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 10 million and 20 million copies === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " !Book !! Author(s) !! Original language !! First published !! Approximate sales !! Genre |- |''[[Where the Crawdads Sing]]'' |[[Delia Owens]] |English |2018 |18 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delia Owens |url=https://www.deliaowens.com/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Delia Owens |language=en-US}}</ref> |[[Coming-of-age story|Coming-of-age]] [[Crime fiction|Murder mystery]] |- |''[[Matilda (novel)|Matilda]]'' || [[Roald Dahl]] || English || 1988 || 17 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/15/matilda-at-30-roald-dahl-quentin-blake|title=Matilda's new adventures at 30: astrophysicist, explorer or bookworm|first=Donna|last=Ferguson|newspaper=The Observer |date=September 15, 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> || [[Children's Literature]] |- |''[[The Book Thief (book)|The Book Thief]]'' || [[Markus Zusak]] || English || 2005 || 16 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/bridge-that-took-20-years-to-build|title=Bridge that took 20 years to build|date=November 20, 2018|website=The Straits Times|last1=Toh|first1=Wen Li}}</ref> || [[Young Adult Fiction]] |- |''[[The Horse Whisperer (book)|The Horse Whisperer]]'' || [[Nicholas Evans]] || English || 1995 || 16 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=223415|title=Nicholas Evans: The Smoke Jumper|last=Hawtin|first=Fiona|date=2001-10-18|work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=2017-04-23|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> || |- |''[[Goodnight Moon]]'' || [[Margaret Wise Brown]] || English || 1947 || 16 million<ref>"[http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6431998.html Playthings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205013020/http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6431998.html |date=2008-12-05 }}". ''[[Playthings (magazine)|Playthings]]''. (1 April 2007)</ref> || [[Children's Literature]] |- | ''[[The Neverending Story]]'' (''Die unendliche Geschichte'') || [[Michael Ende]] || German || 1979 || 16 million<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituarymichael-ende-1598926.html OBITUARY: Michael Ende – People – News – The Independent] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815200519/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituarymichael-ende-1598926.html |date=2017-08-15 }} on ''The Neverending Story'': "Translated into 30 languages and selling over 16 million copies, it starts when 10-year-old Bastian, overweight and undervalued, decides he will read a fantastic book rather than endure another day's bullying at school." (Friday 01 September 1995)</ref> || [[Children's Literature]] |- |''[[All the Light We Cannot See]]'' || [[Anthony Doerr]] || English || 2014 || 15.3 million<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/all-the-light-we-cannot-see-greenlit-as-limited-series-on-netflix-1235071610/ |last=Zorrila |first=Mónica Marie |title=''All the Light We Cannot See'' Greenlit as Limited Series on Netflix |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref> || [[Historical fiction]], [[war novel]] |- |''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' || [[E. L. James]] || English || 2011 || 15.2 million in the U.S.<ref name="prweb">{{cite web|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/fifty_shades_of_grey_was_the_best_selling_book_of_the_decade_in_the_u_s_the_npd_group_says/prweb16796783.htm|title="Fifty Shades of Grey" Was the Best-Selling Book of the Decade in the U.S., The NPD Group Says|website=PRWeb}}</ref> || [[Erotica]] |- |''[[The Outsiders (novel)|The Outsiders]]'' |[[S. E. Hinton]] |English |1967 |15 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/books/the-outsiders-s-e-hinton-book.html|title=Why 'The Outsiders' Lives On: A Teenage Novel Turns 50|last=Krischer|first=Hayley|date=2017-03-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-05-27|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318134839/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/books/the-outsiders-s-e-hinton-book.html|archive-date=2017-03-18}}</ref> || |- |''[[Guess How Much I Love You]]'' || [[Sam McBratney]] || English || 1994 || 15 million<ref name=rjmlicensing>{{cite web|url=http://www.rjmlicensing.com/clients.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207214907/http://www.rjmlicensing.com/clients.html|url-status= dead|title=RJM Licensing|archive-date=December 7, 2007}}</ref> || |- |''[[Shōgun (novel)|Shōgun]]'' || [[James Clavell]] || English || 1975 || 15 million<ref>[[Time (magazine)|Time]] 26 November 1990.