World's Top books of all time and their links

More than 100 million copies

Book	Author(s)	Original language	First published	Approximate sales
A Tale Of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	English	1859	200 million[5]
The Lord of the Rings (published as a series)	J. R. R. Tolkien	English	1954–1955	150 million[6]
The Hobbit	J. R. R. Tolkien	English	1937	140.6 million[7]
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	French[Note 1]	1943	140 million[8][9]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	J. K. Rowling	English	1997	107 million[10]
And Then There Were None	Agatha Christie	English	1939	100 million[10]
紅樓夢/红楼梦 (Dream of the Red Chamber)	Cao Xueqin	Chinese	1754[11]–1791	100 million[12]
She: A History of Adventure	H. Rider Haggard	English	1887	100 million[13]

Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Book	Author(s)	Original language	First published	Approximate sales
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	C. S. Lewis	English	1950	85 million[14]
The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown	English	2003	80 million[15]
Think and Grow Rich	Napoleon Hill	English	1937	70 million[16]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	J. K. Rowling	English	2005	65 million[10]
The Catcher in the Rye	J. D. Salinger	English	1951	65 million[17]
O Alquimista (The Alchemist)	Paulo Coelho	Portuguese	1988	65 million[18]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	J. K. Rowling	English	1998	60 million[10]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	J. K. Rowling	English	1998	55 million[10]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	J. K. Rowling	English	2000	55 million[10]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	J. K. Rowling	English	2003	55 million[10]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	J. K. Rowling	English	2007	50 million[10]
Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude)	Gabriel García Márquez	Spanish	1967	50 million[19][20][21]
Lolita	Vladimir Nabokov	English	1955	50 million[22]
Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (Heidi's Years of Learning and Travel)	Johanna Spyri	German	1880	50 million[23]
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care	Dr. Benjamin Spock	English	1946	50 million[24]
Anne of Green Gables	Lucy Maud Montgomery	English	1908	50 million[25]
Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions: The autobiography of a horse	Anna Sewell	English	1877	50 million[26]
Il Nome della Rosa (The Name of the Rose)	Umberto Eco	Italian	1980	50 million[27]
The Eagle Has Landed	Jack Higgins	English	1975	50 million[28]
Watership Down	Richard Adams	English	1972	50 million[29]
The Hite Report	Shere Hite	English	1976	50 million[30]
Charlotte's Web	E.B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams	English	1952	50 million[31]
The Ginger Man	J. P. Donleavy	English	1955	50 million[32]
The Bridges of Madison County	Robert James Waller	English	1992	50 million[33]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Lew Wallace	English	1880	50 million[10]
The Mark of Zorro	Johnston McCulley	English	1924	50 million[10]

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[34]
Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Richard Bach	English	1970	40 million[35]
A Message to Garcia	Elbert Hubbard	English	1899	40 million[24]
Sofies verden (Sophie's World)	Jostein Gaarder	Norwegian	1991	40 million[36]
Flowers in the Attic	V. C. Andrews	English	1979	40 million[37]
Angels & Demons	Dan Brown	English	2000	39 million[38]
Как закалялась сталь (Kak zakalyalas' stal'; How the Steel Was Tempered)	Nikolai Ostrovsky	Russian	1932	36.4 million copies in USSR[39]
Война и мир (Voyna i mir; War and Peace)	Leo Tolstoy	Russian	1869	36.0 million copies in USSR[39]
Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino (The Adventures of Pinocchio)	Carlo Collodi	Italian	1881	35 million[40]
You Can Heal Your Life	Louise Hay	English	1984	35 million[41]
Your Erroneous Zones	Wayne Dyer	English	1976	35 million[42]
The Late, Great Planet Earth	Hal Lindsey, C. C. Carlson	English	1970	35 million[43]
Kane and Abel	Jeffrey Archer	English	1979	34 million[44]
In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do?	Charles M. Sheldon	English	1896	30 million[24]
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	English	1960	40 million[45]
Valley of the Dolls	Jacqueline Susann	English	1966	30 million[24]
Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	English	1936	30 million[46]
Het Achterhuis (The Diary of a Young Girl, The Diary of Anne Frank)	Anne Frank	Dutch	1947	30 million[47]
The Purpose Driven Life	Rick Warren	English	2002	30 million[48]
The Thorn Birds	Colleen McCullough	English	1977	30 million[49]
The Revolt of Mamie Stover	William Bradford Huie	English	1951	30 million[50]
Män som hatar kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)	Stieg Larsson	Swedish	2005	30 million[51]
The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	English	1969	30 million[52]

