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! === More than 100 million copies === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " !Book !! Author(s) !! Original language !! First published !! Approximate sales !Genre |- |''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''||[[Charles Dickens]]|| English || 1859 || >200 million<ref> *{{cite web |title=A Tale of Two Cities |url=http://www.broadway.com/gen/show.aspx?SI=562611 |website=broadway.com |access-date=April 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405204933/http://www.broadway.com/gen/show.aspx?SI=562611 |archive-date=April 5, 2008 |quote=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.}} *{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/dickens-anniversary-idUSL5E8D25AP20120203|title = Royal party and read-a-thon mark big day for Dickens|newspaper = Reuters|date = 3 February 2012 |quote=...some estimates say “A Tale of Two Cities” is the best-selling novel of all time at more than 200 million copies.}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10340407/A-Tale-of-Two-Cities-Kings-Head-review.html|title = A Tale of Two Cities, King's Head, review |date=September 28, 2013 |quote=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.}} *{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28854998|title=Charles Dickens inscribed book offered for £275,000 sale|work=BBC News|date=19 August 2014 |quote=A Tale of Two Cities is believed to be the best-selling novel of all time, having sold more than 200 million copies.}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/21/charles-dickens-george-eliot-a-tale-of-two-cities|title = Charles Dickens novel inscribed to George Eliot up for sale|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 21 August 2014 |quote="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."}}</ref> |[[Historical fiction]] |- |''[[The Little Prince]]'' (''Le Petit Prince'')||[[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]|| French || 1943 || 200 million<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inman |first1=William H. |title=Hotelier Saint-Exupéry's Princely Instincts |url=https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b150y2scsw1f63/hotelier-saint-exuprys-princely-instincts |website=institutionalinvestor.com |publisher=Euromoney Institutional Investor |access-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112230529/https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b150y2scsw1f63/hotelier-saint-exuprys-princely-instincts |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |date=March 21, 2011 |quote=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.}}</ref><ref> *{{cite web |last1=Lowne |first1=Cathy |title=The Little Prince |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Little-Prince |website=britannica.com |access-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031024948/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Little-Prince |archive-date=October 31, 2017 |quote=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.}} *{{cite web |last1=Lohnes |first1=Kate |last2=Lowne |first2=Cathy |title=The Little Prince |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Little-Prince |website=britannica.com |access-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122012253/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Little-Prince |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |date=December 27, 2018 |quote=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.}}</ref> |[[Fantasy]], [[Children's fiction]] |- | ''[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]'' (''O Alquimista'') || [[Paulo Coelho]] || Portuguese || 1988 || 150 million<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.startribune.com/harvey-mackay-lessons-of-persistence-from-author-paulo-coelho-the-alchemist-soichiro-honda/600167569/ |last=Mackay |first=Harvey |title=Harvey Mackay: Lessons of persistence from Paulo Coelho, author of ''The Alchemist'' |work=[[The Star Tribune]] |date=April 24, 2022 |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-alchemist-movie-jack-thorne/ |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |title=''The Alchemist'' Movie in the Works From Legendary and TriStar |website=[[TheWrap]] |date=October 3, 2023 |access-date=March 25, 2024}}</ref>||[[Fantasy]] |- |''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''||[[J. K. Rowling]]|| English || 1997 || 120 million<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chalton|first1=Nicola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eF8HDgAAQBAJ&q=philosopher%27s+stone+120+million&pg=PA129|title=20th Century in Bite-Sized Chunks|last2=Macardle|first2=Meredith|date=2017-03-15|publisher=Book Sales|isbn=978-0-7858-3510-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2018-09-05|title=Burbank Public Library offering digital copies of first 'Harry Potter' novel to recognize the book's 20th anniversary|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/news/tn-blr-me-burbank-library-harry-potter-20180831-story.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Burbank Leader|language=en-US}}</ref> |[[Fantasy]], [[Children's fiction]] |- |''[[And Then There Were None]]''||[[Agatha Christie]]|| English || 1939 || 100 million<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/01/and-then-there-were-none-declared-worlds-favourite-agatha-christie-novel |last=Flood |first=Allison |title=And Then There Were None declared world's favourite Agatha Christie novel |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 1, 2015 |access-date=October 26, 2022}}</ref> |[[Mystery fiction|Mystery]] |- |''[[Dream of the Red Chamber]]'' (紅樓夢)||[[Cao Xueqin]]|| Chinese || 1791 || 100 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Betting on The Red Mansions |url=https://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/151884.htm |website=china.org.cn |publisher=China Internet Information Center |access-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017115910/https://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/151884.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |date=December 14, 2005 |quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Oswald|first1=Godfrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZAwDwAAQBAJ&q=%22best+selling+books%22&pg=PA216|title=Library World Records, 3d ed.|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476667775|language=en|quote=Five other books the [sic] have broken the 100 million barrier are as follows:...''Dream of the Red Chamber'' by Cao Xueqin...}}</ref> |[[Family saga]] |- |''[[The Hobbit]]''||[[J. R. R. Tolkien]]|| English || 1937 || 100 million<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9555838/The-Hobbit-What-has-made-the-book-such-an-enduring-success.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127082027/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9555838/The-Hobbit-What-has-made-the-book-such-an-enduring-success.html |last=Shippey |first=Thomas |title=The Hobbit: What has made the book such an enduring success? |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=20 September 2012 |access-date=29 March 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |url-status=live |quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2012/09/20/hobbit-tolkien-75-anniversary-corey-olsen/1576943/ |title=Tolkien's ''Hobbit'' celebrates 75th anniversary |work=[[USA Today]] |date=20 September 2012 |access-date=29 March 2022 |quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19965058 |title=JRR Tolkien letter reveals poor sales of The Hobbit |work=[[BBC]] |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=29 March 2022 |quote=Despite his concerns, The Hobbit went on to sell 100 million copies.}}</ref> |[[Fantasy]], [[Children's fiction]] |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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