The 20 Best-selling Books Of All Time

But in the middle of the night, the Kindle comes to the rescue, providing a digital book version that works even on airplanes.

Paper books are great in their own right, but if you’re looking to make the move to an electronic format, we’ve listed twenty of the best-selling e-books that are sure to be in demand.

Some of these books were chosen based on the total number of copies sold worldwide, some are chosen based on the popularity of the author.

If you are in the market for a new book to read, then here’s a list of the 20 best-selling books of all time.

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The 20 Best-Selling Books of All Time

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20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Copies Sold: 50 Million

The first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, made the list of the 20 best-selling books of all time.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final installment in the Harry Potter series written by British author J.K Rowling.

In the United Kingdom, it was released on the 21st of July 2007 by Bloomsbury publishing.
In the United States, it was released on the 21st of July 2007 by Scholastic.

It is said that Deathly Hallows has sold over 11 million copies in the US and 3 million in the UK, winning the Guinness World Record for the most novels sold in 24 hours.

What the American Library chose was the best book for young children.

19. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Copies Sold: 55 Million

If you’ve read Harry Potter you’re probably hoping to get your hands on a copy of Order of the Phoenix. The Harry Potter book series is a series of seven books that have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide. It’s probably the most popular series ever.

A young adult fantasy, The Circle Opens has sold over 55 million books, surpassing the sales of older brother.

The fifth in the series, the book is about the journey of a little boy from the future to the present.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is released on July 31, 2005 and more than two million copies are sold within the first twenty-four hours.

The book has several awards like “Best book for Young Adults” and also the Newbery Honor Book.

18. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 

Copies Sold: 55 Million

Harry Potter was written by JK Rowling. It was a New York Times best seller and one of the most popular novels of all time.

This is the fourth book in the series of books and it was released on 8 July 2000.

The first two books in the series were published in the United States on September 10th of 2016 and in the United Kingdom on October 4th of 2016.

It won a Hugo Award in 2003. It was the only Harry Potter book to do so.

Since its initial release, the book has gone on to be adapted into a video game and an anime series, which both did extremely well.

17. The Catcher in the Rye

Copies Sold: 60 Million

The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most popular and bestselling books in the world.

This book is translated to a lot of languages and sells a million copies a year. It is also one of the most read books in the world.

Time Magazine included the novel in their list of the 100 Best English Language novels written since 1923. It was listed fifteenth on the BBC’s survey, The Big Read.

The novel has sold about 60 million copies so far.

16. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Copies Sold: 60 Million 

This book is a part of series called “Harry Potter series”.

A sequel in the Harry Potter Series, after the first book became very popular, is now available!

The book is about a boy named Jack who is called up to join the army. It was first published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury in 1988 and in the United States by Scholastic Inc. in 1989.

The book received lots of praise and awards from critics, so the film adaptation of the novel happened and, then, it became the fifth highest-grossing film ever.

When I was a kid, I read Chamber of Secrets to my mom.

15. The Alchemist 

Copies Sold: 65 Million

Alchemist is a book written by Paulo Coelho and first published in 1988 and deals with the effects of meditation on a person.

The book was written in Portuguese but people loved the format and it became one of the most translated books in the world and now is an international bestseller.

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While in Egypt, Shepard is pursued by a creature with a horn and the ability to shoot fire from its mouth, and is forced to escape.

The Alchemist is one of the richest books in the world.

14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Copies Sold: 65 Million

Harry and his friends have to finish their school year at Hogwarts and to do that they must pass six witches exams, which are a total of six lessons.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series. It was published in October of 2007 by Bloomsbury, under the pseudonym of “Dedalus Diggle.” This is the seventh and final book of Harry Potter’s saga, also known as the Deathly Hallows.

First published in the UK and the US in 2005, sales exceeded nine million copies in twenty-four hours after publication.

This book of the Twilight series was published on 2005. Half-Blood Prince won the “Book of the Year” in 2006 and the film was released on 15 July 2009.

13. Think and Grow Rich 

Copies Sold: 70 Million

The best-sellers are the ones that do not have any scientific evidence.

> Think And Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill in 1937, as a personal development and self-improvement book. It’s since gone on to sell an impressive 70 million copies worldwide. It’s considered a timeless classic.

The book’s source was a suggestion made by Andrew Carnegie, the American business magnate.

Think and Grow Rich is a timeless classic that has been listed in John C. Maxwell’s, A Life of “Must Read” Books List.

This book is number six on The BusinessWeek Magazines Best Seller List, and some seventy years after it was first published.

If you’re looking for a formula to make your life better, I suggest that this book is a great place to start.

12. The Da Vinci Code

Copies Sold: 80 Million

“The Da Vinci Code” is a novel by Dan Brown. It was released in 2003.

It’s a follow up to the 2000 Michael Caine film, “Angels and Demons,” which also featured the character, Robert Langdon.

The book was published in paperback a few years later, which made it a global best-seller with sales of more than 80 million!

The film was so popular, that in 2006, Columbia Pictures decided to make a film adaptation. The film went on to become the second highest-grossing film of 2006 and the third-highest-grossing film worldwide.

11. She: A History of Adventure

Copies Sold: 83 Million

“She” was the first English novel to be widely accepted as a popular read, and I still believe is a very entertaining story, though it is not about me.

The book was inspired by Haggard’s encounter with the Boer people while living in South Africa.

Leo and Horace are two main protagonists of the story. They start to feel different and they get a feeling of deja vu. Eventually they discover their true origins.

The most notable aspect of the book was the way it used the female character to explore female authority and female behaviour.

10. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

Copies Sold: 85 Million

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe begins with a group of young people being evacuated.

> When the Romans conquered the world, they had to learn to speak all the languages.

