List of best - selling books - wikipedia List of best - selling books This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. This page provides lists of best - selling individual 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. This list is incomplete because there are many books, such as The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, or A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, that are commonly cited as `` best - selling books '' yet have no reliable sales figures because of the many public domain re-releases. According to Guinness World Records, the Bible is the best - selling book of all time with over 5 billion copies sold and distributed. However, 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 some sources claiming over 6.5 billion printed volumes, others claiming the distribution ran into the `` billions, '' and others citing `` over a billion '' official volumes between 1966 and 1969 alone as well as `` untold numbers of unofficial local reprints and unofficial translations. '' The Qur'an is also widely reported to be one of the most printed and distributed books worldwide, with billions of copies believed to be in existence. 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 been excluded from this list of best - selling books for these reasons. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, 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, making it one of the best - selling books of all time. As of June 2017, the series has been translated into 80 languages, 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, where the final instalment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sold roughly eleven million copies worldwide within twenty - four hours of its release. Contents 1 List of best - selling individual books 1.1 More than 100 million copies 1.2 Between 50 million and 100 million copies 1.3 Between 30 million and 50 million copies 1.4 Between 20 million and 30 million copies 1.5 Between 10 million and 20 million copies 2 List of best - selling book series 2.1 More than 100 million copies 2.2 Between 50 million and 100 million copies 2.3 Between 30 million and 50 million copies 2.4 Between 20 million and 30 million copies 2.5 Between 15 million and 20 million copies 2.6 Notes 3 List of best - selling regularly updated books 3.1 More than 100 million copies 3.2 Between 50 million and 100 million copies 3.3 Between 30 million and 50 million copies 3.4 Between 20 million and 30 million copies 3.5 Between 10 million and 20 million copies 4 See also 5 References 6 External links List of best - selling individual books More than 100 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Spanish 1605 500 million fiction ( novel ) A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens English 1859 200 million fiction : historical fiction ( novel ) The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien English 1954 -- 1955 150 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) Le Petit Prince ( The Little Prince ) Antoine de Saint - Exupéry French 1943 140 million fiction ( novel ) Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone J.K. Rowling English 1997 120 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien English 1937 100 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) And Then There Were None Agatha Christie English 1939 100 million fiction : mystery ( novel ) 紅樓夢 / 红楼梦 ( Dream of the Red Chamber ) Cao Xueqin Chinese 1754 -- 1791 100 million fiction : family saga ( novel ) Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll English 1865 100 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) Between 50 million and 100 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales Genre The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis English 1950 85 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) She : A History of Adventure H. Rider Haggard English 1887 83 million fiction : fantasy, adventure, romance and Gothic ( novel ) The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown English 2003 80 million fiction : mystery, thriller ( novel ) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling English 1998 77 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling English 1999 65 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling English 2000 65 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling English 2003 65 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince J.K. Rowling English 2005 65 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling English 2007 65 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Portuguese 1988 65 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger English 1951 65 million fiction : realistic fiction, coming - of - age fiction Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill English 1937 60 million non-fiction ( novel ) The Bridges of Madison County Robert James Waller English 1992 60 million The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle English 1887 60 million fiction : detective fiction, short stories ( novel ) 20,000 Leagues under the Sea Jules Verne French 1870 60 million fiction : adventures ( novel ) You Can Heal Your Life Louise Hay English 1984 50 million Self - help, spirituality Cien años de soledad ( One Hundred Years of Solitude ) Gabriel García Márquez Spanish 1967 50 million fiction : magic realism ( novel ) Lolita Vladimir Nabokov English 1955 50 million fiction : general fiction ( novel ) Heidis Lehr - und Wanderjahre ( Heidi 's Years of Learning and Travel ) Johanna Spyri German 1880 50 million fiction : children 's fiction ( novel ) The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Dr. Benjamin Spock English 1946 50 million non-fiction ( novel ) Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery English 1908 50 million fiction : general fiction ( novel ) Black Beauty Anna Sewell English 1877 50 million fiction : children 's literature ( novel ) Il Nome della Rosa ( The Name of the Rose ) Umberto Eco Italian 1980 50 million historical novel, mystery The Eagle Has Landed Jack Higgins English 50 million fiction : war, thriller ( novel ) Watership Down Richard Adams English 1972 50 million fiction : fantasy ( novel ) The Hite Report Shere Hite English 1976 50 million Charlotte 's Web E.B. White ; illustrated by Garth Williams English 1952 50 million fiction : children 's fiction ( novel ) The Ginger Man J.P. Donleavy English 1955 50 million Ben - Hur : A Tale of the Christ Lew Wallace English 1880 50 million historical fiction ( novel ) The Mark of Zorro Johnston McCulley English 1924 50 million californio ( novel ) Between 30 million and 50 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter English 1902 45 million The Odyssey Homer Ancient Greek 8th Century BC 45 million Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach English 1970 44 million The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle English 1969 43 million A Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard English 1899 40 million Sofies verden ( Sophie 's World ) Jostein Gaarder Norwegian 1991 40 million Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews English 1979 40 million To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee