List of best-selling books
This page provides lists of best-selling books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources.
According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed.[1] Sales estimates for other printed religious texts include at least 800 million copies for the Qur'an and 190 million copies for the Book of Mormon.[2] Also, a single publisher has produced more than 140 million copies of the Bhagavad Gita. The total number could be much higher.[3] Among non-religious texts, the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, also known as the Little Red Book, has produced a wide array of sales and distribution figures—with estimates ranging from 800 million[1] to over 6.5 billion printed volumes.[4] Some claim the distribution ran into the "billions"[5] and some cite "over a billion" official volumes between 1966 and 1969 alone as well as "untold numbers of unofficial local reprints and unofficial translations".[6][7] Exact print figures for these and other books may also be missing or unreliable since these kinds of books may be produced by many different and unrelated publishers, in some cases over many centuries. All books of a religious, ideological, philosophical or political nature have thus been excluded from the lists of best-selling books below for these reasons.
Many books lack comprehensive sales figures as book selling and reselling figures prior to the introduction of point of sale equipment was based on the estimates of book sellers, publishers or the authors themselves. For example, The Lord of the Rings as one text was recorded to have sold only 967,466 copies in the UK by 2009, but at the same time the author's estate claimed global sales figures of in excess of 150 million.[8] As such accurate figures are only available from the 1990s and in western nations such as US, UK and Australia. Further, e-books have not been included as out of copyright texts are often available freely in this format. Examples of books with reported high sales include The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas,[9] Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes,[10] Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en[11] and The Lord of the Rings[12] (which has been sold as both a three volume series, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, and as a single combined volume) by J. R. R. Tolkien. Hence, in cases where there is too much uncertainty, they are excluded from the list.
Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide,[13] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies,[14] making it one of the best-selling books of all time. As of June 2017, the series has been translated into 85 languages,[15] placing Harry Potter among history's most translated literary works. The last four books in the series consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books of all time, and the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sold roughly fifteen million copies worldwide within twenty-four hours of its release.[16][17] With twelve million books printed in the first US run, it also holds the record for the highest initial print run for any book in history.[18][19]
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List of best-selling individual books[edit]
More than 100 million copies[edit]
Book | Author(s) | Original language | First published | Approximate sales | Genre |
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A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | English | 1859 | >200 million[20] | Historical fiction |
The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | French | 1943 | 200 million[21][22] | Fantasy, Children's fiction |
The Alchemist (O Alquimista) | Paulo Coelho | Portuguese | 1988 | 150 million[23][24] | Fantasy |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J. K. Rowling | English | 1997 | 120 million[25][26] | Fantasy, Children's fiction |
And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | English | 1939 | 100 million[27] | Mystery |
Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) | Cao Xueqin | Chinese | 1791 | 100 million[28][29] | Family saga |
The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien | English | 1937 | 100 million[30][31][32] | Fantasy, Children's fiction |
Between 50 million and 100 million copies[edit]
