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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written (book) List of best-selling books The 100 Best Books of All Time 1 4 26
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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written (book)

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today
Author(s) Country Language Publisher Publication date Media type Martin Seymour-Smith United Kingdom English Citadel September, 1998 Print (hardcover and paperback)
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (1998) is a book of intellectual history written by Martin Seymour-Smith, a British poet, critic, and biographer.[1]
Chronological list
The one hundred most influential books, according to Seymour-Smith, in the approximate chronological order he gives:
# Author or source Title Date Public domain? yes yes yes yes yes yes
1 2 3 4 5 6
Chinese classic texts Jewish scripture Homer Hindu scripture Lao Tsu Zoroastrian scripture
I Ching Hebrew Bible Iliad and Odyssey Upanishads Tao Te Ching Avesta
11th century BCE 8th4th century BCE 8th early 7th century BCE 9th century BC 4th century BCE 1st millennium BC 3rd century CE 5th4th century BCE 5th century BCE 400 BC 4th century BCE 5th century BCE 380 BCE 280 BCE 252 BCE 19 BCE 55 BCE 1st century CE ca. 50100 CE 120 CE
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Confucius Thucydides Hippocrates Aristotle Herodotus Plato Euclid Theravada Buddhist scripture Virgil Lucretius Philo of Alexandria Christian scripture Plutarch
Analects History of the Peloponnesian War Works Works Histories The Republic Elements Dhammapada (Path of the Dharma) Aeneid De Rerum Natura Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws New Testament Parallel Lives
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
2
120 CE 2nd century 167 150210 CE 3rd century 400 CE 7th century 1190 12th century 12661273 1321 1509 1532 1520 1532 and 1534 1536 1543 1580 1605 and 1615 1619 1620 1623 1632 1637 1651 16631716 1670 1677 16781684 1687 1689 1710, revised 1734 yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
Cornelius Tacitus Valentinus Marcus Aurelius Sextus Empiricus Plotinus Augustine of Hippo Muslim scripture Moses Maimonides Text of Judaic mysticism Thomas Aquinas Dante Alighieri Desiderius Erasmus Niccol Machiavelli Martin Luther Franois Rabelais John Calvin Nicolaus Copernicus Michel de Montaigne Miguel de Cervantes Johannes Kepler Francis Bacon William Shakespeare Galileo Galilei Ren Descartes Thomas Hobbes Gottfried Leibniz Blaise Pascal Baruch de Spinoza John Bunyan Isaac Newton John Locke George Berkeley
Annals, From the Death of the Divine Augustus Gospel of Truth (Gnostic text) Meditations Outlines of Pyrrhonism Enneads Confessions Quran Guide for the Perplexed Kabbalah Summa Theologiae The Divine Comedy In Praise of Folly The Prince On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church Gargantua and Pantagruel Institutes of the Christian Religion On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres Essays Don Quixote Harmony of the Worlds Novum Organum First Folio Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Discourse on Method Leviathan Works Penses Ethics Pilgrim's Progress Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Essay Concerning Human Understanding Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge The New Science A Treatise of Human Nature Encyclopdie A Dictionary of the English Language Candide Common Sense The Wealth of Nations
52 53 54 55 56 57 58
Giambattista Vico David Hume Denis Diderot (ed.) Samuel Johnson Voltaire Thomas Paine Adam Smith
1725, revised 1744 17391740 17511772 1755 1759 1776 1776
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
3
17761787 yes
59
Edward Gibbon
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Critique of Pure Reason Confessions Reflections on the Revolution in France A Vindication of the Rights of Woman An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice An Essay on the Principle of Population Phenomenology of Spirit
60 61 62 63 64 65 66
Immanuel Kant Jean-Jacques Rousseau Edmund Burke Mary Wollstonecraft William Godwin Thomas Robert Malthus George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Arthur Schopenhauer Auguste Comte Carl von Clausewitz Sren Kierkegaard Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Henry David Thoreau Charles Darwin John Stuart Mill Herbert Spencer Gregor Mendel Leo Tolstoy James Clerk Maxwell Friedrich Nietzsche Sigmund Freud William James Albert Einstein Vilfredo Pareto Carl Jung Martin Buber Franz Kafka Karl Popper John Maynard Keynes Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich von Hayek Simone de Beauvoir Norbert Wiener George Orwell George Gurdjieff Ludwig Wittgenstein
1781, revised 1787 1781 1790 1792 1793 1798, revised 1803 1807
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
67 68 69 70 71
The World as Will and Idea The Course in Positive Philosophy On War Either/Or Communist Manifesto
1819 18301842 1832 1843 1848
yes yes yes yes yes
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
Civil Disobedience The Origin of Species On Liberty First Principles Experiments on Plant Hybridization War and Peace A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism Thus Spoke Zarathustra The Interpretation of Dreams Pragmatism Relativity The Mind and Society Psychological Types I and Thou The Trial The Logic of Scientific Discovery General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money Being and Nothingness The Road to Serfdom The Second Sex Cybernetics Nineteen Eighty-Four Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson Philosophical Investigations
1849 1859 1859 1862 1866 18681869 1873 18831885 1900 1908 1916 1916 1921 1923 1925 1934 1936 1943 1944 1948 1948, revised 1961 1949 1950 1953
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
yes
yes
4
1957 1962, revised 1970 1963 1966
96 97 98 99
Noam Chomsky Thomas Kuhn Betty Friedan Mao Zedong (attributed)
Syntactic Structures The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Feminine Mystique Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (Little Red Book) Beyond Freedom and Dignity
100 B. F. Skinner
1971
References
[1] Seymour-Smith, Martin (1998). The 100 most influential books ever written : the history of thought from ancient times to today. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Publ. Group. ISBN978-0806520001.
List of best-selling books