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[39]
Who Moved My Cheese?	Spencer Johnson	English	1998	26 million[53]
The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald	English	1925	25 million[54]
The Wind in the Willows	Kenneth Grahame	English	1908	25 million[55]
Nineteen Eighty-Four	George Orwell	English	1949	25 million[56]
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People	Stephen R. Covey	English	1989	25 million[57]
Поднятая целина (Podnyataya Tselina; Virgin Soil Upturned)	Mikhail Sholokhov	Russian	1935	24 million copies in USSR[39]
The Celestine Prophecy	James Redfield	English	1993	23 million[58]
The Hunger Games	Suzanne Collins	English	2008	23 million[59]
Дядя Степа (Dyadya Styopa; Uncle Styopa)	Sergey Mikhalkov	Russian	1936	21 million copies in USSR[39]
The Godfather	Mario Puzo	English	1969	21 million[60]
Love Story	Erich Segal	English	1970	21 million[61]
狼图腾 (Wolf Totem)	Jiang Rong	Chinese	2004	20 million[62]
The Happy Hooker: My Own Story	Xaviera Hollander	English	1971	20 million[63]
Jaws	Peter Benchley	English	1974	20 million[64]
Love You Forever	Robert Munsch	English	1986	20 million[65]
The Women's Room	Marilyn French	English	1977	20 million[66]
What to Expect When You're Expecting	Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff	English	1984	20 million[67]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	English	1885	20 million[68]
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾	Sue Townsend	English	1982	20 million[69]
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft	Thor Heyerdahl	Norwegian	1950	20 million[70]
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (The Good Soldier Švejk)	Jaroslav Hašek	Czech	1923	20 million[71]
Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak	English	1963	20 million[72]
The Power of Positive Thinking	Norman Vincent Peale	English	1952	20 million[73]
The Shack	William P. Young	English	2007	20 million[74]
The Secret	Rhonda Byrne	English	2006	20 million[75]
Fear of Flying	Erica Jong	English	1973	20 million[76]
Dune	Frank Herbert	English	1965	20 million[77]

