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 series !! Author(s) !! Original language !! No. of installments !! Years of Publication !! Approximate sales |- |''[[Harry Potter]]'' || [[J. K. Rowling]] || English || 7 + 3 companion books + 4 scripts || 1997–2007 || 600 million<ref name="Harry Potter copies">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Scholastic Marks 25 Year Anniversary of The Publication of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |url=http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/scholastic-marks-25-year-anniversary-publication-jk-rowling-s-harry-potter-and-sorcere |location=New York, New York |publisher=Scholastic |agency= |date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-02-15}}</ref> |- ||''[[Goosebumps]]'' || [[R. L. Stine]] || English || 62 + spin-off series || 1992–present|| 400 million<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-14 |title=Goosebumps Books Statistics – WordsRated |url=https://wordsrated.com/goosebumps-books-statistics/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''[[Perry Mason]]'' || [[Erle Stanley Gardner]] || English || 82 + 4 short stories || 1933–1973 || 300 million<ref>{{cite book|last=Serafin|first=Steven R.|author2=Bendixen, Alfred|title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|date=2005|page=1305|isbn=978-0-8264-1777-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&q=%22perry+mason%22+%22million+copies%22&pg=PA421|access-date=5 January 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012223302/http://books.google.com/books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC&pg=PA421&dq=%22perry+mason%22+%22million+copies%22&as_brr=3&ei=Ve9CS-LFBYGGzgTx__WxBQ&cd=8#v=onepage&q=%22perry%20mason%22%20%22million%20copies%22&f=false|archive-date=12 October 2013}}</ref> |- |''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'' || [[Jeff Kinney (writer)|Jeff Kinney]] || English || 18 + 5 spin-offs || 2007–present || 275 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Wimpy Kid Books |url=https://wimpykid.com/books/ |website=wimpykid.com}}</ref> |- |''[[Berenstain Bears]]'' || [[Stan and Jan Berenstain]] || English ||data-sort-value=300| 428 || 1962–present || 260 million<ref>[https://variety.com/article/VR1117864900.html?categoryid=1242&cs=1 Variety] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413155222/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117864900.html?categoryid=1242&cs=1 |date=2008-04-13 }} on the ''Berenstain Bears'': "The company also is offering a new animated series based on the Berenstain Bears, the hugely popular children's brand that has sold more than 260 million books worldwide." (7 April 2002)</ref> |- |''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' || Various authors || English || 185+ || 1979–present || 250 million<ref>[https://archive.today/20120529130905/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060822.gtstory0822/BNStory/Technology/?cid=al_gam_nletter_dtechal The Globe and Mail] on ''Choose Your Own Adventure'': "The Choose Your Own Adventure DVD movies are adaptations of the original books, which sold more than 250 million copies. " (22 August 2006)</ref> |- |''[[Sweet Valley High]]'' || [[Francine Pascal]] and ghostwriters || English || 400 || 1983–2003 || 250 million<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/1028/114.html Forbes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812181359/https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/1028/114.html |date=2017-08-12 }} on ''Sweet Valley High'': "But despite 250 million copies in print, in 25 languages, Sweet Valley's sugar rush has been on the decline. " (28 October 2002)</ref> |- |''[[The Railway Series]]'' || [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. Awdry]], [[Christopher Awdry]] || English || 42 || 1945–2011 || 201 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Christopher Awdry, author |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/28-august/features/interviews/interview-christopher-awdry-author |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=www.churchtimes.co.uk}}</ref> |- |''[[Noddy (character)|Noddy]]'' || [[Enid Blyton]] || English || 24 || 1949–present || 200 million<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/531557.stm |title=Happy 50th birthday Noddy |work=BBC News |date=1999-11-22 |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419023629/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/531557.stm |archive-date=2009-04-19 }}</ref> |- |''[[Nancy