</ref> || |- |''[[The Poky Little Puppy]]'' || [[Janette Sebring Lowrey]] || English || 1942 || 15 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jp.bookmooch.com/detail/0307748057 |title=Golden Books : Poky Little Puppy (Little Golden Book) |publisher=Jp.bookmooch.com |date=1992-06-01 |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529130750/http://jp.bookmooch.com/detail/0307748057 |archive-date=2012-05-29 }}</ref> || |- |''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' || [[Ken Follett]] || English || 1989 || 15 million<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/07/sunday/main3339866.shtml?source=search_story CBS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413092027/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/07/sunday/main3339866.shtml?source=search_story |date=2008-04-13 }} on Ken Follett: "But since it was published in 1989, "The Pillars of the Earth" has become an international sensation, selling 15 million copies worldwide." (7 October 2007)</ref> || [[Historical fiction]] |- |''[[Perfume (novel)|Perfume]]'' (''Das Parfum'') || [[Patrick Süskind]] || German || 1985 || 15 million<ref>[http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2007/01/05/life/life01.txt The Patriot Ledger] {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on ''Perfume'': "Yet the scene, like the movie, is so daring, so challenging, you cannot help but respect Tykwer's unerring desire to remain true to the source novel, a book that has sold 15 million copies and has been credited with inspiring Kurt Cobain to write the Nirvana classic ‘‘Scentless Apprentice.’’" (5 January 2007)</ref> || |- |''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' || [[John Steinbeck]] || English || 1939 || 15 million<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.bookrags.com/research/the-grapes-of-wrath-john-steinbeck--ltsd/#gsc.tab=0|title=Research The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck – 1939 {{!}} Literary Themes: The American Dream|website=www.bookrags.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060346/http://www.bookrags.com/research/the-grapes-of-wrath-john-steinbeck--ltsd/#gsc.tab=0|archive-date=2017-02-02}}</ref> || |- |''[[The Shadow of the Wind]]'' (''La sombra del viento'') || [[Carlos Ruiz Zafón]] || Spanish || 2001 || 15 million<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0613/1224248732329.html?via=mr Irish Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105211917/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0613/1224248732329.html?via=mr |date=2012-01-05 }} on ''The Shadow of the Wind'': "[...]his novel The Shadow of the Wind has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, writes Arminta Wallace" (13 June 2009)</ref> || |- |''[[Interpreter of Maladies]]'' || [[Jhumpa Lahiri]] || English || 2000|| 15 million<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/1998/0710/071098.feat.feat.4.html The 30 Best Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novels and Short Story Collections] [[Paste Magazine|Paste (Magazine)]] 2017</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |[[Becoming (book)|''Becoming'']] || [[Michelle Obama]] || English || 2018 || 14 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/15/books/barack-obama-promised-land-memoir-publishing-bookstores.html|title=Readers Have Been Eagerly Waiting for Barack Obama's New Memoir. Struggling Booksellers Have, Too.|date=2019-03-26|work=BBC|access-date=2020-11-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> || |- |''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''||[[Douglas Adams]] || English || 1979|| 14 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/memoir/fr/dontPanic.htm |title=Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman |publisher=Contemporarylit.about.com |date=2005-04-29 |access-date=2011-05-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614175047/http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/memoir/fr/dontPanic.htm |archive-date=2011-06-14 }}</ref> || [[Science fiction]] |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Tuesdays with Morrie]]'' || [[Mitch Albom]] || English || 1997 || 14 million<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-04-07-pausch_N.htm USA Today] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105175521/http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-04-07-pausch_N.htm |date=2012-01-05 }} on ''Tuesdays with Morrie'': "The book has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide since 1997 and became an Oprah Winfrey-produced TV movie. " (8 April 2008)</ref> || |- |''[[God's Little Acre]]'' || [[Erskine Caldwell]] || English || 1933 || 14 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://id.mind.net/~fletch/biography.html |title=Erskine Caldwell Biography |publisher=Id.mind.net |date=1987-04-11 |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818004457/http://id.mind.net/~fletch/biography.html |archive-date=2009-08-18 }}</ref> || |- |''[[Follow Your Heart (book)|Follow Your Heart]]'' (''Va' dove ti porta il cuore'') || [[Susanna Tamaro]] || Italian || 1994 || 14 million<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/business/worldbusiness/03iht-publish04.1.14962745.html?