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 50 million and 100 million copies === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " !Book series !! Author(s) !! Original language !! No. of installments !! First published !! Approximate sales |- |''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''||[[George R. R. Martin]]|| English ||data-sort-value=5| 5 + 3 novellas + 1 guide || 1996–present || 90 million<ref>{{cite news |title=How Game of Thrones achieved world domination... long before the TV show even aired |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/game-of-thrones-season-8-books-novels-publishing-final-series-a8855126.html |access-date=28 April 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=15 April 2019}}</ref> |- |''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' || [[Robert Jordan]], [[Brandon Sanderson]] || English || 15 || 1990–2013 || 100 million<ref>{{cite web |last=Elfring |first=Mat |date=2 September 2021 |title=Amazon Prime Video's Wheel Of Time Gets First Teaser Trailer |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/amazon-prime-videos-wheel-of-time-gets-first-teaser-trailer/1100-6495854/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903043234/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/amazon-prime-videos-wheel-of-time-gets-first-teaser-trailer/1100-6495854/ |archive-date=3 September 2021 |access-date=3 September 2021 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref> |- |''[[Discworld]]'' || [[Terry Pratchett]] || English || 42 || 1983–2015 || 90 million<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC America Greenlights Original Scripted Series 'The Watch' Based on Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' Novels|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2018/10/bbc-america-greenlights-original-scripted-series-the-watch-based-on-terry-pratchetts-discworld-novels|website=BBC America|date=31 October 2018}} On the ''Discworld'' series: "BBC AMERICA announced today the greenlight of the new original scripted series, The Watch, based on Sir Terry Pratchett's wildly popular "Discworld" novels, which have sold more than 90 million books worldwide." (2 November 2018)</ref> |- |''Nijntje'' (''[[Miffy]]'') || [[Dick Bruna]] || Dutch || 119 || 1955–present || 85 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=34&story_id=43185 |title=Nijntje's creator turns 80 |publisher=Expatica.com |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030082437/http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=34&story_id=43185 |archive-date=2007-10-30 }}</ref> |- |''[[Alex Cross (novel series)|Alex Cross]]''|| [[James Patterson]] || English || 21 || 1993–present || 81 million<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/11/27/alex-cross-by-james-patterson/3665579/ USA Today] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610191617/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/11/27/alex-cross-by-james-patterson/3665579/ |date=2016-06-10 }} on ''James Patterson's Alex Cross by the numbers'': "81 million: Copies sold of series, starting with Along Came a Spider in 1993.""with Alex, it just seems to come together so naturally that I've kept him for myself. I suppose you could say Alex is the co-author." (27 November 2013)</ref> |- |''[[Anpanman]] (アンパンマン)'' || [[Takashi Yanase]] || Japanese || 150 picture books || 1973–2013 || 80 million<ref name="tokyo-np">{{cite news |title=生誕100年 やなせさんの「正義」 |url=http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/column/editorial/CK2019020802000163.html |access-date=March 2, 2019 |work=[[Tokyo Shimbun|Tokyo Newspaper]] |date=February 8, 2019 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301174906/http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/column/editorial/CK2019020802000163.html |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |''[[Captain Underpants]]'' || [[Dav Pilkey]] || English || 12 plus spinoffs || 1997–2015 || 80 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/dav-pilkeys-new-dog-man-book-to-get-3-million-first-printing/2018/07/31/b5c9102e-94d2-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html|title=Dav Pilkey's new 'Dog Man' book to get 3 million first printing|first=Ron|last=Charles|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> |- |''[[Fear Street]]'' || [[R. L. Stine]] || English || 114 || 1989–present || 80 million<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jibjFgTYKKcC&dq=%22220+million+copies%22&pg=RA9-PA8 Luisa Gerasimo e.a. in ''The Teacher's Calendar of Famous Birthdays''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401161456/https://books.google.com/books?id=jibjFgTYKKcC&pg=RA9-PA8&dq=%22220+million+copies%22&lr=&ei=nJj0R9KXB4zcygT5rdDLAQ&sig=YHH8Ivavon9oxJAsC0O7S1QWONc |date=2017-04-01 }} page 8, on R. L. Stine: "That year he also created ''Fear Street'', the first horror series for teenagers, which sold 80 million copies." (2003)</ref> |- |''Pippi Långstrump'' (''[[Pippi Longstocking]]'')||[[Astrid Lindgren]]||Swedish||3 + 3 picture books||1945–2001|| 80 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/children_s_writer_told_163_200_000_prize_is_no_fantasy_1_740026|title=Children's writer told £200,000 prize is no fantasy|work=Scotsman.