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliably sourced entries. This page provides lists of best-selling single-volume books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. This list is incomplete, since there are many books such as Don Quixote, The Three Musketeers, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and the individual Harry Potter books which are commonly cited as "best-selling books" yet have no reliable sales figures. There is a separate section on this page for books known to have sold over 10 million copies, yet do not have figures for their final sales data. The Bible, the Qur'an and Quotations from Chairman Mao, are widely reported as the most-printed and most-distributed books in the world, with many hundreds of millions of copies believed to be in existence in some cases. Exact print figures for some such books may also be missing or unreliable since these kinds of books may be produced by many different and unrelated publishers, in some cases over many centuries. All such books have been excluded from this List of best-selling books for these reasons.
List of best-selling single-volume books

More than 100 million copies
Book Author(s) Original language English French First published 1859 1943 Approximate sales 200 million 200 million [1] [2]
A Tale of Two Cities Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)
Charles Dickens Antoine de Saint-Exupry J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien Cao Xueqin
The Lord of the Rings The Hobbit / Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) And Then There Were None
English English Chinese
19541955 1937 1754 1939 [5] 1791
150 million 100 million 100 million
[3] [4] [6]
Agatha Christie
English
100 million
[7]
Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Book Author(s) Original language English English English English English Portuguese English English German First published 1950 1887 2003 1937 1951 1988 1892 1955 1880 Approximate sales 85 million 83 million 80 million 70 million 65 million 65 million 60 million 50 million 50 million [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe She The Da Vinci Code Think and Grow Rich The Catcher in the Rye O Alquimista (The Alchemist) Steps to Christ Lolita Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning) The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Anne of Green Gables
C. S. Lewis H. Rider Haggard Dan Brown Napoleon Hill J. D. Salinger Paulo Coelho Ellen G. White Vladimir Nabokov Johanna Spyri
Dr. Benjamin Spock Lucy Maud Montgomery Anna Sewell
English English
1946 1908
50 million 50 million
[17] [18]
Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions: The autobiography of a horse Il Nome della Rosa (The Name of the Rose) The Eagle Has Landed Watership Down
English
1877
50 million
[19]
Umberto Eco Jack Higgins Richard Adams
Italian English English
1980 1975 1972
[20] [21] [22]