English 1960 40 million Angels & Demons Dan Brown English 2000 39 million Kane and Abel Jeffrey Archer English 1979 37 million Как закалялась сталь ( Kak zakalyalas ' stal ' ; How the Steel Was Tempered ) Nikolai Ostrovsky Russian 1932 36.4 million copies in USSR Война и мир ( Voyna i mir ; War and Peace ) Leo Tolstoy Russian 1869 36.0 million copies in USSR Het Achterhuis ( The Diary of a Young Girl, The Diary of Anne Frank ) Anne Frank Dutch 1947 35 million Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino ( The Adventures of Pinocchio ) Carlo Collodi Italian 1881 35 million Your Erroneous Zones Wayne Dyer English 1976 35 million The Late, Great Planet Earth Hal Lindsey, C.C. Carlson English 1970 35 million The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough English 1977 33 million The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini English 2003 31.5 million Valley of the Dolls Jacqueline Susann English 1966 31 million In His Steps : What Would Jesus Do ? Charles M. Sheldon English 1896 30 million The Lost Symbol Dan Brown English 2009 30 million Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell English 1936 30 million 1984 George Orwell English 1949 30 million The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren English 2002 30 million The Revolt of Mamie Stover William Bradford Huie English 1951 30 million Män som hatar kvinnor ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ) Stieg Larsson Swedish 2005 30 million Between 20 million and 30 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales Молодая гвардия ( Molodaya Gvardiya ; The Young Guard ) Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev Russian 1945 26 million copies in USSR Who Moved My Cheese ? Spencer Johnson English 1998 26 million The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald English 1925 25 million The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame English 1908 25 million The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey English 1989 25 million Поднятая целина ( Podnyataya Tselina ; Virgin Soil Upturned ) Mikhail Sholokhov Russian 1935 24 million copies in USSR The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield English 1993 23 million The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins English 2008 23 million The Fault in Our Stars John Green English 2012 23 million The Shack William P. Young English 2007 22 million Дядя Степа ( Dyadya Styopa ; Uncle Styopa ) Sergey Mikhalkov Russian 1936 21 million copies in USSR The Godfather Mario Puzo English 1969 21 million Love Story Erich Segal English 1970 21 million Gone Girl Gillian Flynn English 2012 20 million The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins English 2015 20 million All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque German 1929 20 million The Bermuda Triangle Charles Berlitz English 20 million Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe English 1958 20 million Animal Farm George Orwell English 1945 20 million 狼 图腾 ( Wolf Totem ) Jiang Rong Chinese 20 million The Happy Hooker : My Own Story Xaviera Hollander English 1971 20 million Jaws Peter Benchley English 20 million Love You Forever Robert Munsch English 1986 20 million The Women 's Room Marilyn French English 1977 20 million What to Expect When You 're Expecting Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff English 1984 20 million The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain English 1885 20 million The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 133⁄4 Sue Townsend English 1982 20 million Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen English 1813 20 million Kon - Tiki : Across the Pacific in a Raft Thor Heyerdahl Norwegian 1950 20 million Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války ( The Good Soldier Švejk ) Jaroslav Hašek Czech 1923 20 million Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak English 1963 20 million The Power of Positive Thinking Norman Vincent Peale English 1952 20 million The Secret Rhonda Byrne English 2006 20 million Fear of Flying Erica Jong English 1973 20 million Dune Frank Herbert English 1965 20 million Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl English 1964 20 million The Naked Ape Desmond Morris English 1968 20 million Between 10 million and 20 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales 窓ぎわ の トット ちゃん ( Totto - chan, the Little Girl at the Window ) Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Japanese 1981 18 million ( in Japan and China ) The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans English 1995 16 million Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown English 1947 16 million Die unendliche Geschichte ( The Neverending Story ) Michael Ende German 1979 16 million The Outsiders S.E. Hinton English 1967 15 million Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney English 1994 15 million Shōgun James Clavell English 15 million The Poky Little Puppy Janette Sebring Lowrey English 1942 15 million The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett English 1989 15 million How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie English 1936 15 million Das Parfum ( Perfume ) Patrick Süskind German 1985 15 million The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck English 1939 15 million La sombra del viento ( The Shadow of the Wind ) Carlos Ruiz Zafón Spanish 2001 15 million Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri English 2000 15 million The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams English 1979 14 million Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom English 1997 14 million God 's Little Acre Erskine Caldwell English 1933 14 million Va ' dove ti porta il cuore ( Follow Your Heart ) Susanna Tamaro Italian 1994 14 million A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle English 1962 14 million Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela English 1994 14 million The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway English 1952 13 million Life After Life Raymond Moody English 13 million Me Before You Jojo Moyes English 2012 12 million ノルウェイ の 森 ( Noruwei no Mori ; Norwegian Wood ) Haruki Murakami Japanese 12 million Peyton Place Grace Metalious English 1956 12 million La Peste ( The Plague ) Albert Camus French 1947 12 million 人間 失格 ( Ningen Shikkaku ; No Longer Human ) Osamu Dazai Japanese 1948 12 million Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager ( Man 's Search for Meaning ) Viktor Frankl German 1946 12 million Divina Commedia ( Divine Comedy ) Dante Alighieri Italian 1304 11 - 12 million ( during 20th century ) The Prophet Kahlil Gibran English 1923 11 million The Exorcist William Peter Blatty English 1971 11 million The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson English 1999 10.5 million Diana : Her True Story Andrew Morton English 1992 10 million The Help Kathryn Stockett English 2009 10 million Catch - 22 Joseph Heller English 1961 10 million L'Étranger ( The Stranger ( novel ) ) Albert Camus French 1942 10 million Eye of the Needle Ken Follett English 1978 10 million A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking English 1988 10 million The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss English 1957 10.5 million The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold English 2002 10 million Wild Swans Jung Chang English 1992 10 million Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez Spanish 1995 10 million Un di Velt Hot Geshvign ( Night ) Elie Wiesel Yiddish 1958 10 million 于丹 《 论语 》 心得 ( Confucius from the Heart ) Yu Dan Chinese 2006 10 million The Total Woman Marabel Morgan English 10 million 知 価 革命 ( Knowledge - value Revolution ) Taichi Sakaiya Japanese 1985 10 million 中国 社会 主义 经济 问题 研究 ( Problems in China 's Socialist Economy ) Xue Muqiao Chinese 1979 10 million What Color is Your Parachute ? Richard Nelson Bolles English 1970 10 million The Dukan Diet Pierre Dukan French 2000 10 million The Joy of Sex Alex Comfort English 1972 10 million The Gospel According to Peanuts Robert L. Short English 1965 10 million Life of Pi Yann Martel English 2001 10 million The Giver Lois Lowry English 1993 10 million The Front Runner Patricia Nell Warren English 10 million The Goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt English 1984 10 million List of best - selling book series See also : List of best - selling comics and List of best - selling manga More than 100 million copies Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales Harry Potter J.K. Rowling English 7 + 8 supplements 1997 -- present 510 million Goosebumps R.L. Stine English 62 + spin - off series 1992 -- present 350 million Perry Mason Erle Stanley Gardner English 82 + 4 short stories 1933 -- 1973 300 million Berenstain Bears Stan and Jan Berenstain English over 300 1962 -- present 260 million Choose Your Own Adventure various authors English 185 1979 -- 1998 250 million Sweet Valley High Francine Pascal and ghostwriters English 400 1983 -- 2003 250 million Noddy Enid Blyton English 24 1949 -- present 200 million Nancy Drew various authors as Carolyn Keene English 175 1930 -- present 200 million The Railway Series Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher Awdry English 41 1945 -- 2011 200 million San - Antonio Frédéric Dard French 173 1949 -- 2001 200 million Robert Langdon Dan Brown English 5 2000 -- present 200 million Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney English 11 2007 -- present 194 million The Baby - sitters Club Ann Martin English 335 1986 -- present 172 million Star Wars various authors English over 300 1977 -- present 160 million Little Critter Mercer Mayer English over 200 1975 -- present 150 million Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter English 6 1902 -- 1930 150 million American Girl various authors English 1986 -- present 140 million Geronimo Stilton Elisabetta Dami Italian over 200 2000 -- present 140 million Chicken Soup for the Soul Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen English 105 1997 -- present 130 million Clifford the Big Red Dog Norman Bridwell English over 80 1963 -- 2014 129 million Frank Merriwell Gilbert Patten English 209 1896 -- 125 million Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James English 2011 -- 2015 125 million Dirk Pitt Clive Cussler English 24 1973 -- present 120 million 宮本 武蔵 ( Musashi ) Eiji Yoshikawa Japanese 7 1935 -- 1939 120 million The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis English 7 1949 -- 1954 120 million Mr. Men Roger Hargreaves, Adam Hargreaves English 43 1971 -- present 120 million Twilight Stephenie Meyer English 5 + 1 Novella + 1 Guide 2005 -- 2015 120 million James Bond Ian Fleming English 14 1953 -- 1966 100 million Martine Gilbert Delahaye, Marcel Marlier French 60 1954 -- present 100 million Between 50 million and 100 million copies Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales Nijntje ( Miffy ) Dick Bruna Dutch 119 1955 -- present 85 million Millennium Stieg Larsson, David Lagercrantz Swedish 5 2005 -- 2017 85 million Alex Cross James Patterson English 21 1993 -- present 81 million Fear Street R.L. Stine English 114 1989 -- present 80 million Pippi Långstrump ( Pippi Longstocking ) Astrid Lindgren Swedish 3 + 3 picture books 1945 -- 2001 80 million The Vampire Chronicles Anne Rice English 13 1976 -- present 80 million The Wheel of Time Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson English 15 1990 -- 2013 80 million OSS 117 Jean Bruce French 265 1949 -- 1992 75 million Winnie - the - Pooh A.A. Milne ; illustrated by E.H. Shepard English 1926 -- 1928 70 million Discworld Terry Pratchett English 41 1983 -- 2015 70 million Magic Tree House series Mary Pope Osborne English 56 1992 -- present 70 million The Hunger Games trilogy Suzanne Collins English 2008 -- 2010 65 million in U.S. Left Behind Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins English 16 1996 -- 2007 65 million A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler English 13 1999 -- 2006 65 million Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder English 12 1932 -- 2006 60 million Jack Reacher Lee Child English 22 Novels + 11 Short Stories 1997 -- present 60 million A Song of Ice and Fire George R.R. Martin English Currently 5 ; 7 Planned ; 3 novellas + 1 guide 1996 -- present 60 million Where 's Wally ? Martin Handford English 13 1987 -- present 55 million Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus John Gray English 15 1992 -- present 50 million The Hardy Boys various authors as Franklin W. Dixon English 190 1927 -- present 50 million The Bobbsey Twins various authors as Laura Lee Hope English 72 1904 -- 1979 50 million Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs English 26 1914 -- 1995 50 million Between 30 million and 50 million copies Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales Earth 's Children Jean M. Auel English 6 1980 -- 2011 45 million A Child 's First Library Of Learning various authors English 29 1980 -- 45 million Junie B. Jones Barbara Park English 30 1992 -- 44 million Harry Bosch Michael Connelly English 15 1992 -- 42 million Harry Hole Jo Nesbø Norwegian 9 1997 -- present 40 million 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 Grant County and Will Trent series featuring Sara Linton Karin Slaughter English 14 2001 - present 35 million かい けつ ゾロリ ( Kaiketsu Zorori ) Yutaka Hara Japanese 60 1987 -- present 35 million Paddington Bear Michael Bond English 70 1958 -- present 35 million Divergent trilogy Veronica Roth English 2011 -- 2013 35 million The Inheritance Cycle Christopher Paolini English 2002 -- 2011 33 million 徳川 家康 ( Tokugawa Ieyasu ) Sohachi Yamaoka Japanese 26 1950 -- 1967 30 million Ramona Beverly Cleary English 8 1955 -- 1999 30 million The Dark Tower Stephen King English 8 1982 -- 2012 30 million The Destroyer Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, various authors English 150 1971 -- present 30 million Between 20 million and 30 million copies Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales ノンタン ( Nontan ) Sachiko Kiyono Japanese 25 1976 -- 2006 28 million Curious George Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey English 58 1941 -- present 27 million グイン ・ サーガ ( Guin Saga ) Kaoru Kurimoto Japanese 118 1979 -- 2009 26 million Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey English 1997 -- present 26 million 三 毛 猫 ホームズ シリーズ ( Calico Cat Holmes series ) Jirō Akagawa Japanese 43 1978 -- present 