The Chronicles of Narnia began with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Then, Mr. Lewis decided to release the entire series in chronological order, starting with the first book and ending with The Last Battle, the last book in the series. The Chronicles of Narnia was published as a set of five fantasy novels between 1950 and 1956.

After the book was finished, Lucy’s godmother, Lucy, decided to include her godfather in the list of 100 Best Young-Adult books of all time. She called Lewis, and asked him to write a book based on his life.

After some time passing, The Big Red Poll ranked the book ninth in 2003.

9. The Hobbit

Copies Sold: 100 Million

The Hobbit is a book that has been translated into hundreds of different languages.

It has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 100 million copies.

Tolkien’s fantasy novel was published in 1937. The novel was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and awarded a prize for best juvenile fiction by The New York Herald-Tribune.

The Hobbit has since never been out of print and has been adapted to a film series, which was first released in 2012. These movies have become one of the highest-grossing film series of all time.

8. Dream of the Red Chamber 

Copies Sold: 100 Million

The book was first published in 1894. It’s about a family that has a love story and is very complicated.

While considered one of the four great classic novels, it was written in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing dynasty.

In the year 2005, at a time when China was still poor, a short book, Feng Yan, written by a woman named Feng Yan, was launched in the Chinese mainland. It was a huge success and brought a new wave of optimism to Chinese literature.

It, along with “Don’t Look Now,” helped earn the author millions of dollars by being one of the only books that came out in the last decade that made $1 billion.

7. And Then There Were None

Copies Sold: 100 Million

The book that holds the seventh position is best-selling book. It is the seventh best selling book of all time.

And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie.

The novel consists of ten interconnected chapters, each of which, except for the last, has two people involved and an ending of either life or death.

It is about a young British officer who has lived in Paris since his youth, and an actress with whom he had an affair and a daughter. He later becomes the lover of a woman in whom he believes he sees the ghost of his dead daughter.

Now, this book is the world’s best-selling mystery book. Selling over 100 million copies worldwide, and is the seventh best-selling book of all time.

6. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

Copies Sold: 120 Million

The last book of the Harry Potter series is the Philosophers Stone.

The Harry Potter series is the fantasy series by British Author, J.K. Rowling, with the first book being Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

The first book in the Harry Potter series was published by Bloomsbury in the UK on 26 June 1997 and it was published in America the following year under the title of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

The book became a huge success when it became well-known among young people. It continued for almost ten years. Even now, you can still see the book in the book stores as well as the book stores.

The story of Romeo and Juliet has been translated into 73 languages and was the first of all the series to be made into a full-length feature film of the same name.

5. The Little Prince

Copies Sold: 142 Million

The Little Prince is by the French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and is a collection of short stories and fables.

It was first published in English and French in the United States in 1943 with the help of
Reynal and Hitchcock.

The boy’s adventures take him to distant planets where he encounters lonely, loving, and friendly creatures.

“The Little Prince” became a best-seller and one of the greatest international best sellers of all time.

4. The Lord of The Rings

Copies Sold: 150 Million

The Lord of The Rings is a high-intensity fantasy novel written by J.R.R Tolkien. It is the sequel to his first book The Hobbit.

The idea for the book was intended to be a two-volume set, but the publisher deemed this a bad idea and released it as three separate volumes.

It’s The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.

The book was named The Best Novel of All Time by BBC. The book was named The Best Novel of All Time by BBC. The book was named The Best Novel of All Time by BBC.

So far, The Lord of the Rings has sold over 150 million copies.

3. A Tale of Two Cities 

Copies Sold: 200 Million

“A Tale of Two Cities” is a novel written by Charles Dickens in 1859. It is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

The book tells the story of an unfortunate French woman, who is placed in the Bastille in olden times – for no good reason. Then, with time and a little luck, she is released to live in the United States.

This is one of the best books that Dickens ever wrote and it’s sold a staggering 200 million copies worldwide.

The book was ranked 63rd by the BBC on their poll of the greatest novels, and inspired Jonathan Nolan’s screenplay for The Dark Knight Rises.

2. Xinhua Zidian

Copies Sold: 400 Million

And finally, in second place on our best-selling books of all time is the Xinhua Zidian encyclopedia.

It gives us a little insight into the language from the perspective of a language learner. And we think this is a great way to start a journey to learning Chinese. So we feel its a great choice if you’re just about to start your Chinese learning journey.

In 2017, Guinness World Records also confirmed that the dictionary has been *The* most read book of the year.

The pocket-sized dictionary is a reference tool that includes 3,300 characters and over 13,000 logograms; including traditional Chinese characters and variant Chinese characters.

It is the worlds most popular Chinese reference work and a leader in selling Chinese dictionaries.

1. Don Quixote

Copies Sold: 500 Million

Quixote is considered to be the best selling book of all time, and has over half a billion copies in print.

When it came out, Spanish novels were considered as the greatest literary works of the time. Cervantes helped establish a new style of writing, which was more realistic and straightforward.

It’s also considered to be the first real-life novel, and many people view it as the best literary work ever written.

In the modern era, the novel became the most popular form of literature.

Don’t forget to look at the number of times a word is repeated in a sentence.
[Source]: When you are writing an essay, your work can become more clear when you repeat the same word many times.

Summary

Let us know in the comments if our list was helpful to you.

The books must have a wide appeal because millions of people are reading them. This appeal can’t go on forever.

So, the book was published, and I just realized about a week ago that it’s become a best-seller on Amazon. So, maybe in a few months or a year down the line, we might have to update the list as there could be a new best-seller topping the list!

People who have read the complete list of the top selling books over the last 100 years or so might have trouble remembering the actual names of all the books, and might have trouble remembering what the titles were. But they might not need to remember the titles, because their copies still in the library will likely be organized by the publisher and have been shelved in alphabetical order.

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