Drew]]'' || Various authors as [[Carolyn Keene]] || English || 175 || 1930–present || 200 million<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2002/2002-05-29-nancy-drew-author-obit.htm USA Today] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105092647/http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2002/2002-05-29-nancy-drew-author-obit.htm |date=2012-01-05 }} on ''Nancy Drew'': "The series is still in print and has sold over 200 million books in 17 languages." (29 May 2002)</ref> |- |''[[San-Antonio]]'' || [[Frédéric Dard]] || French || 173 || 1949–2001 || 200 million<ref>{{cite news|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|title=AB lines up 'Waterloo' miniseries: English-lingo battle drama to cost up to $15 million|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201202201207reedbusivarietynvr1118050502feb20,0,4298706.story|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731130856/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201202201207reedbusivarietynvr1118050502feb20,0,4298706.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2012|access-date=12 March 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=20 February 2012|quote=Published between 1949 and 2001, the San Antonio anthology is one of the best-selling French novel series of all times, having sold an estimated 200 million copies.}}</ref> |- |''[[Robert Langdon (book series)|Robert Langdon]]'' || [[Dan Brown]] || English || 5 || 2000–present || 200 million<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/dan-browns-inferno-publishers-poised-for-biggestsales-since-harry-potter-as-da-vinci-code-authors-latest-robert-langdon-story-hits-shelves-8614082.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=James | last=Legge | title=Dan Brown's Inferno: Publishers poised for biggest-sales since Harry Potter as Da Vinci Code author's latest Robert Langdon story hits shelves | date=14 May 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509001900/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/dan-browns-inferno-publishers-poised-for-biggestsales-since-harry-potter-as-da-vinci-code-authors-latest-robert-langdon-story-hits-shelves-8614082.html | archive-date=9 May 2015 }}</ref> |- |''[[Geronimo Stilton]]'' || [[Elisabetta Dami]] || Italian || 200+ || 1997–present || 180 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://se.distribuzionelibrimondadori.it/media/2010/09/comunicato-10anni.pdf |title=Archived copy |language=Italian |access-date=17 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214214854/http://se.distribuzionelibrimondadori.it/media/2010/09/comunicato-10anni.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2010 }}</ref> |- |''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' || [[Rick Riordan]] || English || 6 + 4 companion books|| 2005–present || 180 million<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://dmedmedia.disney.com/news/disney-plus-orders-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-into-production|title=Disney+ Has Ordered A Thrilling Quest Based On "Percy Jackson And The Olympians," The Internationally Best-Selling Book Series By Rick Riordan, To Go Into Production This Summer|date=January 25, 2022|publisher=Disney|access-date=January 25, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125234515/https://dmedmedia.disney.com/news/disney-plus-orders-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-into-production|archive-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> |- |''[[The Baby-sitters Club]]'' || [[Ann M. Martin|Ann Martin]] || English || 335 || 1986–present || 172 million<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=edrVnwGPUfEC&dq=million-books&pg=PA115 Benjamin M. Compaine and Douglas Gomery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426212320/http://books.google.com/books?id=edrVnwGPUfEC&pg=PA115&dq=million-books&lr=&ei=WYriR76UD4HwjAGVp9nWBA&sig=K1mXEngkQ06dgnel3UPb16Eb-fs |date=2014-04-26 }}, 'Who Owns the Media?: Competition and Concentration in the Mass Media Industry' page 115"</ref> |- |''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]'' || [[Stephenie Meyer]] || English || 4 + 2 companion books + 1 novella || 2005–2020 || 160 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/stephenie-meyer-456668 |title=Stephenie Meyer |access-date=2017-07-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816105023/https://www.biography.com/people/stephenie-meyer-456668 |archive-date=2017-08-16 }} on ''Twilight'': "Stephanie Meyer dwarfed the success of