26 million Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki, Sharon Lechter English 18 1997 -- 26 million Kurt Wallander Henning Mankell Swedish 10 1991 -- 2002 25 million Sagaen om Isfolket ( The Legend of the Ice People ) Margit Sandemo Norwegian 47 1982 -- 1989 25 million The Sword of Truth Terry Goodkind English 12 1998 -- present 25 million Outlander Diana Gabaldon English 8 1991 -- present 25 million Dork Diaries Rachel Renée Russell English 9 2009 -- present 25 million 鬼平 犯 科 帳 ( Onihei Hankachō ) Shōtarō Ikenami Japanese 24 1968 -- 1990 24.4 million, only bunkobon Brain Quest various authors English 1992 -- present 23.7 million South Beach Diet Arthur Agatston English 6 2003 -- present 22 million 竜馬 が ゆく ( Ryoma ga Yuku ) Ryōtarō Shiba Japanese 5 1963 -- 1966 21.5 million Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer English 8 2001 -- 2012 21 million ズッコケ 三 人組 ( Zukkoke Sanningumi ) Masamoto Nasu Japanese 50 1978 -- 2004 21 million Shannara Terry Brooks English 20 1977 -- present 26 million Découvertes Gallimard various authors French more than 700 1986 -- present more than 20 million ソード アート ・ オンライン ( Sword Art Online ) Reki Kawahara Japanase 23 2009 - present 20 million Redwall Brian Jacques English 22 1986 -- 2011 20 million Maisy Lucy Cousins English 23 1990 -- present 20 million Dragonlance various authors English more than 150 1984 -- present 20 million 幻魔 大戦 ( Genma Taisen ) Kazumasa Hirai Japanese 20 1979 -- 1983 20 million 青春 の 門 ( The Gate of Youth ) Hiroyuki Itsuki Japanese 1970 -- present 20 million The Foundation Trilogy Isaac Asimov English 1950 -- 1953 20 million Percy Jackson & the Olympians Rick Riordan English 5 2005 -- 2009 20 million Horrible Histories Terry Deary English 24 1993 -- present 20 million Rainbow Magic Daisy Meadows English 80 + 2003 -- present 20 million Morgan Kane Louis Masterson Norwegian 90 1966 -- 20 million The Southern Vampire Mysteries Charlaine Harris English 13 2001 -- 2013 20 million Between 15 million and 20 million copies Book series Author Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales Doc Savage Lester Dent, various authors English 203 1933 - present 20 million 科学 の アルバム ( Kagaku no album ) various authors Japanese 1970 -- present 19 million 剣客 商売 ( Kenkaku Shobai ) Shotaro Ikenami Japanese 18 1972 -- 1989 18 million Erast Fandorin Boris Akunin Russian 12 1998 -- present 18 million 吸血鬼 ハンター D ( Vampire Hunter D ) Hideyuki Kikuchi Japanese 17 1983 -- present 17 million 涼宮 ハルヒ シリーズ ( Haruhi Suzumiya Series ) Nagaru Tanigawa Japanese 11 2003 -- present 16.5 million The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, plus a final book by Eoin Colfer English 6 1979 -- 2008 16 million Bridget Jones Helen Fielding English 1996 -- present 15 million The Riftwar Cycle Raymond E. Feist English 25 1982 -- present 15 million The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith English 9 1999 -- present 15 million ぼく ら シリーズ ( Bokura series ) Osamu Soda Japanese 36 1985 -- present 15 million His Dark Materials Philip Pullman English 1995 -- 2000 15 million 銀河 英雄 伝説 ( Legend of the Galactic Heroes ) Yoshiki Tanaka Japanese 14 1982 -- 1989 15 million Der Regenbogenfisch ( Rainbow Fish ) Marcus Pfister German 1992 -- present 15 million Notes The Perry Rhodan series has sold more than 1 billion copies, but is not listed because that figure includes magazine sales, not novels alone. Similarly, the Jerry Cotton series has sold over 300 million copies, but most of these were in magazine format. The figures given for some books are for the number printed instead of confirmed sales. List of best - selling regularly updated books More than 100 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales 新华 字典 ( Xinhua Zidian / Xinhua Dictionary ) Chief editor : Wei Jiangong Chinese 1957 400 million Scouting for Boys Robert Baden - Powell English 1908 100 -- 150 million The McGuffey Readers William Holmes McGuffey English 1853 125 million Guinness World Records ( published every year ) various authors English 1955 -- present 115 million American Spelling Book ( Webster 's Dictionary ) Noah Webster English 1783 100 million Between 50 million and 100 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales World Almanac ( published every year ) various authors English 1868 -- 76 ; 1886 -- present 80 million 六 星 占 術 による あなた の 運命 ( Rokusei Senjutsu ( Six - Star Astrology ) Tells Your Fortune ) Kazuko Hosoki Japanese 1986 -- present 79 million Merriam - Webster 's Collegiate Dictionary Merriam - Webster English 1898 55 million Between 30 million and 50 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales Roget 's Thesaurus Peter Mark Roget English 1852 -- 40 million できる シリーズ ( Dekiru Series ) Impress Dekiru Series Editorial Desk Japanese 1994 -- present 40 million Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book various authors English 1930 -- 38 million 수학 의 정석 ( The Art of Mathematics ) Hong Sung - dae Korean 1966 -- present 37 million ~ 40 million Oxford Advanced Learner 's Dictionary A.S. Hornby English 1948 30 million Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Bill Wilson English 1939 30 million Le guide Michelin France ( The Michelin Guide France ) ( published every year ) various authors French 1900 -- present 30 million Between 20 million and 30 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales Betty Crocker Cookbook various authors as Betty Crocker English 1955 -- 27 million 超 図解 シリーズ ( Cho - Zukai series ) X media Japanese 1996 -- 2007 25 million 自由 自在 ( Jiyu Jizai ) various authors Japanese 1953 -- present 24 million 新 明解 国語 辞典 ( Shin Meikai kokugo jiten ) Tadao Yamada Japanese 1972 20.4 million English Grammar Lindley Murray English 1795 20 million Between 10 million and 20 million copies Book Author ( s ) Original language First published Approximate sales The Joy of Cooking various authors English 1936 18 million スーパー マップル ( Super Mapple ) various authors Japanese 1991 -- present 18 million チャート 式 ( Chart Shiki ) various authors Japanese 1927 -- present 17.44 million, only for the first grade of high - school 英語 基本 単語 集 ( Eigo Kihon Tangoshu ) `` Compilation of basic English vocabulary '' Yoshio Akao Japanese, English 1942 17.2 million 試験 に 出る 英 単語 ( Siken Ni Deru Eitango ) `` English vocabulary in examinations '' Ichiro Mori Japanese, English 1967 15 million 新 英和 中 辞典 ( Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten ) `` New English - Japanese Dictionary '' Shigeru Takebayashi Japanese, English 1967 12 million 広辞苑 ( Kōjien ) Izuru Shinmura Japanese 1955 11 million 旺文社 古語 辞典 ( Obunsha Kogo Jiten ) `` Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms '' Akira Matsumura Japanese 1960 11 million 三省堂 国語 辞典 ( Sanseido Kokugo Jiten ) `` Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language '' Kenbō Hidetoshi Japanese 1960 10 million 家庭 に 於 ける 實際 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 C 程序 设计 ( C Program Design ) Tan, Haoqiang Chinese 1991 10 million See also Books portal List of best - selling manga List of best - selling comics List of best - selling fiction authors List of bestselling novels in the United States List of literary works by number of languages translated into Lists of books Literature Novel References Footnotes Jump up ^ Some confusion and controversy is commonly attached to the publication data for Le Petit Prince. Saint - Exupéry, its author, spoke almost no English and wrote exclusively in French. His handwritten ( and almost illegible ) French manuscript was converted by his secretary into a French typescript, which he submitted to his New York City publisher Reynal & Hitchcock in late 1942, which was then translated to English by their own translator. The story was first published in New York City in English in April 1943, followed a week later by its French counterpart. It was also licensed for publication in other countries by Reynal & Hitchcock before being published by Saint - Exupéry 's normal publisher in France after the end of the Second World War. Le Petit Prince would not be published in France until its liberation, with Gallimard 's first French printing in November 1945, which they say they did not release for sale until 1946. 