Book Author(s) Original language English English First published 1976 1952 Approximate sales
The Hite Report Charlotte's Web
Shere Hite E.B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams J. P. Donleavy Beatrix Potter [27] J. K. Rowling Richard Bach Elbert Hubbard Jostein Gaarder Dan Brown
[23] [24]
The Ginger Man The Tale of Peter Rabbit Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Jonathan Livingston Seagull A Message to Garcia Sofies verden (Sophie's World) Angels and Demons
English English English English English Norwegian English
1955 1902 2007 1970 1899 1991 2000
45 million 45 million 44 million 40 million 40 million 40 million 39 million
[25] [26] [28] [29] [17] [30] [31]
6
Russian 1932
(Kak zakalyalas' stal'; How the Nikolai Ostrovsky Steel Was Tempered) (Voyna i mir; War and Peace) Leo Tolstoy
36.4 million copies in [32] USSR 36.0 million copies in [32] USSR 35 million [33]
Russian
1869
Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino (The Adventures of Pinocchio) You Can Heal Your Life Kane and Abel
Carlo Collodi
Italian
1881
Louise Hay Jeffrey Archer
English English Dutch
1984 1979 1947
[34] [35] [36]
Het Achterhuis (The Diary of a Young Girl, The Diary Anne Frank of Anne Frank) In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? To Kill a Mockingbird Valley of the Dolls Gone with the Wind Cien Aos de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) The Purpose Driven Life The Thorn Birds The Revolt of Mamie Stover Mn som hatar kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) The Very Hungry Caterpillar Charles M. Sheldon Harper Lee Jacqueline Susann Margaret Mitchell Gabriel Garca Mrquez
English English English English Spanish
1896 1960 1966 1936 1967
30 million 30 million 30 million 30 million 30 million
[17] [37] [17] [38] [39][40]
Rick Warren Colleen McCullough William Bradford Huie Stieg Larsson
English English English Swedish
2002 1977 1951 2005
30 million 30 million 30 million 30 million
[41] [42] [43] [44]
Eric Carle
English
1969
30 million
[45]

Book The Late, Great Planet Earth Who Moved My Cheese? The Wind in the Willows Nineteen Eighty-Four The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The Celestine Prophecy The Hunger Games The Godfather Love Story (Wolf Totem) The Happy Hooker: My Own Story Author(s) Hal Lindsey, C. C. Carlson Spencer Johnson Kenneth Grahame George Orwell Stephen R. Covey James Redfield Suzanne Collins Mario Puzo Erich Segal Jiang Rong Xaviera Hollander Original language First published Approximate sales English English English English English English English English English Chinese English 1970 1998 1908 1949 1989 1993 2008 1969 1970 2004 1971 28 million 26 million 25 million 25 million 25 million 23 million 23 million 21 million 21 million 20 million 20 million [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]

[57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]
7
Peter Benchley Robert Munsch Marilyn French English English English 1974 1986 1977 1984 1885 1982 1950
Jaws Love You Forever The Women's Room What to Expect When You're Expecting The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff English Mark Twain English English Norwegian
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 Sue Townsend Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft Thor Heyerdahl

Book Author(s) Original language English English English English First published 1963 2006 1973 1947 Approximate sales
Where the Wild Things Are The Secret Fear of Flying Goodnight Moon
Maurice Sendak Rhonda Byrne Erica Jong Margaret Wise Brown Michael Ende Sam McBratney James Clavell Janette Sebring Lowrey Ken Follett Dale Carnegie Patrick Sskind John Steinbeck Nicholas Evans Carlos Ruiz Zafn Douglas Adams Mitch Albom Erskine Caldwell Susanna Tamaro S. E. Hinton Roald Dahl
[64] [65] [66] [67]
Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story) Guess How Much I Love You Shgun The Poky Little Puppy
German English English English
1979 1994 1975 1942
[68] [69] [70] [71]
The Pillars of the Earth How to Win Friends and Influence People Das Parfum (Perfume) The Grapes of Wrath The Horse Whisperer La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tuesdays with Morrie God's Little Acre Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Follow Your Heart) The Outsiders Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
English English German English English Spanish English English English Italian English English
1989 1936 1985 1939 1995 2001 1979 1997 1933 1994 1967 1964
15 million 15 million 15 million 15 million 15 million 15 million 14 million 14 million 14 million 14 million 13 million 13 million
[72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83]