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501090711/http://www.scotsman.com/news/children_s_writer_told_163_200_000_prize_is_no_fantasy_1_740026|archive-date=2013-05-01}}</ref> |- |''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' || [[Anne Rice]] || English || 13 || 1976–2021 || 80 million<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3562792/Anne-Rice-interview-with-the-vampire-writer.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Stuart | last=Husband | title=Anne Rice: interview with the vampire writer | date=2 November 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213042527/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3562792/Anne-Rice-interview-with-the-vampire-writer.html | archive-date=13 December 2017 }}</ref> |- |''[[OSS 117]]'' || [[Jean Bruce]] || French || 265 || 1949–1992 || 75 million<ref>[http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/movies/26168654.html The Los AngelesDaily News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224022520/http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/movies/26168654.html |date=2009-02-24 }} on ''OSS 117'': "Jean Bruce wrote 265 OSS 117 novels, selling some 75 million copies and spawning seven movies between 1956 and 1970." (1 August 2008)</ref> |- |''[[Winnie-the-Pooh]]'' || [[A. A. Milne]]; illustrated by [[E. H. Shepard]] || English || 2 || 1926–1928 || 70 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/newsletter/jul2001/index.html |title=Disney Video and DVD Insider |publisher=Disney.go.com |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219194009/http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/newsletter/jul2001/index.html |archive-date=2009-12-19 }}</ref> |- |''[[Magic Tree House series]]'' || [[Mary Pope Osborne]] || English || 56<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.MagicTreeHouse.com|title=Join the Magic Tree House!|work=magictreehouse.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110212918/http://www.magictreehouse.com/|archive-date=2014-01-10}}</ref> || 1992–present || 70 million<ref>[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/11/25/1540188/play-games-and-find-out-more-about.html Lexington Herald-Leader] {{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} on the ''Magic Tree House'' series: "The series has sold 70 million copies in North America and has been translated into 28 different languages in 31 countries." (25 November 2010)</ref> |- |''[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]'' || [[Tim LaHaye]], [[Jerry B. Jenkins]] || English || 16 || 1996–2007 || 65 million<ref>{{cite web |author=Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye |url=http://www.leftbehind.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Left Behind |date=2001-09-11 |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830114316/http://www.leftbehind.com/ |archive-date=2009-08-30 }}</ref> |- |''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' || [[Lemony Snicket]] aka [[Daniel Handler]] || English || 13 || 1999–2006 || 65 million<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/daniel-handler-stepping-out-of-snickets-shadow/article2297535/ The Globe and Mail] {{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} on ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'': "whose 13 "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books for children have sold an astonishing 65 million copies." (10 January 2012)</ref> |- |''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'' || [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]] || English || 12 || 1932–2006 || 60 million<ref>[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100724/GPG04/7240410/-Little-House-stars-relive-days-on-prairie The Green Bay Press Gazette]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on ''Little House on the Prairie'': "If there was any doubt that a love for ''Little House'' is an everlasting