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'' ( 22 May 2013 ) Jump up ^ Hybable on Harry Potter : `` Collectively, the seven Harry Potter books have sold nearly 500 million copies since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone in 1997, making Harry Potter the bestselling book series of all time. '' ( 29 April 2012 ) Jump up ^ The Telegraph on Harry Potter : `` More than 500 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide and the series has been translated into 79 languages. '' ( 26 June 2017 ) Jump up ^ Chalton, Nicola ; MacArdle, Meredith ( 2017 ). 20th Century in Bite - Sized Chunks. Chartwell Books. p. 129. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7858 - 3510 - 3. Retrieved 23 August 2017. Jump up ^ J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter : `` 20 years after it was first published in the UK in 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone is to be translated into its 80th language -- Scots ! '' ( 28 June 2017 ) Jump up ^ BBC on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : `` The seventh and final Harry Potter book has broken sales records on both sides of the Atlantic, selling 11 million copies in its first 24 hours. '' ( 23 July 2007 ) Jump up ^ The Daily Telegraph on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : `` Within 24 hours the book had sold well over 11 million copies worldwide. '' ( 20 July 2017 ) ^ Jump up to : `` The all - time most popular books in the world revealed ''. Stylist Magazine. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Cite error : Invalid < ref > tag ; name `` stylist.co.uk '' defined multiple times with different content ( see the help page ). ^ Jump up to : `` The 21 Best - selling Books of All Time ''. HowStuffWorks. 2011 - 12 - 19. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Charles Dickens inscribed book offered for £ 275,000 sale ''. BBC News. 2014 - 08 - 19. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. A Tale of Two Cities is believed to be the best - selling novel of all time, having sold more than 200 million copies. Jump up ^ Mitchell, By David. `` David Mitchell on Historical Fiction ''. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Charles Dickens ' second stab at a historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, has sold more than 200 million copies to date, making it the bestselling novel -- in any genre -- of all time. Jump up ^ Smith, Lydia ( 2014 - 09 - 08 ). `` International Literacy Day 2014 : What Are the Bestselling Books of All Time ? ''. International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ `` The Bible vs. Mao : A `` Best Guess '' of the Top 25 Bestselling Books of All Time - Publishing Perspectives ``. Publishing Perspectives. 2010 - 09 - 07. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ `` A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles ''. biblio.co.uk. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ `` A Tale of Two Cities ''. The Circumlocution Office. Archived from the original on 2016 - 10 - 13. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ Flood, Alison ( 2014 - 08 - 21 ). `` Charles Dickens novel inscribed to George Eliot up for sale ''. The Guardian. ISSN 0261 - 3077. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ The Lord of the Rings is considered by most people to be a single book, because it was written and planned by the author to be such. It is written in the preface to many editions that the book is sometimes ' erroneously ' referred to as a trilogy, and goes on to state that it is one book in three volumes. Some people consider it to instead be a trilogy or series of three books, because it was originally published as a series of three volumes : The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Lord of the Rings Archived 2007 - 09 - 28 at the Wayback Machine., Waterstones.com : This move by the publishing house was due largely to post-war paper shortages as well as to minimize the price of the first volume to aid sales. Wagner, Vit. `` Tolkien proves he 's still the king '', The Toronto Star, 16 April 2007 : In subsequent printings the book has sometimes appeared as a single volume, and in at least one case was split into seven. The figure of 150 million is a 2007 estimate of copies of the full story sold, whether published as one volume, three, or some other configuration. Jump up ^ THOMAS ADAMSON ( Associated Press ). `` ' Little Prince ' discovery offers new insight into classic book ''. thetimes-tribune.com. Jump up ^ `` Why `` The Little Prince '' Is Actually A New York Classic ``. Co. Create. Jump up ^ Chalton, Nicola ; MacArdle, Meredith ( 2017 ). 20th Century in Bite - Sized Chunks. Chartwell Books. p. 129. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7858 - 3510 - 3. Retrieved 23 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Hobbit : What has made the book such an enduring success ? '', The Telegraph, 20 September 2012. Jump up ^ Huang, Martin ( 1995 ). Literati and Self - Re / Presentation : Autobiographical Sensibility in the Eighteenth - Century Chinese Novel. Stanford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 9780804724623. Jump up ^ `` Betting on The Red Mansions '', China.org : `` Sun said that the book has sold over 100 million copies worldwide so far. '' 14 December 2005 Jump up ^ The Telegraph on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe : `` This classic story has sold more than 85 million copies in 29 different languages since its publication in 1950. '' ( 3 April 2010 ) Jump up ^ The Independent on She : `` His next novel, She, about a beautiful ageless sorceress, was a smashing success, and by 1965 had sold 83 million copies. '' ( 3 April 2010 ) Jump up ^ San José Mercury News on The Da Vinci Code : `` That earlier book has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, was adapted into a movie and made hits out of Brown 's previous novels, including `` Angels & Demons, '' whose film version is now in theaters. '' ( 5 June 2009 ) Jump up ^ Hypable on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets : `` As of 2012, the book has sold 77 million copies worldwide and been translated into 72 languages. '' ( April 2012 ) ^ Jump up to : FanSided on Harry Potter : `` The success of the books -- every one of which has sold over 65 million copies -- and the films -- which have done billions of dollars worth of box office sales worldwide -- is perhaps the easiest way to demonstrate the sheer size of the Harry Potter fandom. '' ( November 2016 ) Jump up ^ Forbes on `` High Five With Paulo Coelho '' Jump up ^ `` Foyles ''. Foyles. 