[84]
8
Haruki Murakami Japanese 1987
, Noruwei no Mori (Norwegian Wood) The Shack Peyton Place Dune La Peste (The Plague) (No Longer Human) The Naked Ape The Bridges of Madison County
12 million
William P. Young Grace Metalious Frank Herbert Albert Camus Osamu Dazai Desmond Morris Robert James Waller Viktor Frankl
English English English French Japanese English English
2007 1956 1965 1947 1948 1968 1992
[85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91]
Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager (Man's Search for Meaning) Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)
German
1946
12 million
[92]
Dante Alighieri
Italian
1304
11-12 million (during 20th [93] century) 11 million 11 million 11 million [94] [95] [96]
Things Fall Apart The Prophet The Exorcist
Chinua Achebe Khalil Gibran William Peter Blatty Julia Donaldson Joseph Heller Ken Follett Stephen Hawking Dr. Seuss Alice Sebold Jung Chang Toms Eloy Martnez Elie Wiesel Khaled Hosseini Yu Dan Marabel Morgan Taichi Sakaiya Xue Muqiao
English English English
1958 1923 1971
The Gruffalo Catch-22 Eye of the Needle A Brief History of Time The Cat in the Hat The Lovely Bones Wild Swans Santa Evita
English English English English English English English Spanish
1999 1961 1978 1988 1957 2002 1992 1995
10.5 million 10 million 10 million 10 million 10 million 10 million 10 million 10 million
[97]
[98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104]
Un di Velt Hot Geshvign (Night) The Kite Runner (Confucius from the Heart) The Total Woman (Knowledge-value Revolution) (Problems in China's Socialist Economy) What Color is Your Parachute?
Yiddish English Chinese English Japanese Chinese
1958 2003 2006 1974 1985 1979
10 million 10 million 10 million 10 million 10 million 10 million
[105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110]
Richard Nelson Bolles Pierre Dukan
English
1970
10 million
[111]
The Dukan Diet
French
2000
10 million
[112]

[113] [114] [115]
9
Alex Comfort Robert L. Short English English 1972 1965 1962
The Joy of Sex The Gospel According to Peanuts A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle English
No reliable sales figures

Note: These books do not have reliable sales data; however, there is evidence that they have sold at least 10 million copies, and therefore belong on this list.
Book Don Quixote Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Author(s) Original language First published 1605 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003 2005 2005 2006 2007 2008 Notes [116] [117][118] [117][118] [117][118] [117][118] [117] [117][119] [120] [120] [120] [120]
Miguel de Cervantes Spanish J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling English English English English English English English English English English
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Twilight New Moon Eclipse Breaking Dawn J.K. Rowling Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer
List of best-selling book series

At least 100 million copies
Book series Author Original language English English English English English English No. of installments First published Approximate sales 450 million [121]
Harry Potter Goosebumps Perry Mason Berenstain Bears Choose Your Own Adventure Sweet Valley High
J.K.Rowling R. L. Stine Erle Stanley Gardner Stan and Jan Berenstain various authors Francine Pascal and ghostwriters Enid Blyton various authors as Carolyn Keene
7 62 + spin off series 82 over 300 185 400
1997-2007
19921997-present 300 million[122] 1933 1970 1962 present 1979 1998 19832003 300 million 260 million 250 million 250 million [123] [124] [125] [126]
Noddy Nancy Drew
English English
24 175
1949present 1930 present
[127] [128]

