The 25 Best-Selling Books of All Time: Must Read Books

This page will include 2 lists. The top 25 best-selling books of all time, based on numbers of copies sold. And the top 25 best-selling book series of all time.

It will not include religious books such as the Bible and Quran which have more than 1 million copies circulated. 

25 Best- Selling Books of All Time

  1. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (500 million copies sold) 
  2. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (200 million copies sold)
  3. The Lord of the Rings  by J.R.R. Tolkien (150 million copies sold)
  4. The Little Prince  by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (143 million copies sold)
  5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone  by J.K. Rowling (120 million copies sold)
  6. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (100 million copies sold)
  7. Dream of The Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin (100 million copies sold) (Book Review)
  8. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (100 million copies sold)
  9. She: A History of Adventure (100 million copies sold)
  10. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (85 million copies sold)
  11. Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (80 million copies sold)
  12. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (70 million copies sold)
  13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (65 million copies sold)
  14. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (65 million copies sold)
  15. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (65 million copies sold)
  16. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (60 million copies sold)
  17. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (55 million copies sold)
  18. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (55 million copies sold)
  19. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (55 million copies sold)
  20. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (50 million copies sold)
  21. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 50 million copies sold)
  22. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (50 million copies sold)
  23. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (50 million copies sold)
  24. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Laud Montgomery (50 million copies sold)
  25. Black Beauty by Anne Sewell (50 million copies sold)

25 Best- Selling Book SERIES of All Time

  1. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (500 million copies sold)
  2. Goosebumps by R.L. Stine (350 million copies sold)
  3. Perry Mason by Erle Stanley Gardner (300 million copies sold)
  4. Berenstein Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstein (260 million copies sold)
  5. Choose Your Own Adventure (250 million copies sold)
  6. Sweet Valley High by Jamie Suzzane (250 million copies sold)
  7. Noddy by Enid Blyton (200 million copies sold)
  8. Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene (200 million copies sold)
  9. Thomas the Tank Engine by W. Awdry (200 million copies sold)
  10. San-Antonio by Frederic Dard (200 million copies sold)
  11. Robert Langdon by Dan Brown (200 million copies sold)
  12. The Baby-sitters Club by Ann Martin (172 million copies sold)
  13. Star Wars (150 million copies sold)
  14. Little Critter by Mercer Mayer (150 million copies sold)
  15. Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (150 million copies sold)
  16. Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (130 million copies sold)
  17. American Girl (120 million copies sold)
  18. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (120 million copies sold)
  19. Mr.Men by Roger Hargreaves (120 million copies sold)
  20. The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer (120 million copies sold)
  21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (120 million copies sold)
  22. Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell (110 million copies sold)
  23. James Bond 007 by Ian Fleming (100 million copies sold)
  24. Martine by Gilbert Delahaye and Marcel Marlier (100 million copies)
  25. 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James (100 million copies sold)

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