one, consider not only that 60 million copies of the Wisconsin-born Wilder's books have been sold since 1932[...]" (24 July 2010)</ref> |- |''[[All Creatures Great and Small (franchise)#Books|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' || Alf Wight, as [[James Herriot]] || English || 8 || 1970–1992 || 60 million<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/all-creatures-great-and-small-who-was-the-real-james-herriot-1.4491897 The Irish Times] on the ''All Creatures Great and Small'' series: "...in the evenings, writing under the pen name James Herriot, he [Alf Wight] chronicled his experiences, both past and present. The resulting eight books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and inspired multiple film and television adaptations" (1 March 2021)</ref> |- |''[[Jack Reacher (book series)|Jack Reacher]]'' || [[Lee Child]] || English || 22 Novels + 11 Short Stories || 1997–present || 60 million<ref>[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/lee-child-pops-into-belfast-easons-for-book-signing-16208093.html The Belfast Telegraph] on the ''Jack Reacher'' books: "2012 marks a landmark year for Lee Child, whose Jack Reacher thrillers have now sold in excess of 60 million copies worldwide." (7 September 2012)</ref> |- |''[[The Magic School Bus (book series)|The Magic School Bus]]'' || [[Joanna Cole (author)|Joanna Cole]], illustrated by [[Bruce Degen]] || English || 131 || 1986–2010 || 58 million<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/2947-two-decades-of-fun-and-learning-on-the-magic-school-bus.html Two Decades of Fun and Learning on the Magic School Bus]. "Launched in 1986, this spirited science series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen encompasses 131 titles over a variety of formats and has sold more than 58 million copies." (27 July 2006)</ref> |- |''[[Where's Wally?]]''<ref>U.S. title: Where's Waldo?</ref> || [[Martin Handford]] || English || 13 || 1987–present || 55 million<ref>[https://variety.com/article/VR1118045729 Variety] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109212918/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118045729 |date=2011-11-09 }} on ''Where's Waldo'': "The books have sold more than 55 million copies in more than 38 countries and been translated into more than 30 languages" (7 November 2011)</ref> |- |''[[Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus]]'' || [[John Gray (U.S. author)|John Gray]] || English || 15 || 1992–present || 50 million<ref>[http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/2/24/lifebookshelf/20404808&sec=lifebookshelf The Star] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521141426/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F2%2F24%2Flifebookshelf%2F20404808&sec=lifebookshelf |date=2011-05-21 }} on the ''Mars Venus'' series: " You must be from another planet if you have not heard of Gray and his Mars Venus universe. Fifty million of his books have been sold in 40 different languages." (24 February 2008)</ref> |- |''[[The Hardy Boys]]'' || Various authors as [[Franklin W. Dixon]] || English || 190 || 1927–present|| 50 million<ref>[http://hardyboysunofficial.blogspot.com/ The Unofficial Hardy Boys Home Page, "from the publisher McFarland & Company":] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707023027/http://hardyboysunofficial.blogspot.com/ |date=2007-07-07 }} In its 80 year history, the Hardy Boys series has sold over 50 million books in over 25 languages (20 February 2008)</ref> |- |''[[The Bobbsey Twins]]'' || Various authors as [[Laura Lee Hope]] || English || 72 || 1904–1979 || 50 million<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2D6123AF934A2575BC0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 The New York Times: The Bobbsey Twins Carry On (And On and On)] "...a series of more than 70 books for children 7 to 9 years old that has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide." (17 August 1987)</ref> |- |''[[Tarzan]]'' || [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] || English || 26 || 1914–1995 || 50 million<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kd8WqdD7qIUC&dq=Tarzan+%22million+copies%22&pg=PA70 Screening Difference: How Hollywood's Blockbuster Films Imagine Race] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926102448/https://books.google.com/books?id=kd8WqdD7qIUC&pg=PA70&dq=Tarzan+%22million+copies%22&lr=&as_brr=3&hl=ja&sig=L4WqSuBNtDE-pPtPMMGguDtsA6g |date=2016-09-26 }} [[Jaap van Ginneken]], 2007</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! 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