The best-selling books of all time
The top 3 according to 22 votes from people: And Then There Were None · The Little Prince · A Tale of Two Cities. (Updated Jul 21, 2019.)
The single books (not series) with the most copies sold worldwide, according to the approximate figures compiled on Wikipedia. Religious and political texts are not counted.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 21
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, 1939. About 100 million.
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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943. About 200 million.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens, 1859. Over 200 million, by estimates.
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4
Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder, 1991. About 60 million.
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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell, 1877. About 50 million.
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, 1988. About 150 million; the best-selling book in Portuguese.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling, 1997. About 120 million.
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She: A History of Adventure
H. Rider Haggard, 1887. About 83 million.
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Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery, 1908. About 50 million.
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10
Dream of the Red Chamber
Cao Xueqin, 1791. About 100 million; the great Chinese classic.
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The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937. About 100 million.
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12
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, 1865. About 100 million.
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13
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown, 2003. About 80 million.
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14
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. Rowling, 1998. About 77 million.
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15
The Bridges of Madison County
Robert James Waller, 1992. About 60 million.
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16
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez, 1967. About 50 million.
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17
Watership Down
Richard Adams, 1972. About 50 million.
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18
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, 1952. About 50 million.
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The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger, 1951. About 65 million.
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20
Heidi
Johanna Spyri, 1880. About 50 million.
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21
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco, 1980. About 50 million.
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Comments (1)
No sabía que Historia de dos ciudades había vendido más que El principito, me ha sorprendido