Brown's work with the Twilight series, selling over 120 million copies in less than seven years." (26 April 2012)</ref> |- |''[[List of Star Wars books|Star Wars]]'' || Various authors || English ||data-sort-value=300| over 300 || 1977–present || 160 million<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB111238313723995681?mod=googlewsj The Wall Street Journal] on the ''Star Wars'' books: "According to a Random House spokesman, the publisher has more than 160 million copies of "Star Wars" books in print." (1 April 2005)</ref> |- |''[[Little Critter]]'' || [[Mercer Mayer]] || English | data-sort-value="200" | over 200 || 1975–present || 150 million<ref>{{citation | title=Mercer Mayer | publisher=[[HarperCollins]] | url=http://www.harpercollins.com/cr-100745/mercer-mayer | access-date=24 October 2014 | quote=His most recognized character, the lovable and charismatic Little Critter®, was born in 1975 in the book Just for You. Mercer's Little Critter has since starred in more than two hundred books, which have sold over one hundred and fifty million copies. | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024233038/http://www.harpercollins.com/cr-100745/mercer-mayer | archive-date=24 October 2014 }}</ref> |- |''[[Peter Rabbit]]'' || [[Beatrix Potter]]|| English || 6 || 1902–1930 || 150 million<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/3014176.stm |title=Peter Rabbit in China copyright stew |work=BBC News |date=2003-06-23 |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204200936/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/3014176.stm |archive-date=2009-02-04 }}</ref> |- |''[[Fifty Shades (novel series)|Fifty Shades]]'' || [[E. L. James]] || English || 3 || 2011–2015 || 150 million<ref>[https://latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-fifty-shades-darker-20171010-story.html E.L. James has a new 'Fifty Shades': 'Darker' from Christian's point of view |date=2017-10-10] on ''Fifty Shades of Grey'': "The "Fifty Shades" trilogy, which began with the 2011 novel "Fifty Shades of Grey," has been a publishing phenomenon. The books have sold more than 150 million copies and have spawned two film adaptations, with a third one slated for release next year." (4 February 2018)</ref> |- |''[[American Girl (book series)|American Girl]]'' || Various authors || English || 141 + spin-off series || 1986–present || 160 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.americangirl.com/pages/our-story|title=Our Story|website=American Girl|access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref> |- |''[[Chicken Soup for the Soul]]'' || [[Jack Canfield]], [[Mark Victor Hansen]] || English || 105 || 1997–present || 130 million<ref>[http://www.citywire.co.uk/personal/-/news/other/content.aspx?ID=311197 CityWire] on ''Chicken Soup'': "His Chicken Soup for the Soul series, co-authored with Jack Canfield, has sold over 130 million copies in 54 languages and spans 105 different titles." (17 August 2008)</ref> |- |''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'' || [[Norman Bridwell]] || English ||data-sort-value=80| over 80<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/author/norman_bridwell|title=Norman Bridwell {{!}} National Book Festival – Library of Congress|website=www.loc.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061208/http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/author/norman_bridwell|archive-date=2017-02-02}}</ref>|| 1963–2014 || 129 million<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/books/norman-bridwell-creator-of-clifford-the-big-red-dog-books-dies-at-86.html|title=Norman Bridwell, Creator of 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' Books, Dies at 86|last=Weber|first=Bruce|date=2014-12-16|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2017-01-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821220417/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/books/norman-bridwell-creator-of-clifford-the-big-red-dog-books-dies-at-86.html|archive-date=2017-08-21}}</ref> |- |''[[Frank Merriwell]]'' || [[Gilbert Patten]] || English || 209 || 1896–1936 || 125 million<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dVSElxOM3K8C&dq=125-million-copies&pg=PA53 Susan Edgerton e.a. in ''Imagining the Academy: Higher Education and Popular Culture''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215161755/https://books.google.com/books?id=dVSElxOM3K8C&pg=PA53&dq=125-million-copies&lr=&ei=x4LzR9zABYKWzATf_fHJCw&sig=8KN8zuhqePX8USPJ5SCwaip4i2s |date=2017-02-15 }} page 53, on Gilbert