[129]
10
Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher English Awdry 41 19452011
The Railway Series (spawned Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) San-Antonio The Baby-sitters Club Star Wars Peter Rabbit Chicken Soup for the Soul
200 million
Frdric Dard Ann Martin various authors Beatrix Potter Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen Gilbert Patten Clive Cussler Eiji Yoshikawa various authors C. S. Lewis Roger Hargreaves, Adam Hargreaves Stephenie Meyer
French English English English English
173 335 over 300 6 105
19492001 1986 present 1977 present 19021930 1997 present
[130] [131] [132] [133] [134]
Frank Merriwell Dirk Pitt (Musashi) American Girl The Chronicles of Narnia Mr. Men
English English Japanese English English English
209 19 7
1896 1973 present 19351939 1986 present
125 million 120 million 120 million 120 million 120 million 120 million
[135] [136] [137] [138] [139] [140]
7 43
19491954 1971 present
Twilight
English
4 + 1 Novella + 1 Guide
20052011
116 million
[120]
Clifford the Big Red Dog James Bond Martine
Norman Bridwell Ian Fleming Gilbert Delahaye, Marcel Marlier
English English French 14 60
1963 present 19531966 1954 present
[141] [142] [143]

Book series Author Original language Dutch No. of installments 119 First published 1955 present 1989 present 1976-2003 1945-2001 Approximate sales 85 million [144]
Nijntje (Miffy)
Dick Bruna
Fear Street
R. L. Stine
English
114
80 million
[145]
The Vampire Chronicles Pippi Longstocking
Anne Rice Astrid Lindgren
English Swedish
12 3 + 3 picture books 265 7 2
[146] [147]
OSS 117 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Winnie-the-Pooh
Jean Bruce Jeff Kinney A. A. Milne; illustrated by E. H. Shepard Mary Pope Osborne Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
French English English
19491992 2007present 19261928
[148] [149] [150]
Magic Tree House series Left Behind
English English
43 16
1992present 1996 2007
[151] [152]

[153]
11
Lemony Snicket aka Daniel Handler Laura Ingalls Wilder Lee Child various authors English 13 19992006
A Series of Unfortunate Events
65 million
Little House on the Prairie Jack Reacher Arch Books (Lantern Books)
12 16
19322006 1997present 1958 present
[154] [155] [156]
Discworld Where's Wally? [158]
Terry Pratchett Martin Handford Stieg Larsson John Gray
English English Swedish English
39 13 3 15
1983present 1987present 20052007 1992present
[157] [159] [160] [161]
Millennium Trilogy Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus The Hardy Boys
various authors as Franklin W. Dixon various authors as Laura Lee Hope Edgar Rice Burroughs Suzanne Collins
English
190
1927present
50 million
[162]
The Bobbsey Twins
English
72
19041979
50 million
[163]
Tarzan The Hunger Games trilogy
English English
26 3
19141995 20082010
[164] [165]

Book series Author Original language English English English No. of installments First published 1980 1992 1990 Approximate sales 45 million 44 million 44 million [166] [167] [168]
A Child's First Library Of Learning Junie B. Jones The Wheel of Time
various authors Barbara Park Robert Jordan
29 30 Currently 13. 14 planned 15 15 9 3 10
Harry Bosch Jack Reacher Harry Hole Fifty Shades of Grey (Picture-and-story book Railway Guerilla) Paddington Bear The Inheritance Cycle (Tokugawa Ieyasu) Ramona The Dark Tower
Michael Connelly Lee Child Jo Nesb E. L. James original author: Liu Zhixia Michael Bond Christopher Paolini Sohachi Yamaoka Beverly Cleary Stephen King
English English Norwegian English Chinese
1992 1997present 1997present 20112012 19551962
[169] [170] [171] [172]
36.52 [173] million 35 million 33 million 30 million 30 million 30 million [174] [175] [176] [177] [178]
English English Japanese English English
70 4 26 8 7
1958present 20022011 19501967 19551999 1982-2004
12