_r=0 The International Herald Tribune] on ''Follow Your Heart'': "But Susanna Tamaro's "Follow Your Heart," the biggest selling Italian postwar novel, with more than 14 million copies sold, according to its publisher, Baldini Castoldi, as it was known then, sold barely 25,000 copies in the United States." (3 August 2008)</ref> || |- |''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' || [[Madeleine L'Engle]] || English || 1962 || 14 million<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-wrinkle-in-time-1429219305 The Wall Street Journal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308130954/https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-wrinkle-in-time-1429219305 |date=2017-03-08 }} on ''A Wrinkle in Time'': "Madeleine L’Engle's ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ has sold 14 million copies since its publication in 1962." (16 April 2015)</ref> |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Long Walk to Freedom]]''||[[Nelson Mandela]]||English||1994||14 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41674926|title=New Mandela memoir launched in S Africa|date=2017-10-19|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-10-21|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022041010/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41674926|archive-date=2017-10-22}}</ref> || |- |''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'' || [[Ernest Hemingway]] || English || 1952 || 13 million<ref name="compuart.ru" /> |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Life After Life (1975 book)|Life After Life]]'' || [[Raymond Moody]] || English || 1975 || 13 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/22/1079939578423.html|title=Towards the light|work=The Age|date=23 March 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707110343/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/22/1079939578423.html|archive-date=2011-07-07}}</ref> || |- | ''[[Momo (novel)|Momo]]'' || [[Michael Ende]] || German || 1973 || 13 million<ref>[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/momo-michael-ende-bilderbuch-1.6158941? Sie hört zu], SZ 24 August 2023</ref> || [[Children's Literature]] |- |''[[Peyton Place (novel)|Peyton Place]] '' || [[Grace Metalious]] || English || 1956 || 12.1 million<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/Unassigned/article/238311 The Toronto Star] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105153437/http://www.thestar.com/Unassigned/article/238311 |date=2012-11-05 }} on Grace Metalious: "It sold 100,000 copies in its first month and went on to sell another 12 million copies, was made into a film and eventually into a prime-time television series that made the young Mia Farrow a star." (21 July 2007)</ref> || |- |''[[The Giver]]'' || [[Lois Lowry]] || English || 1993 || 12 million<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/08/16/340170478/lois-lowry-says-the-giver-was-inspired-by-her-fathers-memory-loss |last=Uladey |first=Neda |title=Lois Lowry Says ''The Giver'' Was Inspired By Her Father's Memory Loss |work=[[NPR]] |date=August 16, 2014 |access-date=February 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/what-lois-lowry-remembers |last=Waldman |first=Katy |title=What Lois Lowry Remembers |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=December 26, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2023}}</ref> || [[Dystopian fiction]] |- |''[[Me Before You]]''||[[Jojo Moyes]]||English||2012||12 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/travel/2017030937220/me-before-you-fans-jojo-moyes-confirms-third-instalment-in-works/|title=Me Before You fans! JoJo Moyes confirms third instalment in the works|date=2017-03-09|work=HOLA|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en}}</ref> || |- |''[[Norwegian Wood (novel)|Norwegian Wood]]'' (ノルウェイの森) || [[Haruki Murakami]] || Japanese || 1987 || 12 million<ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaNUeQjpbAcjtQCYKo8eXLGn9IyQD9HVP6J00 Associated Press] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906231906/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaNUeQjpbAcjtQCYKo8eXLGn9IyQD9HVP6J00 |date=2010-09-06 }} on ''Norwegian Wood'': "More than 10 million copies of the book have been sold in Japan alone, with 2.6 million more sold in another 33 languages." (2 September 2010)</ref> || |- |''[[The Plague (novel)|The Plague]]'' (''La Peste'') || [[Albert Camus]] || French || 1947 || 12 million<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/09/content_7944793.htm China View] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110141749/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/09/content_7944793.htm |date=2009-01-10 }} on ''La Peste'': "Translated into 28 languages, the book has sold more than 12 million copies around the world." (9 April 2008)</ref> || |- |''[[No Longer Human]]'' (人間失格) || [[Osamu Dazai]] || Japanese || 1948 || 12 million<ref>[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/cinema/topics/20090821et08.htm Yomiuri Shimbun] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827013842/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/cinema/topics/20090821et08.htm |date=2009-08-27 }} (21 April 2009)</ref> |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Man's Search for Meaning]]'' (''Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager'') || [[Viktor Frankl]] || German || 1946 || 12 million<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/refusing-the-life-rafts/story-e6frg8nf-1226054074631 The Australian] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109105019/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/refusing-the-life-rafts/story-e6frg8nf-1226054074631 |date=2012-01-09 }} on ''Man's Search for Meaning'': "It's the 75th edition of a book that has sold 12 million copies and is one of the most read Holocaust texts." (14 May 2011)</ref> || |- | ''[[Divine Comedy|The Divine Comedy]]'' (''La Divina Commedia'') || [[Dante Alighieri]] || Italian || 1304 || 11–12 million (during the 20th century)<ref>[http://www.pinocchioamarcord.it/i_libri_di_pinocchio_1.htm estimate of Giuliano