Between 20 million and 50 million copies[edit]
Between 10 million and 20 million copies[edit]
List of best-selling book series[edit]
More than 100 million copies[edit]
Book series | Author(s) | Original language | No. of installments | Years of Publication | Approximate sales |
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Harry Potter | J. K. Rowling | English | 7 + 3 companion books + 4 scripts | 1997–2007 | 600 million[13] |
Goosebumps | R. L. Stine | English | 62 + spin-off series | 1992–present | 400 million[187] |
Perry Mason | Erle Stanley Gardner | English | 82 + 4 short stories | 1933–1973 | 300 million[188] |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney | English | 18 + 5 spin-offs | 2007–present | 275 million[189] |
Berenstain Bears | Stan and Jan Berenstain | English | 428 | 1962–present | 260 million[190] |
Choose Your Own Adventure | Various authors | English | 185+ | 1979–present | 250 million[191] |
Sweet Valley High | Francine Pascal and ghostwriters | English | 400 | 1983–2003 | 250 million[192] |
The Railway Series | Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher Awdry | English | 42 | 1945–2011 | 201 million[193] |
Noddy | Enid Blyton | English | 24 | 1949–present | 200 million[194] |
Nancy Drew | Various authors as Carolyn Keene | English | 175 | 1930–present | 200 million[195] |
San-Antonio | Frédéric Dard | French | 173 | 1949–2001 | 200 million[196] |
Robert Langdon | Dan Brown | English | 5 | 2000–present | 200 million[197] |
Geronimo Stilton | Elisabetta Dami | Italian | 200+ | 1997–present | 180 million[198] |
Percy Jackson & the Olympians | Rick Riordan | English | 6 + 4 companion books | 2005–present | 180 million[199] |
The Baby-sitters Club | Ann Martin | English | 335 | 1986–present | 172 million[200] |
Twilight | Stephenie Meyer | English | 4 + 2 companion books + 1 novella | 2005–2020 | 160 million[201] |
Star Wars | Various authors | English | over 300 | 1977–present | 160 million[202] |
Little Critter | Mercer Mayer | English | over 200 | 1975–present | 150 million[203] |
Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | English | 6 | 1902–1930 | 150 million[204] |
Fifty Shades | E. L. James | English | 3 | 2011–2015 | 150 million[205] |
American Girl | Various authors | English | 141 + spin-off series | 1986–present | 160 million[206] |
Chicken Soup for the Soul | Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen | English | 105 | 1997–present | 130 million[207] |
Clifford the Big Red Dog | Norman Bridwell | English | over 80[208] | 1963–2014 | 129 million[209] |
Frank Merriwell | Gilbert Patten | English | 209 | 1896–1936 | 125 million[210] |
Dirk Pitt | Clive Cussler | English | 24 | 1973–present | 120 million[211] |
宮本武蔵 (Musashi) | Eiji Yoshikawa | Japanese | 7 | 1935–1939 | 120 million[212] |
The Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis | English | 7 | 1950–1956 | 120 million[213] |
Mr. Men | Roger Hargreaves, Adam Hargreaves | English | 43 | 1971–present | 120 million[214] |
SAS | Gérard de Villiers | French | 200 | 1965–2013 | 120 million[215][216] |
The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | English | 4 | 2008–2020 | 100 million[217] |
James Bond | Ian Fleming | English | 14 | 1953–1966 | 100 million[218] |
Martine | Gilbert Delahaye, Marcel Marlier | French | 60 | 1954–2014 | 100 million[219] |
Millennium | Stieg Larsson, David Lagercrantz | Swedish | 6 | 2005–present | 100 million[220] |
Between 50 million and 100 million copies[edit]
Book series | Author(s) | Original language | No. of installments | First published | Approximate sales |
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A Song of Ice and Fire | George R. R. Martin | English | 5 + 3 novellas + 1 guide | 1996–present | 90 million[221] |
The Wheel of Time | Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson | English | 15 | 1990–2013 | 100 million[222] |
Discworld | Terry Pratchett | English | 42 | 1983–2015 | 90 million[223] |
Nijntje (Miffy) | Dick Bruna | Dutch | 119 | 1955–present | 85 million[224] |
Alex Cross | James Patterson | English | 21 | 1993–present | 81 million[225] |
Anpanman (アンパンマン) | Takashi Yanase | Japanese | 150 picture books | 1973–2013 | 80 million[226] |
Captain Underpants | Dav Pilkey | English | 12 plus spinoffs | 1997–2015 | 80 million[227] |