Between 10 million and 20 million copies

Book	Author(s)	Original language	First published	Approximate sales
Goodnight Moon	Margaret Wise Brown	English	1947	16 million[78]
Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story)	Michael Ende	German	1979	16 million[79]
Guess How Much I Love You	Sam McBratney	English	1994	15 million[80]
Shōgun	James Clavell	English	1975	15 million[81]
The Poky Little Puppy	Janette Sebring Lowrey	English	1942	15 million[82]
The Pillars of the Earth	Ken Follett	English	1989	15 million[83]
How to Win Friends and Influence People	Dale Carnegie	English	1936	15 million[84]
Das Parfum (Perfume)	Patrick Süskind	German	1985	15 million[85]
The Grapes of Wrath	John Steinbeck	English	1939	15 million[86]
The Horse Whisperer	Nicholas Evans	English	1995	15 million[87]
La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind)	Carlos Ruiz Zafón	Spanish	2001	15 million[88]
窓ぎわのトットちゃん (Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window)	Tetsuko Kuroyanagi	Japanese	1981	14.36 million (in Japan and China)[89][90]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	English	1979	14 million[91]
Tuesdays with Morrie	Mitch Albom	English	1997	14 million[92]
God's Little Acre	Erskine Caldwell	English	1933	14 million[93]
Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Follow Your Heart)	Susanna Tamaro	Italian	1994	14 million[94]
A Wrinkle in Time	Madeleine L'Engle	English	1962	14 million[95]
The Old Man and the Sea	Ernest Hemingway	English	1952	13 million[39]
The Outsiders	S. E. Hinton	English	1967	13 million[96]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Roald Dahl	English	1964	13 million[97]
Life After Life	Raymond Moody	English	1975	13 million[98]
ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori (Norwegian Wood)	Haruki Murakami	Japanese	1987	12 million[99]
Peyton Place	Grace Metalious	English	1956	12 million[100]
La Peste (The Plague)	Albert Camus	French	1947	12 million[101]
人間失格 (No Longer Human)	Osamu Dazai	Japanese	1948	12 million[102]
The Naked Ape	Desmond Morris	English	1968	12 million[103]
Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager (Man's Search for Meaning)	Viktor Frankl	German	1946	12 million[104]
Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)	Dante Alighieri	Italian	1304	11-12 million (during 20th century)[105]
Things Fall Apart	Chinua Achebe	English	1958	11 million[106]
The Prophet	Khalil Gibran	English	1923	11 million[107][better source needed]
The Exorcist	William Peter Blatty	English	1971	11 million[108]
The Gruffalo	Julia Donaldson	English	1999	10.5 million[109]
Catch-22	Joseph Heller	English	1961	10 million[110]
Eye of the Needle	Ken Follett	English	1978	10 million[111]
A Brief History of Time	Stephen Hawking	English	1988	10 million[112]
The Cat in the Hat	Dr. Seuss	English	1957	10 million[113]
The Lovely Bones	Alice Sebold	English	2002	10 million[114]
Wild Swans	Jung Chang	English	1992	10 million[115]
Santa Evita	Tomás Eloy Martínez	Spanish	1995	10 million[116]
Un di Velt Hot Geshvign (Night)	Elie Wiesel	Yiddish	1958	10 million[117]
The Kite Runner	Khaled Hosseini	English	2003	10 million[118]
于丹《论语》心得 (Confucius from the Heart)	Yu Dan	Chinese	2006	10 million[119]
The Total Woman	Marabel Morgan	English	1974	10 million[120]
知価革命 (Knowledge-value Revolution)	Taichi Sakaiya	Japanese	1985	10 million[121]
中国社会主义经济问题研究 (Problems in China's Socialist Economy)	Xue Muqiao	Chinese	1979	10 million[122]
What Color is Your Parachute?	Richard Nelson Bolles	English	1970	10 million[123]
The Dukan Diet	Pierre Dukan	French	2000	10 million[124]
The Joy of Sex	Alex Comfort	English	1972	10 million[125]
The Gospel According to Peanuts	Robert L. Short	English	1965	10 million[126]
Life of Pi	Yann Martel	English	2001	10 million[127]
The Giver	Lois Lowry	English	1993	10 million[128]

List of best-selling book series

See also: 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 + 3 supplements	1997-2007	450 million[129]
Goosebumps	R. L. Stine	English	62 + spin-off series	1992–1997–present	350 million[130]
Perry Mason	Erle Stanley Gardner	English	82	1933 — 1970	300 million[131]
Berenstain Bears	Stan and Jan Berenstain	English	over 300	1962 — present	260 million[132]
Choose Your Own Adventure	various authors	English	185	1979 — 1998	250 million[133]
Sweet Valley High	Francine Pascal and ghostwriters	English	400	1983–2003	250 million[134]
Noddy	Enid Blyton	English	24	1949–present	200 million[135]
Nancy Drew	various authors as Carolyn Keene	English	175	1930 — present	200 million[136]
The Railway Series (spawned Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends)	Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher Awdry	English	41	1945–2011	200 million[137]
San-Antonio	Frédéric Dard	French	173	1949–2001	200 million[138]
Robert Langdon	Dan Brown	English	4	2000–present	200 million[139]
The Baby-sitters Club	Ann Martin	English	335	1986 — present	172 million[140]
Star Wars	various authors	English	over 300	1977 — present	160 million[141]
Little Critter	Mercer Mayer	English	over 200	1975–present	150 million[142]
Peter Rabbit	Beatrix Potter	English	6	1902–1930	150 million[143]
Chicken Soup for the Soul	Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen	English	105	1997 — present	130 million[144]
Frank Merriwell	Gilbert Patten	English	209	1896 -	125 million[145]
Fifty Shades of Grey	E. L. James	English	3	2011–2012	125 million[146]
Dirk Pitt	Clive Cussler	English	19	1973 — present	120 million[147]
宮本武蔵 (Musashi)	Eiji Yoshikawa	Japanese	7	1935–1939	120 million[148]
American Girl	various authors	English		1986 — present	120 million[149]
The Chronicles of Narnia	C. S. Lewis	English	7	1949–1954	120 million[150]
Mr. Men	Roger Hargreaves, Adam Hargreaves	English	43	1971 — present	120 million[151]
Twilight	Stephenie Meyer	English	4 + 1 Novella + 1 Guide	2005–2011	120 million[152]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Jeff Kinney	English	9	2007–present	120 million[153]
Geronimo Stilton	Elisabetta Dami	Italian	over 200	2000-present	115 million[154]
Clifford the Big Red Dog	Norman Bridwell	English		1963 — present	110 million[155]
James Bond	Ian Fleming	English	14	1953–1966	100 million[156]
Martine	Gilbert Delahaye, Marcel Marlier	French	60	1954 — present	100 million[157]