Patten: "It is estimated that at least 125 million copies of the Frank Merriwell series (which itself ran to at least 209 books) were sold." (2004)</ref> |- |''[[Dirk Pitt]]'' || [[Clive Cussler]] || English || 24 || 1973–present || 120 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/clivecussler/news3.html|title=Crusader Entertainment Acquires the Rights to Clive Cussler's Best-Selling Dirk Pitt Book Series|date=2001-05-14|publisher=Us.penguingroup.com|access-date=2009-08-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108002429/http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/clivecussler/news3.html|archive-date=2009-01-08}}</ref> |- |宮本武蔵 (''[[Musashi (novel)|Musashi]]'') || [[Eiji Yoshikawa]] || Japanese || 7 || 1935–1939 || 120 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E0D61639F930A2575AC0A967948260&sec=&pagewanted=all|title=Way Of The Samurai, Path Of The Tedious|date=1981-09-13|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2009-08-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418221615/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E0D61639F930A2575AC0A967948260|archive-date=2008-04-18}}</ref> |- |''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' || [[C. S. Lewis]] || English || 7 || 1950–1956 || 120 million<ref>[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_chicsuntimes-hollywood.htm Hollywood's liberal losses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517022243/http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_chicsuntimes-hollywood.htm |date=2008-05-17 }} (20 November 2005)</ref> |- |''[[Mr. Men]]'' || [[Roger Hargreaves]], [[Adam Hargreaves]] || English || 43 || 1971–present || 120 million<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14492706 BBC News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811173542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14492706 |date=2011-08-11 }} on ''Mr. Men'': "The famous books have gone on to sell 120 million copies and have been translated into 15 different languages. " (11 August 2011)</ref> |- |''[[SAS (novel series)|SAS]]'' || [[Gérard de Villiers]] || French || 200 || 1965–2013 || 120 million<ref>{{cite web|title=Gérard de Villiers : l'écrivain qui en savait trop|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/livres/roman/gerard-de-villiers-l-ecrivain-qui-en-savait-trop_3307553.html|date=2013-04-07|access-date=2022-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=De Villiers May Gain an American Audience, Posthumously|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2014-07-30 |access-date=2022-02-21|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/world/europe/gerard-de-villiers-83-french-spy-writer-dies.html}}</ref> |- |''[[The Hunger Games]]'' || [[Suzanne Collins]] || English || 4 || 2008–2020 ||100 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/hungergames|title=The Hunger Games {{!}} Scholastic Media Room|website=mediaroom.scholastic.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311024401/http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/hungergames|archive-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> |- |''[[James Bond]]'' || [[Ian Fleming]] || English || 14 || 1953–1966 || 100 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.007.info/News88.asp |title=James Bond 007 – News |publisher=007.info |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406162050/http://www.007.info/News88.asp |archive-date=2010-04-06 }}</ref> |- |''[[Martine (book)|Martine]]'' || [[Gilbert Delahaye]], [[Marcel Marlier]] || French || 60 || 1954–2014 || 100 million<ref>[http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/enfance/marcel-marlier-le-dessinateur-de-martine-est-mort-297287 RTBF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124052122/http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/enfance/marcel-marlier-le-dessinateur-de-martine-est-mort-297287 |date=2011-01-24 }} on ''Martine'': "Soixante albums de "Martine" ont été publiés dans la collection "Farandole" et 100 millions d'exemplaires vendus dans le monde." (21 January 2011)</ref> |- |''[[Millennium (novel series)|Millennium]]'' || [[Stieg Larsson]], [[David Lagercrantz]] || Swedish || 6 || 2005–present || 100 million<ref>{{cite news|title=Millenniumserien passerar 100 miljoner sålda exemplar|url=http://www.norstedts.se/nyheter/189820-millenniumserien-passerar-100-miljoner-salda-exemplarl|newspaper=[[Norstedts förlag]]|date=29 May 2019|access-date=19 June 2019}}</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