Vigini] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114083652/http://www.pinocchioamarcord.it/i_libri_di_pinocchio_1.htm |date=2010-11-14 }} (1999)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |[[The Prophet (book)|''The Prophet'']] ||[[Kahlil Gibran]]||English ||1923||11 million<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://newyorker.com/magazine/2008/01/07/prophet-motive|title=Prophet Motive|magazine=The New Yorker|date=31 December 2007|access-date=2017-05-21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422022235/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/01/07/prophet-motive/|archive-date=2017-04-22}}</ref> || |- |''[[The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (novel)|The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas]]'' || [[John Boyne]] || English || 2006 || 11 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/john-boyne-reveals-sequel-to-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-1.4816423|title=John Boyne reveals sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> || |- |''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]'' || [[William Peter Blatty]] || English || 1971 || 11 million<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118972984449527200?mod=googlenews_wsj The Wall Street Journal] on ''The Exorcist'': "Back in the 1970s, those smaller, rack-sized paperbacks were the blockbusters of the business, led by such best sellers as William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist" (11 million copies sold); Peter Benchley's "Jaws" (more than nine million copies), and Sidney Sheldon's "The Other Side of Midnight" (six million copies plus)." (14 September 2007)</ref> || [[Horror fiction|Horror]] |- |''[[The Gruffalo]]'' || [[Julia Donaldson]] || English || 1999 || 10.5 million<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/7545438/The-20-greatest-childrens-books-ever.html The Telegraph] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406033817/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/7545438/The-20-greatest-childrens-books-ever.html |date=2010-04-06 }} on ''The Gruffalo'': "''The Gruffalo'' has sold more than 10.5 million copies, been adapted for stage in both the West End and Broadway, and in 2009 was made into a 30-minute animated film" (3 April 2010)</ref> || |- |''[[Fifty Shades Darker]]'' || [[E. L. James]] || English || 2012 || 10.4 million in the U.S.<ref name="prweb" /> || [[Erotica]] |- |''[[Tobacco Road (novel)|Tobacco Road]]'' || [[Erskine Caldwell]] || English || 1932 || 10 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tobacco-road-and-gods-little-acre/|title=Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia}}</ref> || |- |''[[Ronia, the Robber's Daughter]]'' || [[Astrid Lindgren]] || Swedish || 1981 || 10 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/astrid-lindgren-aktiebolag/pressreleases/swedish-world-premiere-for-goro-miyazaki-s-ronja-the-robber-s-daughter-1304414|title=Swedish World Premiere for Gorō Miyazaki's Ronja, the Robber's Daughter|website=Mynewsdesk|date=29 January 2016 }}</ref> || |- |''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'' || [[Dr. Seuss]] || English || 1957 || 10.5 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-02-26-cat-in-the-hat_x.htm|title=After 50 years, a tip of the hat to one cool 'Cat' |website=USA Today|access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Diana: Her True Story (book)|Diana: Her True Story]]'' || [[Andrew Morton (writer)|Andrew Morton]] || English || 1992 || 10 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/08/26/my-secret-life-as-princess-dianas-confidant/|title=My secret life as Princess Diana's confidant|date=2017-08-26|work=New York Post|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023405/http://nypost.com/2017/08/26/my-secret-life-as-princess-dianas-confidant/|archive-date=2017-09-15}}</ref> || |- |''[[The Help]]''||[[Kathryn Stockett]]||English||2009||10 million<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3d76DAAAQBAJ&q=stockett+the+help+million+copies+sold&pg=PA85|title=Like One of the Family: Domestic Workers, Race, and In/Visibility in The Help|last=Mills|first=Fiona|date=2016-06-22|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=9781443896399|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915071959/https://books.google.fr/books?id=3d76DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=stockett+the+help+million+copies+sold&source=bl&ots=aDLbnkb57c&sig=vNsjIaAgXiA4owxiuC87brzj8vo&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwnozu0qXWAhWGWBoKHc2kAIwQ6AEITTAH|archive-date=2017-09-15}}</ref> || |- |''[[Catch-22]]''|| [[Joseph Heller]] || English || 1961 || 10 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pmextra/dec99/13/heller.htm|title='Catch-22' Author Joseph Heller Dies|date=1999-12-13|access-date=2009-08-31|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117100525/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pmextra/dec99/13/heller.htm|archive-date=2012-01-17}}</ref> || |- |''[[The Stranger (Camus novel)|The Stranger]]'' (''L'Étranger'')|| [[Albert Camus]] || French || 1942 || 10 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rusoffagency.com/authors/kaplan_a/looking/looking_for_the_stranger.htm|title=Looking for the