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[158]
Alex Cross	James Patterson	English	21	1993 — present	81 million[159]
Fear Street	R. L. Stine	English	114	1989 — present	80 million[160]
Millennium series	Stieg Larsson	Swedish	3	2005–2007	80 million[161]
Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking)	Astrid Lindgren	Swedish	3 + 3 picture books	1945-2001	80 million[162]
The Vampire Chronicles	Anne Rice	English	12	1976-2003	80 million[163]
OSS 117	Jean Bruce	French	265	1949–1992	75 million[164]
Winnie-the-Pooh	A. A. Milne; illustrated by E. H. Shepard	English	2	1926–1928	70 million[165]
Magic Tree House series	Mary Pope Osborne	English	56[166]	1992–present	70 million[167]
Left Behind	Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins	English	16	1996 — 2007	65 million[168]
A Series of Unfortunate Events	Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler	English	13	1999–2006	65 million[169]
Little House on the Prairie	Laura Ingalls Wilder	English	12	1932–2006	60 million[170]
Jack Reacher	Lee Child	English	16	1997–present	60 million[171]
A Song of Ice and Fire	George R. R. Martin	English	Currently 5; 7 Planned.	1996–present	60 million[172]
Discworld	Terry Pratchett	English	40	1983–2015	55 million[173]
Where's Wally?[174]	Martin Handford	English	13	1987–present	55 million[175]
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus	John Gray	English	15	1992–present	50 million[176]
The Hardy Boys	various authors as Franklin W. Dixon	English	190	1927–present	50 million[177]
The Bobbsey Twins	various authors as Laura Lee Hope	English	72	1904–1979	50 million[178]
Tarzan	Edgar Rice Burroughs	English	26	1914–1995	50 million[179]
The Hunger Games trilogy	Suzanne Collins	English	3	2008–2010	50 million[180]

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[181]
A Child's First Library Of Learning	various authors	English	29	1980 -	45 million[182]
Junie B. Jones	Barbara Park	English	30	1992 -	44 million[183]
The Wheel of Time	Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson	English	15	1990 - 2013	44 million[184]
Harry Bosch	Michael Connelly	English	15	1992 -	42 million[185]
Harry Hole	Jo Nesbø	Norwegian	9	1997–present	40 million[186]
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[187]
Paddington Bear	Michael Bond	English	70	1958–present	35 million[188]
The Inheritance Cycle	Christopher Paolini	English	4	2002–2011	33 million[189]
徳川家康 (Tokugawa Ieyasu)	Sohachi Yamaoka	Japanese	26	1950–1967	30 million[190]
Ramona	Beverly Cleary	English	8	1955–1999	30 million[191]
The Dark Tower	Stephen King	English	8	1982-2012	30 million[192]
The Destroyer	Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, various authors	English	150	1971–present	30 million[193]