1994 - 08 - 04. Archived from the original on 2009 - 09 - 19. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. 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'' ( 5 August 2002 ) ^ Jump up to : The Top 10 of Everything 2002 by Russell Ash Jump up ^ Reuters on Anne of Green Gables : `` '' Anne of Green Gables '' has sold more than 50 million copies and been translated into 20 languages, according to Penguin. '' ( 19 March 2008 ) Jump up ^ The Times on Black Beauty : `` Fifty million copies of Black Beauty have been sold in the years since Anna Sewell 's publisher paid her £ 20 for the story. '' ( 29 February 2008 ) Jump up ^ Library Journal ( no date ) Jump up ^ Crace, John ( 2010 - 07 - 30 ). `` A life in writing : Jack Higgins ''. The Guardian. ISSN 0261 - 3077. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ BBC News - Watership Down author Richard Adams criticises homes plan on Watership Down : `` Watership Down sold more than 50 million copies. 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'' ( 5 August 2008 ) ^ Jump up to : Davies, Helen ; Dorfman, Marjorie ; Fons, Mary ; Hawkins, Deborah ; Hintz, Martin ; Lundgren, Linnea ; Priess, David ; Clark Robinson, Julia ; Seaburn, Paul ; Stevens, Heidi ; Theunissen, Steve ( 14 September 2007 ). `` 21 Best - Selling Books of All Time ''. Editors of Publications International, Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 2009 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Worker 's Press acknowledge Frederick Warne 's intellectual property rights ''. Prnewswire.co.uk. 2003 - 07 - 10. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Best - Sellers Initially Rejected ''. www.literaryrejections.com. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show ''. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 13. Jump up ^ The National : Sophie 's World author turns from philosophy to climate change on Sophie 's World : `` The novel has now been translated into 59 languages, and has sold an estimated 40 million copies. '' ( 14 March 2011 ) Jump up ^ People on Flowers in the Attic : `` Since the late 1970s, Andrews 's Flowers novel has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, has been translated into 22 languages and was banned by schools across the country -- all while being passed from bunk to bunk at sleepaway camp. '' ( 17 January 2014 ) Jump up ^ on To Kill a Mockingbird : ``... has sold more than 40 million copies globally since it was published in 1960. '' ( 03 Feb 2015 ) Jump up ^ Michael Fleming ( 20 April 2009 ). `` Columbia moves on ' Symbol ' ''. Variety Online. Retrieved 1 November 2009. Jump up ^ Reporter, Noorhan Barakat, Staff ( 2013 - 03 - 09 ). `` Best selling novelist charmed the audience at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature ''. GulfNews. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 27. ^ Jump up to : Евгений Немировский ( 2000 - 01 - 03 ). `` Журнал `` КомпьюАрт '' Подводя итоги XX столетия : книгоиздание. Бестселлер -- детище рекламы ``. Compuart.ru. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ Berger, Joseph ( 2014 - 11 - 04 ). `` Recalling Anne Frank, as Icon and Human Being ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ Repubblica Italiana on Le Avventure di pinocchio : `` `` The Adventures of Pinocchio '' translated in more of 260 languages. '' ( 1 July 2001 ) Jump up ^ Comfort, David ( 14 November 2013 ). An Insider 's Guide to Publishing. Writer 's Digest Books. p. 244. ISBN 9781599637815. Retrieved 30 September 2017. Jump up ^ To Bryce Harper and Davey Johnson, ' play me or trade me ' is just a healthy joke. Thomas Boswell for The Washington Post : `` If ( Johnson ) has to call on the wisdom of an old ' 70s self - help bestseller like `` Your Erroneous Zones, '' he 'll whip it out. He 's still got one of the 35 million copies sold. '' ( 8 July 2013 ) Jump up ^ ABC News on The Late, Great Planet Earth : `` Hal Lindsey 's `` The Late Great Planet Earth '' was one of the best - selling nonfiction works of the 1970s, according to The New York Times, with publishers shipping out more than 35 million copies in 52 languages. '' ( 6 June 2006 ) Jump up ^ Thomsen, Simon ( 2015 - 01 - 30 ). `` People Are Going Nuts Over This Obituary For Author Colleen McCullough Which Called Her ' Plain ' And ' Overweight ' ''. Business Insider Australia. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 13. Jump up ^ Playbill on The Kite Runner : `` The Kite Runner, which has been published in 70 countries, selling 31.5 million copies in 60 languages. '' ( 2 September 2016 ) Jump up ^ Symonds, Alexandria. ' Valley of the Dolls, ' by the numbers. T : The New York Times Style Magazine. February 9, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Nicole Sperling ( 15 January 2013 ). `` Dan Brown : What 's the film status of his book ' The Lost Symbol ' ? ''. 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'' ( 15 April 2010 ) Jump up ^ The Global Times Archived 2012 - 07 - 22 at the Wayback Machine. on Who Moved My Cheese : `` Who Moved My Cheese has sold over 26 million copies, staying on the New York Times bestseller list since its release in 1998. '' ( 23 November 2009 Jump up ^ Donahue, Deirdre ( 7 May 2013 ). `` The Great Gatsby by the numbers ''. USA Today. Retrieved 12 May 2013. Jump up ^ The Columbus Dispatch on The Wind in the Willows : `` More than 25 million copies of the book have been sold in 70 countries since 1908, according to the Copyrights Group, which is presently promoting a new edition. '' ( 4 May 2008 ) Jump up ^ Forbes on Covey : `` Stephen Covey will be remembered most as the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which sold over 25 million copies. 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Jump up ^ ( http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565351/things-fall-apart-by-chinua-achebe/9780385474542/ Jump up ^ The Floating Pig That Became a Sign of Protest BBC Online 2017 Jump up ^ The Financial Times on Wolf Totem : `` Since it first appeared in 2004, Jiang Rong 's Wolf Totem has sold as many as 20 million copies. '' ( 15 March 2008 ) Jump up ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer on The Happy Hooker : `` He said he found it fascinating that her book, which has sold 20 million copies to date, is still being picked up today. '' ( 26 June 2008 ) Jump up ^ The Times on Jaws : `` Jaws stayed for 40 weeks in the bestseller charts of The New York Times, eventually selling 20 million copies (... ) '' ( 13 February 2006 ) Jump up ^ The Huntsville Forester on Love You Forever : `` The children 's classic Love You Forever has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and is in its 65th printing. '' ( 29 October 2008 ) Jump up ^ CBC on The Women 's Room : `` It sold 20 million copies and was widely translated, despite poor reviews. '' ( 5 May 2009 ) Jump up ^ The Australian on What to Expect When You 're Expecting : `` What to Expect When You 're Expecting, in its fourth edition, was first published in 1984 and has sold more than 20 million copies. '' ( 27 October 2010 ) Jump up ^ New York Times Upfront on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : `` This year marks the 125th anniversary of the publication of Huckleberry Finn in the U.S., and the book is still selling -- more than 20 million copies worldwide to date -- and still generating controversy. '' ( 10 March 2010 ) Jump up ^ Eureka ! : Inventors describe the moment they realised they 'd created a hit on The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 133⁄4 : `` ' The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 133⁄4 ' has sold more than 20 million copies. '' ( 29 October 2011 ) Jump up ^ John J. 