Book series Author Original language Japanese English No. of installments 25 58 First published 19762006 1941present Approximate sales
(Nontan) Curious George
Sachiko Kiyono Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey Kaoru Kurimoto Dav Pilkey Jir Akagawa
[179] [180]
(Guin Saga) Captain Underpants (Mike-neko Holmes series) Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Japanese English Japanese
118
19792009 1997present
[181] [182] [183]
43
1978present
Robert Kiyosaki Sharon English Lechter Henning Mankell Margit Sandemo Swedish Norwegian
18
1997-
26 million
[184]
Kurt Wallander Sagaen om Isfolket (The Legend of the Ice People) The Sword of Truth (Onihei Hankach)
10 47
19912002 19821989
[185] [186]
Terry Goodkind Shtar Ikenami
English Japanese
12 24
19982007 19681990
25 million
[187]
24.4 million, only [188] bunkobon 23.7 million 23 million [189]
Brain Quest series (Kaiketsu Zorori) South Beach Diet (Ryoma ga Yuku) (Zukkoke Sanningumi) Shannara Redwall Maisy Dragonlance
various authors Yutaka Hara
English Japanese 41
1992present 1987present
[190]
Arthur Agatston Rytar Shiba Masamoto Nasu
English Japanese Japanese
6 5 50
2003present 19631966 19782004
22 million
[191] [192]
21.5 million 21 million
[193]
Terry Brooks Brian Jacques Lucy Cousins various authors
English English English English
20 22 23 more than 150
1977present 1986present 1990present 1984 present 19791983 1970present
[194] [195] [69] [196]
(Genma Taisen) (The Gate of Youth) The Foundation Trilogy Horrible Histories Artemis Fowl Rainbow Magic Morgan Kane
Kazumasa Hirai Hiroyuki Itsuki Isaac Asimov Terry Deary Eoin Colfer Daisy Meadows Louis Masterson
Japanese Japanese English English English English Norwegian
20
[197] [198] [200] [201] [202] [203] [204]
[199]
19501953 1993present 20012012 2003present 1966
24 7 80+ 90

[205]
13
Charlaine Harris English 13 20012013
The Southern Vampire Mysteries
20 million

Book series Author Original language Japanese No. of installments First published 1970present Approximate sales 19 million [206]
(Kagaku no album) (Kenkaku Shobai) Erast Fandorin D (Vampire Hunter D) (Suzumiya Series) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
various authors
Shotaro Ikenami Boris Akunin Hideyuki Kikuchi
Japanese Russian Japanese
18 12 17
19721989 1998present 1983present
[207] [208] [209]
Nagaru Tanigawa
Japanese
11
2003present
16.5 [210] million 16 million [211]
Douglas Adams, plus a final book by Eoin Colfer Helen Fielding Raymond E. Feist Rick Riordan Alexander McCall Smith Osamu Soda
English
19792008
Bridget Jones The Riftwar Cycle Percy Jackson & the Olympians The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Bokura series) His Dark Materials (Legend of the Galactic Heroes) Der Regenbogenfisch (Rainbow Fish) A Song of Ice and Fire
English English English English Japanese
2 25 5 9 36
1996present 1982present 20052009 1999present 1985present
[212] [213] [214] [215] [216]
Philip Pullman Yoshiki Tanaka
English Japanese
3 14
19952000 19821989
[217] [218]
Marcus Pfister George R. R. Martin
German English Currently 5. 7 Planned.
1992present 1996present
[219] [220]
Notes
The Perry Rhodan series has sold more than 1 billion copies,[221] but is not listed because that figure includes magazine sales, not novels alone. Similarly, the Jerry Cotton series has sold over 300 million copies, but most of these were in magazine format.[222] The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is included in the list as a single entry because it was written by Tolkien as a single book.
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List of best-selling regularly updated books

More than 100 million copies
Book (Xinhua Zidian / Xinhua Dictionary) Scouting for Boys The McGuffey Readers Guinness World Records (published every year) American Spelling Book (Webster's Dictionary) Author(s) Original language First published 1957 1908 1853 Approximate sales 400 million [223] [224]
Chief editor: Wei Jiangong Chinese Robert Baden-Powell English
100-150 million 125 million
William Holmes McGuffey English various authors Noah Webster English English
[225]
1955 present 115 million[226] 1783 100 million [17]