Stranger|website=rusoffagency.com|access-date=2017-01-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114002627/http://rusoffagency.com/authors/kaplan_a/looking/looking_for_the_stranger.htm|archive-date=2016-11-14}}</ref> || |- |''[[Eye of the Needle (novel)|Eye of the Needle]]'' || [[Ken Follett]] || English || 1978 || 10 million<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xkGlUNW09eEC&dq=%22eye+of+the+needle%22+%2210+million+copies%22&pg=PA44 Carlos Ramet in ''Ken Follett: The Transformation of a Writer''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326162045/https://books.google.com/books?id=xkGlUNW09eEC&pg=PA44&dq=%22eye+of+the+needle%22+%2210+million+copies%22&ei=lI70R7TpJYWwzgSGgvnIAQ&sig=_3n61rMQugtQjVN8U--Wd2Cvw7g |date=2017-03-26 }} page 44 on Ken Follett: "The first two editions alone sold over 10 million copies worldwide" (1999)</ref> || |- |''[[The Lovely Bones]]'' || [[Alice Sebold]] || English || 2002 || 10 million<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/1098660 TVNZ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925100537/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/1098660|date=2009-09-25}} on ''The Lovely Bones'': "Published in 2002, Lovely Bones is the second novel by Alice Sebold, and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, remaining on the New York Times hardback bestseller list for over a year." (5 May 2007)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Wild Swans]]'' || [[Jung Chang]] || English || 1992 || 10 million<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110923074849/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3666707/Made-in-China-read-worldwide.html The Telegraph] on ''Wild Swans'': "Selling more than 10 million copies and topping the "most borrowed historical biography" chart in British libraries year after year, it proved a publishing phenomenon" (21 July 2007)</ref> || |- |''[[Santa Evita]]'' || [[Tomás Eloy Martínez]] || Spanish || 1995 || 10 million<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9389979/Martinez-Tomas-Eloy Britannica] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831063528/https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9389979/Martinez-Tomas-Eloy |date=2007-08-31 }} on ''Santa Evita'': "Martínez was best known as the author of two classics of Argentine and Latin American literature: La novela de Perón (1985, The Perón 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)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Night (memoir)|Night]]'' (''Un di Velt Hot Geshvign'') || [[Elie Wiesel]] || Yiddish || 1958 || 10 million<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/books/review/Donadio-t.html?_r=1&ref=books&pagewanted=all The New York Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904092504/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/books/review/Donadio-t.html?_r=1&ref=books&pagewanted=all |date=2017-09-04 }} 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)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Confucius from the Heart]]'' (于丹《论语》心得) || [[Yu Dan (academic)|Yu Dan]] || Chinese || 2006 || 10 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/macmillans-100k-chinese-deal|title=Macmillan's 100k Chinese deal|last1=Flood|first1=Alison|date=April 14, 2008|work=The Bookseller|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412124718/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/macmillans-100k-chinese-deal|archive-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[The Total Woman]]'' || [[Marabel Morgan]] || English || 1974 || 10 million<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4651272&page=1 ABC News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416140715/http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4651272&page=1 |date=2008-04-16 }} 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 2008)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Knowledge-value Revolution]]'' (知価革命) || [[Taichi Sakaiya]]|| Japanese || 1985 || 10 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waseda.jp/wnfs/magazine/special/070108/index.html|title=Waseda University|publisher=Waseda.jp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605043055/http://www.waseda.jp/wnfs/magazine/special/070108/index.html|archive-date=2011-06-05|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-08-31}}</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[Xue Muqiao|Problems in China's Socialist Economy]]'' (中国社会主义经济问题研究) || [[Xue Muqiao]] || Chinese || 1979 || 10 million<ref>[http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/42774/3586529.html people.com.cn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109100947/http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/42774/3586529.html |date=2006-01-09 }} (2 August 2005)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[What Color Is Your Parachute?]]'' || [[Richard Nelson Bolles]] || English || 1970 || 10 million<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/articles/business/careers/2008/10/01/richard-bolles-stays-on-the-job.html U.S. News & World Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508150435/http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/careers/2008/10/01/richard-bolles-stays-on-the-job.html |date=2009-05-08 }} on ''What Color is Your Parachute'': "Today, Parachute is one of the all-time bestselling careers books, with more than 10 million copies of 37 