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'' ( November 21, 2013 ) Jump up ^ The New York Times on The Power of Positive Thinking : `` Ruth Stafford Peale, the author 's widow ( he died last Christmas Eve ) feels that the book is as viable today as it was 20 million copies ago. '' ( May 31, 1994 ) Jump up ^ Belfast Telegraph on The Secret : `` Publishers Simon & Schuster expect sales to be on a par with -- if not bigger than -- ' The Secret ', which has so far notched up 20 million copies in 46 languages. '' ( 19 August 2010 ) Jump up ^ Washington Post on Fear of Flying : `` It has been 40 years since `` Fear '' and its glamorous author landed like feminist blonde bombshells on American culture, selling 20 million copies here and abroad. '' ( 7 October 2013 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Macmillan on Dune : `` Today the novel is more popular than ever, with new readers continually discovering it and telling their friends to pick up a copy. It has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold almost 20 million copies ; '' Jump up ^ Chocolate Factory book cover furore ( 8 August 2014 ) Jump up ^ Dunbar, Robin ; Saini, Angela ; Garrod, Ben ; Rutherford, Adam ( 2017 - 09 - 24 ). `` The Naked Ape at 50 : ' Its central claim has surely stood the test of time ' ''. The Observer. ISSN 0029 - 7712. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ 「 窓ぎわ の トット ちゃん 」 、 中国 で 1 千 万 部 突破, Asahi Shimbun ( 12 May 2017 ) Jump up ^ Hawtin, Fiona ( 2001 - 10 - 18 ). `` Nicholas Evans : The Smoke Jumper ''. New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170 - 0777. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` Playthings Archived 2008 - 12 - 05 at the Wayback Machine. ''. Playthings. ( 1 April 2007 ) Jump up ^ OBITUARY : Michael Ende - People - News - The Independent 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 ) Jump up ^ Krischer, Hayley ( 2017 - 03 - 12 ). `` Why ' The Outsiders ' Lives On : A Teenage Novel Turns 50 ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 27. ^ Jump up to : RJM Licensing Archived December 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Time 26 November 1990. Jump up ^ `` Golden Books : Poky Little Puppy ( Little Golden Book ) ''. Jp.bookmooch.com. 1992 - 06 - 01. Archived from the original on 2012 - 05 - 29. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ CBS 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 ) Jump up ^ The Financial Post Archived 2008 - 10 - 09 at the Wayback Machine. on Dale Carnegie : `` Dale Carnegie 's How to Win Friends and Influence People, the gold standard of the genre, has sold more than 15 million copies since it was first published in 1937. '' ( 5 April 2008 ) Jump up ^ The Patriot Ledger on Perfume : `` Yet the scene, like the movie, is so daring, so challenging, you can not 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 ) Jump up ^ `` Research The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - 1939 Literary Themes : The American Dream ''. www.bookrags.com. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ Irish Times 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 ) Jump up ^ The 30 Best Pulitzer Prize - Winning Novels and Short Story Collections Paste ( Magazine ) 2017 Jump up ^ `` Do n't Panic : Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman ''. Contemporarylit.about.com. 2005 - 04 - 29. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 26. Jump up ^ USA Today 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 ) Jump up ^ `` Erskine Caldwell Biography ''. Id.mind.net. 1987 - 04 - 11. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ 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 ) Jump up ^ The Wall Street Journal 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 ) Jump up ^ `` New Mandela memoir launched in S Africa ''. BBC News. 2017 - 10 - 19. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Towards the light ''. theage.com.au. Jump up ^ `` Me Before You fans ! JoJo Moyes confirms third instalment in the works ''. HOLA. 2017 - 03 - 09. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 14. Jump up ^ Associated Press 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 ) Jump up ^ The Toronto Star 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 ) Jump up ^ China View on La Peste : `` Translated into 28 languages, the book has sold more than 12 million copies around the world. '' ( 9 April 2008 ) Jump up ^ Yomiuri Shimbun ( 21 April 2009 ) Jump up ^ The Australian 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 ) Jump up ^ estimate of Giuliano Vigini ( 1999 ) Jump up ^ `` Prophet Motive ''. The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ 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 ) Jump up ^ The Telegraph 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 ) Jump up ^ `` My secret life as Princess Diana 's confidant ''. New York Post. 2017 - 08 - 26. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 14. Jump up ^ Mills, Fiona ( 2016 - 06 - 22 ). Like One of the Family : Domestic Workers, Race, and In / Visibility in The Help. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443896399. 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'' ( 5 May 2007 ) Jump up ^ 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 ) Jump up ^ Britannica 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 ) Jump up ^ The New York Times 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 ) Jump up ^ Flood, Alison ( April 14, 2008 ). `` Macmillan 's 100k Chinese deal ''. The Bookseller. Jump up ^ ABC News 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 ) Jump up ^ `` Waseda University ''. Waseda.jp. Archived from the original on 2011 - 06 - 05. