million-copies-in-print-worldwide/.125089|website=Anime News Network|access-date=11 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210155505/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-12-10/haruhi-suzumiya-light-novel-series-has-20-million-copies-in-print-worldwide/.125089|archive-date=10 December 2017}}</ref> |- |一億人の昭和史 (''1-oku nin no Shōwa shi'' / ''[[Shōwa era|Shōwa]] History of 100 million people'') || Tomiyasu Takahara, Various authors || Japanese || 95 || 1975-1980 || 19 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://corporate.mainet-works.com/heisei-history/about-showa-history.html |title=1億人の平成史 平成の写真資料を募集します |publisher=Mainichi Books |access-date=2024-04-10 }}</ref> |- |科学のアルバム (''Kagaku no album'' / ''Science's Album'') || Various authors || Japanese || || 1970–present || 19 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hon10.com/07cts/h_about/1_akanesyobo.html |title=Akane Shobo |publisher=Hon10.com |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630220756/http://www.hon10.com/07cts/h_about/1_akanesyobo.html |archive-date=2009-06-30 }}</ref> |- |剣客商売 (''[[Kenkaku Shōbai]]'') || [[Shotaro Ikenami]] || Japanese || 18 || 1972–1989 || 18 million<ref>[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kenkaku5/ Fuji T.V.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323002210/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kenkaku5/ |date=2008-03-23 }} (2004)</ref> |- |[[Erast Fandorin]] series || [[Boris Akunin]] || Russian || 12 || 1998–present || 18 million<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/02/25/boaku18.xml The Telegraph] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531155034/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F02%2F25%2Fboaku18.xml |date=2008-05-31 }} on ''Erast Fandorin'': "The two authors share a quality that has seen Akunin shift 18 million copies of his Fandorin stories" (25 February 2007)</ref> |- |''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' |[[Anne McCaffrey]] |English |23 |1967–present |18 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebytenews.com/the-updated-sff-all-time-sales-list-2015/|title=The Updated SFF All-Time Sales List| website=The Byte News |date=2015-03-07|access-date=2017-12-29}}</ref> |- |吸血鬼ハンターD (''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'') || [[Hideyuki Kikuchi]] || Japanese || 39 || 1983–present || 17 million<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6600565.html Publishers Weekly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002130913/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6600565.html |date=2008-10-02 }} on ''Vampire Hunter D'': "The books have sold more than 17 million copies around the world." (30 September 2008)</ref> |- |''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' || [[Douglas Adams]], plus a final book by [[Eoin Colfer]] || English || 6 || 1979–2008 || 16 million<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7619000/7619708.stm BBC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920030801/http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7619000/7619708.stm |date=2008-09-20 }} on ''The Hitchhiker's Guide'': "About 16 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide" (17 September 2008)</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Books in Order|url=https://www.readingorder.co/series/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Books Reading Order|language=en-US}}</ref> |- |{{ill|ぼくらシリーズ|ja|ぼくらの七日間戦争|vertical-align=sup}} (''Bokura series'') || [[Osamu Soda]]|| Japanese || 36 || 1985–present || 15 million<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030320190359/http://ch-k.kyodo.co.jp/17kyodo/number05/newsdigest.html Kyodo Tsushin](archive.org) (20 December 2001)</ref> |- |''[[Bridget Jones]]'' || [[Helen Fielding]] || English || 3 || 1996–present || 15 million<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/helen-fielding-beyond-bridget-582224.html Helen Fielding: Beyond Bridget] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606100648/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/helen-fielding-beyond-bridget-582224.html |date=2011-06-06 }} [[The Independent]] 2003</ref> |- |''[[His Dark Materials]]'' || [[Philip Pullman]] || English || 3 || 1995–2000 || 15 million<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E7D7133DF930A25752C0A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=sophie+gee&st=nyt The New York Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904091723/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E7D7133DF930A25752C0A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=sophie+gee&st=nyt |date=2017-09-04 }} on ''His Dark Materials'': "''His Dark Materials,'' Philip Pullman's trilogy inspired by ''Paradise Lost,'' has sold 15 million copies worldwide, while the film version of the first volume, ''The Golden Compass,'' has earned more than $150 million." (13 January 2008)</ref> |- |銀河英雄伝説 (''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'') || [[Yoshiki Tanaka]] || Japanese || 14 || 1982–1989 || 15 million<ref>[http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20080424/ginga.htm Impress Watch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430090425/http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20080424/ginga.htm |date=2008-04-30 }} (24 April 2008)</ref> |- |''[[The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency]]'' || [[Alexander McCall Smith]] || English || 23 || 1999–present || 15 million<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7284357.stm BBC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313085929/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7284357.stm |date=2008-03-13 }} on Alexander McCall Smith: "His books, featuring the unconventional No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, have sold 15 million copies in English, not counting the 42 languages they've been published in elsewhere." 7 March 2008</ref> |- |''Der Regenbogenfisch'' (''[[Rainbow Fish]]'') || [[Marcus Pfister]] || German || || 1992–present || 15 million<ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6359151.html?nid=2788&rid=#reg_visitor_id Publishers Weekly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502000912/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6359151.html?nid=2788&rid= |date=2008-05-02 }} (24 August 2006)</ref> |- |''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'' || [[Raymond E. Feist]] || English || 25 || 1982–present || 15 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Raymond-E-Feist/biography.html|title=Raymond E Feist biography, bibliography and reviews|website=www.fantasybookreview.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-01-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111061027/http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Raymond-E-Feist/biography.html|archive-date=2017-01-11}}</ref> |- |The [[Thrawn trilogy|''Thrawn'' trilogy]]|| [[Timothy Zahn]] || English || 3 || 1991–93 || 15 million<ref>{{cite web|last1=Myers|first1=Lindsay Rae|title=The Man Who Saved Star Wars: An Interview With Pensacon Guest Timothy Zahn|url=http://wuwf.org/post/man-who-saved-star-wars-interview-pensacon-guest-timothy-zahn|website=WUWF 88.1|date=20 February 2014 |publisher=WUWF|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref> |- |''Wiedźmin'' (''[[The Witcher]]'') || [[Andrzej Sapkowski]] || Polish || 9 || 1990–2013 || 15 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/836558/the-witcher-henry-cavill-geralt-of-rivia-season-1-preview/|title='The Witcher's Henry Cavill Says 'Tough' Geralt Has a 'Heart of Gold'|last=Holbrook|first=Damian|date=10 December 2019|website=[[TV Insider]]|access-date=23 June 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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