list of best - selling books 

Statements about this table:
english be the original language of all the book series , little house on the prairie
swedish be every original language for book series little house on the prairie
60 million be all approximate sale for the author laura ingalls wilder first publish in 1999 - 2006
book series
author
original language
no of installments
first published
approximate sales
nijntje ( miffy )
dick bruna
dutch
119
1955 - present
85 million
fear street
r l stine
english
114
1989 - present
80 million
the vampire chronicles
anne rice
english
12
1976 - 2003
80 million
pippi longstocking
astrid lindgren
swedish
3 + 3 picture books
1945 - 2001
80 million
oss 117
jean bruce
french
265
1949 - 1992
75 million
diary of a wimpy kid
jeff kinney
english
7
2007 - present
75 million
winnie - the - pooh
a a milne , illustrated by e h shepard
english
2
1926 - 1928
70 million
book series
author
original language
no of installments
first published
approximate sales
magic tree house series
mary pope osborne
english
43
1992 - present
70 million
fifty shades of grey
e l james
english
3
2011 - 2012
70 million
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
16
1997 - present
60 million
discworld
terry pratchett
english
39
1983 - present
55 million
book series
author
original language
no of installments
first published
approximate sales
where 's wally
martin handford
english
13
1987 - present
55 million
millennium trilogy
stieg larsson
swedish
3
2005 - 2007
53 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