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[194]
Curious George	Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey	English	58	1941–present	27 million[195]
グイン・サーガ (Guin Saga)	Kaoru Kurimoto	Japanese	118	1979–2009	26 million[196]
Captain Underpants	Dav Pilkey	English		1997–present	26 million[197]
三毛猫ホームズシリーズ (Calico Cat Holmes series)	Jirō Akagawa	Japanese	43	1978–present	26 million[198]
Rich Dad, Poor Dad	Robert Kiyosaki Sharon Lechter	English	18	1997-	26 million[199]
Kurt Wallander	Henning Mankell	Swedish	10	1991–2002	25 million[200]
Sagaen om Isfolket (The Legend of the Ice People)	Margit Sandemo	Norwegian	47	1982–1989	25 million[201]
The Sword of Truth	Terry Goodkind	English	12	1998–2007	25 million[202]
Outlander	Diana Gabaldon	English	8	1991–present	25 million[203]
鬼平犯科帳 (Onihei Hankachō)	Shōtarō Ikenami	Japanese	24	1968–1990	24.4 million, only bunkobon[204]
The Shadowhunter Chronicles	Cassandra Clare	English	9 + 2 supplements + 2 tie-ins (at least 18 + 3 supplements planned)	2007–present	24 million [205]
Brain Quest series	various authors	English		1992–present	23.7 million[206]
かいけつゾロリ (Kaiketsu Zorori)	Yutaka Hara	Japanese	41	1987–present	23 million[207]
South Beach Diet	Arthur Agatston	English	6	2003–present	22 million[208]
竜馬がゆく (Ryoma ga Yuku)	Ryōtarō Shiba	Japanese	5	1963–1966	21.5 million[209]
Artemis Fowl	Eoin Colfer	English	8	2001–2012	21 million[210]
ズッコケ三人組 (Zukkoke Sanningumi)	Masamoto Nasu	Japanese	50	1978–2004	21 million[211]
Shannara	Terry Brooks	English	20	1977–present	21 million[212]
Redwall	Brian Jacques	English	22	1986–2011	20 million[213]
Malazan Book of the Fallen	Steven Erikson	English	10	1999 - 2011	20 million
Maisy	Lucy Cousins	English	23	1990–present	20 million[80]
Dragonlance	various authors	English	more than 150	1984 — present	20 million[214]
幻魔大戦 (Genma Taisen)	Kazumasa Hirai	Japanese	20	1979–1983	20 million[215]
青春の門 (The Gate of Youth)	Hiroyuki Itsuki	Japanese		1970–present	20 million[216]
The Foundation Trilogy	Isaac Asimov	English	3[217]	1950–1953	20 million[218]
Horrible Histories	Terry Deary	English	24	1993–present	20 million[219]
Rainbow Magic	Daisy Meadows	English	80+	2003–present	20 million[220]
Morgan Kane	Louis Masterson	Norwegian	90	1966–	20 million[221]
The Southern Vampire Mysteries	Charlaine Harris	English	13	2001–2013	20 million[222]
Divergent trilogy	Veronica Roth	English	3	2011-2013	20 million[223]

Between 15 million and 20 million copies

Book series	Author	Original language	No. of installments	First published	Approximate sales
科学のアルバム (Kagaku no album)	various authors	Japanese		1970–present	19 million[224]
剣客商売 (Kenkaku Shobai)	Shotaro Ikenami	Japanese	18	1972–1989	18 million[225]
Erast Fandorin	Boris Akunin	Russian	12	1998–present	18 million[226]
吸血鬼ハンターD (Vampire Hunter D)	Hideyuki Kikuchi	Japanese	17	1983–present	17 million[227]
ソードアート・オンライン (Sword Art Online)	Reki Kawahara	Japanese	15+3	2008–present	16.7 million[228]
涼宮ハルヒシリーズ (Haruhi Suzumiya Series)	Nagaru Tanigawa	Japanese	11	2003–present	16.5 million[229]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams, plus a final book by Eoin Colfer	English	6	1979–2008	16 million[230]
Bridget Jones	Helen Fielding	English	2	1996–present	15 million[231]
The Riftwar Cycle	Raymond E. Feist	English	25	1982–present	15 million[232]
Percy Jackson & the Olympians	Rick Riordan	English	5	2005–2009	15 million[233]
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency	Alexander McCall Smith	English	9	1999–present	15 million[234]
ぼくらシリーズ (Bokura series)	Osamu Soda	Japanese	36	1985–present	15 million[235]
His Dark Materials	Philip Pullman	English	3	1995–2000	15 million[236]
銀河英雄伝説 (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)	Yoshiki Tanaka	Japanese	14	1982–1989	15 million[237]
Der Regenbogenfisch (Rainbow Fish)	Marcus Pfister	German		1992–present	15 million[238]