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ people.com.cn ( 2 August 2005 ) Jump up ^ U.S. News & World Report 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 ) Jump up ^ The Toronto Star on The Dukan Diet : `` The book has sold 10 million copies worldwide, but did n't really make an impression on North America until (... ) '' ( 18 April 2011 ) Jump up ^ BBC Magazine 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 ). Jump up ^ ( 3 ) on The Gospel according to Peanuts : `` The Gospel according to Peanuts ended up selling more than 10 million copies around the world. '' Jump up ^ ( 4 ) 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. '' Jump up ^ New Trailer hits for ' The Giver ' Archived 2014 - 06 - 06 at the Wayback Machine. on The Giver : `` The film is based on Lois Lowry 's beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. '' Jump up ^ Author Examines Gay Athletes 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. '' Jump up ^ Books Apart 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. '' Jump up ^ Forbes on Harry Potter : `` It and the six subsequent books have now sold 500 million copies worldwide. '' ( 22 May 2013 ) Jump up ^ Forbes on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child : `` In June 2016, J.K. Rowling 's latest book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, not only shifted 8.3 million units in the first 24 hours and 11.5 million in the first 10 days but, according to Barnes & Noble, it also became the most pre-ordered book since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. '' ( 27 June 2017 ) Jump up ^ Bookseller on Goosebumps : `` Goosebumps is the second - bestselling series of all time globally, selling over 350 million books across 32 languages (... ) '' ( 14 October 2014 ) Jump up ^ Serafin, Steven R. ; Bendixen, Alfred ( 2005 ). The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 1305. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8264 - 1777 - 0. Retrieved 5 January 2010. Jump up ^ Variety 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. 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''. magictreehouse.com. Jump up ^ Lexington Herald - Leader 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 ) Jump up ^ `` The Hunger Games Scholastic Media Room ''. mediaroom.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye ( 2001 - 09 - 11 ). `` Home ''. Left Behind. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ The Globe and Mail 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 ) Jump up ^ The Green Bay Press Gazette 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 ) Jump up ^ 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 ) Jump up ^ `` ' Game of Thrones ' Writer George R.R. Martin Posts ' Winds of Winter ' Novel Excerpt ''. The New York Times. 3 April 2015. Jump up ^ U.S. title : Where 's Waldo ? 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'' ( 29 July 2011 ) Jump up ^ China Pictorial Archived 2008 - 03 - 04 at the Wayback Machine. October 2006 Jump up ^ Novack, Janet. `` Tax Thriller : Best Selling Crime Writer Karin Slaughter Versus The IRS ''. Forbes. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 15. Jump up ^ ORICON NEWS ( 13 March 2017 ) Jump up ^ Daily Mail on Paddington Bear : `` To date, Paddington books have sold more than 35 million copies worldwide and are available in more than 40 languages. '' ( 2 June 2008 ) Jump up ^ Movie Alert : `` The Divergent Series - Allegiant '' Publishers Weekly 2016 Jump up ^ Fortini, Amanda ( 8 March 2012 ). `` The Prince of Dragons : Christopher Paolini and the Rise of ' Inheritance ' ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 March 2012. His four books have collectively sold more than 33 million copies worldwide. Jump up ^ `` 徳川 家康 ( 1 ) 出生 乱 離 の 巻 ''. Bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2009 - 06 - 30. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ ABC News on Ramona : `` The film is adapted from Beverly Cleary 's series of `` Ramona '' books, which go back more than 50 years and have sold 30 million copies. '' ( 23 July 2010 ) Jump up ^ SuperHeroHype. `` The Dark Tower to Become a Film Trilogy and TV Series ''. Superhero Hype. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 26. Jump up ^ `` From Grey To Gray In His New Film, Joel Grey Piles On Years With Makeup '' on The Destroyer : `` The movie, by Dick Clark, Larry Spiegel and Mel Bergman Productions, is based on the Destroyer novel series of some 62 books which has sold 30 million copies. '' ( 11 October 1985 ) Jump up ^ Asahi.com Kids ( 11 December 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` How Curious George Escaped the Nazis ''. The New York Times. 13 September 2005. Jump up ^ Asahi Shimbun Archived 2016 - 03 - 02 at the Wayback Machine. ( 9 April 2005 ) Jump up ^ Big Tent Entertainment Jump up ^ Yomiuri Shimbun ( 3 March 2003 ) Jump up ^ The Financial Express on Rich Dad, Poor Dad : `` He has written 18 books, which have sold over 26 million copies. '' ( 6 July 2008 ) Jump up ^ The Guardian on Wallander : `` (... ) the crime novels by Swedish author Henning Mankell, which have sold 25 million copies worldwide. '' ( 21 September 2008 ) Jump up ^ Norwegian best selling author to cast spell on the UK Jump up ^ Barnes, Brooks. `` Swords and Sorcery Return to Syndication ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Outlander : Is this the new ' Game of Thrones ' ? ''. The Independent. Jump up ^ The real - life family and tales behind best - seller `` Dork Diaries '' CBS News October 28, 2015 Jump up ^ Nifty.com Archived 2010 - 09 - 15 at the Wayback Machine. ( Gokujo No Tabi October 2003 ) Jump up ^ Storybook Cove Archived 2007 - 09 - 28 at the Wayback Machine. 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Jump up ^ BBC on Alexander McCall Smith : `` His books, featuring the unconventional No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, have sold 15 million copies in English, not counting the 42 languages they 've been published in elsewhere. '' 7 March 2008 Jump up ^ Kyodo Tsushin ( archive.org ) ( 20 December 2001 ) Jump up ^ The New York Times on His Dark Materials : `` His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 's trilogy inspired by Paradise Lost, has sold 15 million copies worldwide, while the film version of the first volume, The Golden Compass, has earned more than $150 million. '' ( 13 January 2008 ) Jump up ^ Impress Watch Archived 2008 - 04 - 30 at the Wayback Machine. ( 24 April 2008 ) Jump up ^ Publishers Weekly ( 24 August 2006 ) Jump up ^ Perry Rhodan 35th anniversary Press Release Archived April 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. ( July 1996 ) Jump up ^ Stoehr, Ingo Roland ( 2001 ). German literature of the twentieth century. History of German Literature. 10. Boydell & Brewer. p. 529. ISBN 978 - 1 - 57113 - 157 - 7. Retrieved 5 January 2010. Jump up ^ 400 million copies of Chinese - character dictionary -- People 's Daily Jump up ^ Extrapolation for global range of other language publications, and related to the number of Scouts, make a realistic estimate of 100 to 150 million books. Jeal, Tim. Baden - Powell. London : Hutchinson. ISBN 0 - 09 - 170670 - X. Jump up ^ Federer, William Joseph ( 1996 ), `` William Holmes McGuffey '', America 's God and Country : Encyclopedia of Quotations, p. 439, As of 1963, 125 million copies had been sold. Jump up ^ `` Guinness World Records earmarks licensing growth '', Licensing, 26 October 2010, The Guinness Book of World Records has been published in 30 languages in more than 100 countries and has sold in excess of 115 million copies, becoming the biggest selling copyright book of all time... Jump up ^ `` Book of Facts ''. The World Almanac. 2008. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Shinbunka ''. JP : Shinbunka. 31 July 2009. 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Question: what is the world's best selling book of all times
Answer: the Bible