“Best-selling” refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed. Comics not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources.
Also, it is worth noting that some religious and political books such as The Bible, Quran, and Quotations from Chairman Mao are believed to have more than a billion copies each in existence. However, sales numbers for these books are nearly impossible to track because many are given away by churches or governments.
25 Best-Selling Books of All-Time
#1 – Don Quixote is one of the highest best selling book (500 million copies sold)
by Miguel de Cervantes
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#2 – A Tale of Two Cities (200 million copies sold)
by Charles Dickens
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#3 – The Lord of the Rings (150 million copies sold)
by J.R.R. Tolkien8
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#4 – The Little Prince (142 million copies sold)
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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#5 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (107 million copies sold)
by J.K. Rowling
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#6 – And Then There Were None (100 million copies sold)
by Agatha Christie
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#7 – The Dream of the Red Chamber (100 million copies sold)
by Cao Xueqin
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#8 – The Hobbit (100 million copies sold)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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#9 – She: A History of Adventure (100 million copies sold)
by H. Rider Haggard
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#10 – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (85 million copies sold)
by C.S. Lewis
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#11 – The Da Vinci Code (80 million copies sold)
by Dan Brown
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#12 – Think and Grow Rich (70 million copies sold)
by Napoleon Hill
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#13 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (65 million copies sold)
by J.K. Rowling
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#14 – The Catcher in the Rye (65 million copies sold)
by J.D. Salinger
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#15 – The Alchemist (65 million copies sold)
by Paulo Coelho
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#16 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (60 million copies sold)
by J.K. Rowling
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#17 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (55 million copies sold)
by J.K. Rowling
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#18 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (55 million copies sold)
by J.K. Rowling
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#19 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (55 million copies sold)
by J.K. Rowling
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#20 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (50 million copies sold)
by J.K. Rowling
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#21 – One Hundred Years of Solitude (50 million copies sold)
by Gabriel García Marquez
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#22 – Lolita (50 million copies sold)
by Vladimir Nabokov
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#23 – Anne of Green Gables (50 million copies sold)
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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#24 – Charlotte’s Web (50 million copies sold)
by E.B. White
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#25 – Black Beauty (50 million copies sold)
by Anna Sewell
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