editions snapped up since 1970. " (1 October 2008)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[The Dukan Diet]]''||[[Pierre Dukan]]|| French || 2000 ||10 million<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/living/article/974396--royal-connection-drives-interest-in-dukan-diet The Toronto Star] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024150342/http://www.thestar.com/living/article/974396--royal-connection-drives-interest-in-dukan-diet |date=2012-10-24 }} on ''The Dukan Diet'': "The book has sold 10 million copies worldwide, but didn't really make an impression on North America until [...]" (18 April 2011)</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[The Joy of Sex]]''||[[Alex Comfort]]|| English || 1972 ||10 million<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15309357 BBC Magazine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026173635/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15309357 |date=2011-10-26 }} on ''The Joy of Sex'': "The Joy of Sex ended up selling more than 10 million copies around the world – more than five million in the United States alone, where it stayed in the New York Times best-seller list for a decade." (26 October 2011).</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[The Gospel According to Peanuts]]''||[[Robert L. Short]]|| English || 1965 ||10 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/seller-21424-gospel-ago.html |title=The Gospel according to? Try Jesus | seller, gospel, ago – Faith – Northwest Florida Daily News |access-date=2009-10-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113031623/http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/seller-21424-gospel-ago.html |archive-date=2009-11-13 }} on ''The Gospel according to Peanuts'': "The Gospel according to Peanuts ended up selling more than 10 million copies around the world."</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck]]'' |[[Mark Manson]] |English |2016 |10 million<ref>{{cite web|title=The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck-mark-manson|access-date=2021-11-26|website=HarperCollins|language=en}}</ref> || |- |''[[Life of Pi]]''||[[Yann Martel]]|| English || 2001 ||10 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-life-of-pi-20130218,0,3559592.story |title='Life of Pi' a surprise success story around the world |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=2013-02-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223080308/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-life-of-pi-20130218,0,3559592.story |archive-date=2013-02-23 }} on ''Life of Pi'': "It was based on a popular novel by Yann Martel that has sold more than 10 million copies around the world."</ref> || |- |''[[The Front Runner (novel)|The Front Runner]]''||[[Patricia Nell Warren]] || English || 1974 || 10 million<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93465294 Author Examines Gay Athletes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216142943/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93465294 |date=2016-02-16 }} on ''The Front Runner'': "The Front Runner long ago leapt from the shelves of so-called 'gay fiction' to become one of the best-selling novels of recent times, selling 10 million copies in eight languages."</ref> || |- |''[[The Goal]]'' || [[Eliyahu M. Goldratt]] || English || 1984 || 10 million<ref>[http://www.booksapart.com/review/the-goal Books Apart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064642/http://www.booksapart.com/review/the-goal |date=2017-08-19 }} on ''The Goal'': "The Goal is one of the best selling business novels. It has sold around 10 million copies and has been translated in over 35 languages."</ref> || |- |''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' || [[Ray Bradbury]] || English || 1953 || 10 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2011/1201/Fahrenheit-451-goes-digital.-Is-Ray-Bradbury-mellowing|title='Fahrenheit 451' goes digital. Is Ray Bradbury mellowing?|date=2011-12-01|work=Christian Science Monitor|access-date=2019-08-16|issn=0882-7729}}</ref> || |- |''[[Angela's Ashes]]'' || [[Frank McCourt]] || English || 1996 || 10 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilovelimerick.ie/angelas-ashes-musical/|title=Limerick will host the World Premiere of Angelas Ashes Musical|date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> || |- style="background:lavender;" |''[[The Story of My Experiments with Truth]]'' (સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા) || [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] || Gujarati || 1925–1929 || 10 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Gandhijis-autobiography-to-sell-for-a-mere-Rs-30-during-his-anniversary-week/articleshow/45993055.cms|title=Gandhiji's autobiography to sell for a mere Rs 30 during his anniversary week | Mumbai News |website=The Times of India|date=23 January 2015 }}</ref> || |- |[[Bridget Jones's Diary (novel)|''Bridget Jones's Diary'']] || [[Helen Fielding]] || English || 1996 || 10 million (as of 2005)<ref name="Symons 2012">{{Cite book|first=Alex|last=Symons|title=Mel Brooks in the Cultural Industries|date=6 August 2012|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|page=37|isbn=978-0-7486-6450-4}}</ref> || |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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