Book Author(s) Original language English First published Approximate sales 80 million [227]
World Almanac (published every year)
various authors
1868 1876; 1886present 1986 Present
(Rokusei Senjutsu (Six-Star Astrology) Tells Your Fortune) Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Kazuko Hosoki
Japanese
79 million
[228]
Merriam-Webster English
1898
55 million
[229]

Book Author(s) Original language English Japanese First published Approximate sales 40 million 40 million [230] [231]
Roget's Thesaurus (Dekiru Series)
Peter Mark Roget Impress Dekiru Series Editorial Desk Hong Sung-dae
1852 1994present
( ) (The principle of Mathematics - Mathematics reference book) Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book
Korean
1966present (current edition since 1997) 1930 1948 1939
[232] 40 million [233] ~ 37 million 38 million 30 million [234] [235]
various authors A. S. Hornby Bill Wilson
30 [236][237] million 30 million [238]
Le guide Michelin France (The Michelin Guide France) (published every year)
various authors
French
1900present
15

Book Betty Crocker Cookbook (Cho-Zukai series) (Jiyu Jizai) (Shin Meikai kokugo jiten) English Grammar Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales 195519962007 1953present 1972 1795 27 million 25 million 24 million [239] [240] [241] [242]
various authors as Betty Crocker English X media various authors Tadao Yamada Lindley Murray Japanese Japanese Japanese English
20.4 million 20 million
[243]