Fear Street | R. L. Stine | English | 114 | 1989–present | 80 million[228] |
Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) | Astrid Lindgren | Swedish | 3 + 3 picture books | 1945–2001 | 80 million[229] |
The Vampire Chronicles | Anne Rice | English | 13 | 1976–2021 | 80 million[230] |
OSS 117 | Jean Bruce | French | 265 | 1949–1992 | 75 million[231] |
Winnie-the-Pooh | A. A. Milne; illustrated by E. H. Shepard | English | 2 | 1926–1928 | 70 million[232] |
Magic Tree House series | Mary Pope Osborne | English | 56[233] | 1992–present | 70 million[234] |
Left Behind | Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins | English | 16 | 1996–2007 | 65 million[235] |
A Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler | English | 13 | 1999–2006 | 65 million[236] |
Little House on the Prairie | Laura Ingalls Wilder | English | 12 | 1932–2006 | 60 million[237] |
All Creatures Great and Small | Alf Wight, as James Herriot | English | 8 | 1970–1992 | 60 million[238] |
Jack Reacher | Lee Child | English | 22 Novels + 11 Short Stories | 1997–present | 60 million[239] |
The Magic School Bus | Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen | English | 131 | 1986–2010 | 58 million[240] |
Where's Wally?[241] | Martin Handford | English | 13 | 1987–present | 55 million[242] |
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus | John Gray | English | 15 | 1992–present | 50 million[243] |
The Hardy Boys | Various authors as Franklin W. Dixon | English | 190 | 1927–present | 50 million[244] |
The Bobbsey Twins | Various authors as Laura Lee Hope | English | 72 | 1904–1979 | 50 million[245] |
Tarzan | Edgar Rice Burroughs | English | 26 | 1914–1995 | 50 million[246] |
Between 30 million and 50 million copies[edit]
Book series | Author(s) | Original language | No. of installments | First published | Approximate sales |
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Earth's Children | Jean M. Auel | English | 6 | 1980–2011 | 45 million[247] |
A Child's First Library of Learning | Various authors | English | 29 | 1980– | 45 million[248] |
Junie B. Jones | Barbara Park | English | 30 | 1992–2013 | 44 million[249] |
Harry Bosch | Michael Connelly | English | 15 | 1992– | 42 million[250] |
Harry Hole | Jo Nesbø | Norwegian | 9 | 1997–present | 40 million[251] |
Warriors | Erin Hunter | English | 78 | 2003–present | 40 million[252] |
连环画 铁道游击队 (Picture-and-story book Railway Guerilla) | original author: Liu Zhixia [] | Chinese | 10 | 1955–1962 | 36.52 million[253] |
The Shadowhunter Chronicles | Cassandra Clare | English | 14 + 8 companion books | 2007–present | 50 million[254] |
かいけつゾロリ (Kaiketsu Zorori) | Yutaka Hara | Japanese | 60 | 1987–present | 35 million[255] |
Paddington Bear | Michael Bond | English | 70 | 1958–present | 35 million[256] |
Divergent trilogy | Veronica Roth | English | 3 + 1 companion book | 2011–2013 | 35 million[257] |
ノンタン (Nontan) | Sachiko Kiyono | Japanese | 40 | 1976–2016 | 33.6 million[258] |
The Inheritance Cycle | Christopher Paolini | English | 4 | 2002–2011 | 33 million[259] |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad | Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter | English | 18 | 1997– | 32 million[260] |
とある魔術の禁書目録 (Toaru Majutsu no Index) | Kazuma Kamachi | Japanese | 46 | 2004– | 30 million[261] |
グイン・サーガ (Guin Saga) | Kaoru Kurimoto | Japanese | 147 | 1979–2009 | 30 million[262] |
徳川家康 [] (Tokugawa Ieyasu) | Sōhachi Yamaoka | Japanese | 26 | 1950–1967 | 30 million[263] |
Ramona | Beverly Cleary | English | 8 | 1955–1999 | 30 million[264] |
The Dark Tower | Stephen King | English | 8 | 1982–2012 | 30 million[265] |
Dork Diaries | Rachel Renée Russell | English | 15 | 2009–present | 30 million[266] |
The Destroyer | Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, various authors | English | 150 | 1971–present | 30 million[267] |
Between 20 million and 30 million copies[edit]
Book series | Author(s) | Original language | No. of installments | First published | Approximate sales | Genre |
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地球往事 (Remembrance of Earth's Past) | Liu Cixin | Chinese | 3 | 2008–2010 | 29 million[268] | science fiction |
三毛猫ホームズシリーズ [] (Calico Cat Holmes series) | Jirō Akagawa | Japanese | 43 | 1978–present | 28 million[269] | detective, mystery |
Curious George | Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey | English | 58 | 1941–present | 27 million[270] | Children's Literature |
Shannara | Terry Brooks | English | 20 | 1977–present | 26 million[271] | |
Kurt Wallander | Henning Mankell | Swedish | 10 | 1991–2002 | 25 million[272] | |
Sagan om Isfolket (The Legend of the Ice People) | Margit Sandemo | Swedish | 47 | 1982–1989 | 25 million[273] | |
The Sword of Truth | Terry Goodkind | English | 21 | 1998–present | 25 million[274] | |
Outlander | Diana Gabaldon | English | 8 | 1991–present | 25 million[275] | |
ズッコケ三人組 [] (Zukkoke Sanningumi) | Masamoto Nasu | Japanese | 50 | 1978–2004 | 25 million[276] | Children's Literature |
鬼平犯科帳 (Onihei Hankachō) | Shōtarō Ikenami | Japanese | 24 | 1968–1990 | 24.4 million, only bunkobon[277] | jidaigeki |
Brain Quest | Various authors | English | 1992–present | 23.7 million[278] | ||
South Beach Diet | Arthur Agatston | English | 6 | 2003–present | 22 million[279] | |
ソードアート・オンライン (Sword Art Online) | Reki Kawahara | Japanese | 27 | 2009–present | 30 million[280] | |
竜馬がゆく [] (Ryoma ga Yuku) | Ryōtarō Shiba | Japanese | 5 | 1963–1966 | 21.5 million[281] | jidaigeki |
Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer | English | 8 + 1 companion book | 2001–2012 | 21 million[282] | |
The Cosmere | Brandon Sanderson | English | 30+[283] | 2005–present | 21 Million [284] | |
Dune series | Frank Herbert | English | 30+ | 1965 | 20 million[117] | Science fiction novel |
I Survived | Lauren Tarshis | English | 25 | 2010–2020 | more than 20 million[285][286] | |
Découvertes Gallimard | Various authors | French | more than 700 | 1986–present | more than 20 million[287][288] | |
Redwall | Brian Jacques | English | 22 | 1986–2011 | 20 million[289] | |
Maisy | Lucy Cousins | English | 23 | 1990–present | 20 million[129] | |
Dragonlance | Various authors | English | more than 150 | 1984–present | 20 million[290] | |
幻魔大戦 (Genma Taisen) | Kazumasa Hirai | Japanese | 20 | 1979–1983 | 20 million[291] | |
青春の門 (The Gate of Youth) | Hiroyuki Itsuki | Japanese | 1970–present | 20 million[292] | ||
スレイヤーズ (Slayers) | Hajime Kanzaka | Japanese | 50 | 1989–present | 20 million[293] | |
The Foundation Trilogy | Isaac Asimov | English | 3[294] | 1950–1953 | 20 million[295] | |
Horrible Histories | Terry Deary | English | 24 | 1993–present | 20 million[296] | |
Rainbow Magic | Daisy Meadows | English | 80+ | 2003–present | 20 million[297] | |
Morgan Kane | Louis Masterson | Norwegian | 90 | 1966– | 20 million[298] | |
The Southern Vampire Mysteries | Charlaine Harris | English | 13 | 2001–2013 | 20 million[299] |
Between 15 million and 20 million copies[edit]
Book series | Author(s) | Original language | No. of instalments | First published | Approximate sales |
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Doc Savage | Lester Dent, various authors | English | 203 | 1933–present | 20 million[300] |
涼宮ハルヒシリーズ (Haruhi Suzumiya Series) | Nagaru Tanigawa | Japanese | 11 | 2003–present | 20 million[301] |
一億人の昭和史 (1-oku nin no Shōwa shi / Shōwa History of 100 million people) | Tomiyasu Takahara, Various authors | Japanese | 95 | 1975-1980 | 19 million[302] |
科学のアルバム (Kagaku no album / Science's Album) | Various authors | Japanese | 1970–present | 19 million[303] | |
剣客商売 (Kenkaku Shōbai) | Shotaro Ikenami | Japanese | 18 | 1972–1989 | 18 million[304] |
Erast Fandorin series | Boris Akunin | Russian | 12 | 1998–present | 18 million[305] |
Dragonriders of Pern | Anne McCaffrey | English | 23 | 1967–present | 18 million[306] |
吸血鬼ハンターD (Vampire Hunter D) | Hideyuki Kikuchi | Japanese | 39 | 1983–present | 17 million[307] |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams, plus a final book by Eoin Colfer | English | 6 | 1979–2008 | 16 million[308][309] |
ぼくらシリーズ [] (Bokura series) | Osamu Soda | Japanese | 36 | 1985–present | 15 million[310] |
Bridget Jones | Helen Fielding | English | 3 | 1996–present | 15 million[311] |
His Dark Materials | Philip Pullman | English | 3 | 1995–2000 | 15 million[312] |
銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of the Galactic Heroes) | Yoshiki Tanaka | Japanese | 14 | 1982–1989 | 15 million[313] |
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith | English | 23 | 1999–present | 15 million[314] |
Der Regenbogenfisch (Rainbow Fish) | Marcus Pfister | German | 1992–present | 15 million[315] | |
The Riftwar Cycle | Raymond E. Feist | English | 25 | 1982–present | 15 million[316] |
The Thrawn trilogy | Timothy Zahn | English | 3 | 1991–93 | 15 million[317] |
Wiedźmin (The Witcher) | Andrzej Sapkowski | Polish | 9 | 1990–2013 | 15 million[318] |
Notes[edit]
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List of best-selling regularly updated books[edit]
More than 100 million copies[edit]
Book | Author(s) | Original language | First published | Approximate sales |
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新华字典 (Xinhua Zidian / Xinhua Dictionary) | Chief editor: Wei Jiangong | Chinese | 1957 | 567 million[321] |
Scouting for Boys | Robert Baden-Powell | English | 1908 | 100–150 million[322] |
The McGuffey Readers | William Holmes McGuffey | English | 1853 | 125 million[323] |
Guinness World Records (published every year) | Various authors | English | 1955 | 115 million[324] |
六星占術によるあなたの運命 (Rokusei Senjutsu (Six-Star Astrology) Tells Your Fortune) | Kazuko Hosoki Kaori Hosoki |
Japanese | 1986 | 101.2 million[325] |
American Spelling Book (Webster's Dictionary) | Noah Webster | English | 1783 | 100 million[44] |
Between 50 million and 100 million copies[edit]
Book | Author(s) | Original language | First published | Approximate sales |
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World Almanac (published every year) | Various authors | English | 1868–76; 1886–present | 82 million[326][327] |
Betty Crocker Cookbook | General Mills staff | English | 1950–2016 (12th edition) | 75 million[328] |
Tung Shing () | Choi Park Lai's family, among others | Chinese | 1891(Only counting versions published by Choi's family) | >70 million (Only counting version published by Choi)[329] |
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary | Merriam-Webster | English | 1898 | 55 million[330] |
Between 30 million and 50 million copies[edit]
Book | Author(s) | Original language | First published | Approximate sales |
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Roget's Thesaurus | Peter Mark Roget | English | 1852– | 40 million[331] |
できるシリーズ (Dekiru Series) | Impress [] Dekiru Series Editorial Desk | Japanese | 1994–present | 40 million[332] |
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book | Various authors | English | 1930– | 38 million[333] |
The Art of Mathematics (The Art of Mathematics) |
Hong Sung-dae | Korean | 1966–present | 37 million[334] ~ 40 million[335] |
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary | A. S. Hornby | English | 1948 | 30 million[336] |
Le guide Michelin France (The Michelin Guide France) (published every year) | Various authors | French | 1900–present | 30 million[337] |
Between 20 million and 30 million copies[edit]
Book | Author(s) | Original language | First published | Approximate sales |
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超図解シリーズ (Cho-Zukai series) | X media [] | Japanese | 1996–2007 | 25 million[338] |
自由自在 [] (Jiyu Jizai) | Various authors | Japanese | 1953–present | 24 million[339] |
新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai kokugo jiten) | Tadao Yamada | Japanese | 1972 | 20.4 million[340] |
English Grammar | Lindley Murray | English | 1795 | 20 million[341] |
Between 10 million and 20 million copies[edit]
Book | Author(s) | Original language | First published | Approximate sales |
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The Joy of Cooking | Various authors | English | 1936 | 18 million[342] |
スーパーマップル (Super Mapple) | Various authors | Japanese | 1991–present | 18 million[343] |
チャート式 [] (Chart Shiki) | Various authors | Japanese | 1927–present | 17.44 million, only for the first grade of high-school[344] |
英語基本単語集 (Eigo Kihon Tangoshu) "Compilation of basic English vocabulary" | Yoshio Akao | Japanese, English | 1942 | 17.2 million[344] |
Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary | English | (Up to 1975) | 15.11 million[345] | |
試験に出る英単語 (Siken Ni Deru Eitango) "English vocabulary in examinations" | Ichiro Mori | Japanese, English | 1967 | 15 million[346] |
新英和中辞典 (Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten) "New English-Japanese Dictionary" | Shigeru Takebayashi | Japanese, English | 1967 | 12 million[347] |
広辞苑 (Kōjien) | Izuru Shinmura | Japanese | 1955 | 11.9 million[348] |
旺文社古語辞典 (Obunsha Kogo Jiten) "Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms" | Akira Matsumura | Japanese | 1960 | 11 million[349] |
Hammond's Pocket Atlas | English | (Up to 1965) | 11 million[350] | |
三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseido Kokugo Jiten) "Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language" | Kenbō Hidetoshi | Japanese | 1960 | 10 million[351] |
家庭に於ける実際的看護の秘訣 (Katei Ni Okeru Jissaiteki Kango No Hiketsu) "Key to Practical Personal Care at Home" | Takichi Tsukuda | Japanese | 1925 | 10 million[352] |
C程序设计 (C Program Design) | Tan, Haoqiang | Chinese | 1991 | 10 million[353] |
See also[edit]
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- List of best-selling light novels
- List of best-selling comic series
- List of best-selling manga
- List of best-selling fiction authors
- Publishers Weekly lists of bestselling novels in the United States
- List of literary works by number of translations
- Lists of books
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Best selling book of non-fiction". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Walch, Tad (2020-10-04). "12 things I learned about the church that I didn't know before general conference". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
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- ↑ Alexander C. Cook, Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History, Cambridge University Press 2014, p. xiii Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History
- ↑ Daniel Leese, Mao Cult: Rhetoric and Ritual in China's Cultural Revolution, Cambridge University Press 2013, p. 108 Mao Cult: Rhetoric and Ritual in China's Cultural Revolution
- ↑ Rogers, Simon (2012-08-09). "The top 100 bestselling books of all time: how does Fifty Shades of Grey compare?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Scholastic Marks 25 Year Anniversary of The Publication of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (Press release). New York, New York: Scholastic. 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
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- ↑ Forbes on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: "The final one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has sold 44 million since it was published last July, including 15 million in the first 24 hours." (19 December 2008)
- ↑ World Record Academy on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – the seventh and last novel in the series – sold around 15 million copies worldwide in its first day and set the new world record for the fastest selling book." (23 July 2007)
- ↑ BBC on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: "The book had a print run of 12 million in the US, compared with 10.8 million for the last book, according to Lisa Holton of the book's US publisher Scholastic." (23 July 2007)
- ↑ Inshorts on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: "The final instalment of the Harry Potter series, 'The Deathly Hallows' is recognised by Guinness World Records as 'the fastest selling book of fiction in 24 hours' with a total of 15 million books sold. With 12 million books printed in the first run, it also holds a record for the 'highest initial print run for a fiction book'." (4 July 2016)
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- "A Tale of Two Cities". broadway.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
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.
- "A Tale of Two Cities, King's Head, review". September 28, 2013.
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.
- "Charles Dickens novel inscribed to George Eliot up for sale". TheGuardian.com. 21 August 2014.
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.
- "A Tale of Two Cities". broadway.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
- ↑ Inman, William H. (March 21, 2011). "Hotelier Saint-Exupéry's Princely Instincts". institutionalinvestor.com. Euromoney Institutional Investor. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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.
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External links[edit]
- The Internet Public Library (archived 24 February 2010)
- Frank Luther Mott Collection of American Best Sellers, 1662–1945 () at the University of Missouri