Book Author(s) Original language First published 1936 1991present 1927present Approximate sales
The Joy of Cooking (Super Mapple) (Chart Shiki)
various authors English various authors Japanese various authors Japanese
[244] [245]
17.44 million, only for the first [246] grade of high-school 17.2 million [246]
(Eigo Kihon Tangoshu) "Compilation of basic English vocabulary" (Siken Ni Deru Eitango) "English vocabulary in examinations" (Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten) "New English-Japanese-Chinese Dictionary" (Kjien)
Yoshio Akao
Japanese, English Japanese, English Japanese, English Japanese
1942
Ichiro Mori
1967
15 million
[247]
Shigeru Takebayashi Izuru Shinmura Akira Matsumura Kenb Hidetoshi Takichi Tsukuda
1967
12 million
[248]
1955
11 million
[242][249]
(Obunsha Kogo Jiten) "Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms" (Sanseido Kokugo Jiten) "Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language" (Katei Ni Okeru Jissaiteki Kango No Hiketsu) "Key to Practical Personal Care at Home" C (C Program Design)
Japanese
1960
11 million
[250]
Japanese
1960
10 million
[251]
Japanese
1925
10 million
[252]
Tan, Haoqiang
Chinese
1991
10 million
[253]
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Some people consider it to instead be a trilogy or series of three books, because it was originally published as a series of three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Lord of the Rings (http:/ / www. waterstones. com/ waterstonesweb/ displayProductDetails. do?sku=5007234), Waterstones.com: This move by the publishing house was due largely to post-war paper shortages as well as to minimize the price of the first volume to aid sales. Wagner, Vit. "Tolkien proves he's still the king" (http:/ / www. thestar. com/ entertainment/ article/ 203389), The Toronto Star, 16 April 2007: In subsequent printings the book has sometimes appeared as a single volume, and in at least one case was split into seven. The figure of 150 million is a 2007 estimate of copies of the full story sold, whether published as one volume, three, or some other configuration. 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[8] The Telegraphy (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ culture/ books/ books-life/ 7545438/ The-20-greatest-childrens-books-ever. html) on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: "This classic story has sold more than 85 million copies in 29 different languages since its publication in 1950." (3 April 2010) [9] Time (http:/ / www. time. com/ time/ magazine/ article/ 0,9171,842147,00. html) on She: "Since then it has sold 83 million copies in 44 languages." (17 September 1965) [10] San Jos Mercury News (http:/ / www. mercurynews. com/ celebrities/ ci_12530761) on The Da Vinci Code: "That earlier book has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, was adapted into a movie and made hits out of Brown's previous novels, including "Angels & Demons," whose film version is now in theaters." (5 June 2009) [11] Forbes (http:/ / www. forbes. com/ forbes/ 2011/ 0411/ opinions-rich-karlgaard-innovation-rules-american-religion. html) on Think and Grow Rich: "It has sold more than 70 million copies since its publication in 1937 and continues to sell robustly today." (March 2011) [12] "Foyles" (http:/ / www. foyles. co. uk/ display. asp?K=9780140237504& aub=J D Salinger& m=7& dc=9). Foyles. 1994-08-04. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [13] AFP (http:/ / afp. google. com/ article/ ALeqM5i07sUo0IODPVAktHfpCoY4f6kzAQ) on The Alchemist: "Film mogul Harvey Weinstein on Sunday announced the screen adaptation of the novel, written 20 years ago and translated into 56 languages, with more than 65 million copies sold." (19 May 2008) [14] Home Health Education Services Online Inc. (http:/ / www. nhtlh. com/ book_store/ books_christian_living. html) (2008) [15] http:/ / www. salon. com/ entertainment/ audiofile/ 2005/ 10/ 31/ listens'' [16] ABC Australia (http:/ / www. abc. net. au/ foreign/ stories/ s549261. htm) on Heidi: "Johanna Spyri's story has been translated into fifty languages and sold fifty million copies, but the marketing juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down - fat from it. Heidi now has her own theme park." (5 August 2002) [17] The Top 10 of Everything 2002 by Russell Ash [18] Reuters (http:/ / www. reuters. com/ article/ lifestyleMolt/ idUSN1754861220080319) on Anne of Green Gables: ""Anne of Green Gables" has sold more than 50 million copies and been translated into 20 languages, according to Penguin." (19 March 2008) [19] The Times (http:/ / entertainment. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ arts_and_entertainment/ books/ children/ article3459873. ece) on Black Beauty: "Fifty million copies of Black Beauty have been sold in the years since Anna Sewell's publisher paid her 20 for the story." (29 February 2008) [20] Library Journal (http:/ / search. barnesandnoble. com/ The-Name-of-the-Rose/ Umberto-Eco/ e/ 9780156001311) (no date) [21] http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ culture/ 2010/ jul/ 31/ jack-higgins-life-harry-patterson'' [22] BBC News - Watership Down author Richard Adams criticises homes plan (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ uk-england-berkshire-16142667) on Watership Down: "Watership Down sold more than 50 million copies." (13 December 2011) [23] USA today (http:/ / www. usatoday. com/ news/ health/ 2006-05-15-hite-report_x. htm) (15 May 2006) [24] "Walden Media" (http:/ / www. walden. com/ walden/ read/ charlotte/ eb_white. php). . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [25] The Telegraph (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ culture/ 8705022/ The-30-year-secret-of-the-actress-the-literary-giant-and-the-Guinness-brothers. html) on The Ginger Man: "The book was considered so risqu when it was published in 1955 that it was initially banned in Ireland and the US, but went on to sell 45 million copies worldwide. " (16

August 2011) [26] "Worker's Press acknowledge Frederick Warne's intellectual property rights" (http:/ / www. prnewswire. co. uk/ cgi/ news/ release?id=105175). Prnewswire.co.uk. 2003-07-10. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [27] An early press report claimed that more than 72 million copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" had been sold within the first 48 hours of publication ( "New 'Potter' sells 72 mil copies worldwide" (http:/ / www. hollywoodreporter. com/ hr/ content_display/ news/ e3ia424ecde35cd0d81dd5c1ec8fb1c09f6). Hollywoodreporter.com. 2007-07-24. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. ). However, there has never been any evidence provided for this claim beyond the original source and it is almost certainly an error. All follow-up sales figures (for instance, those discussed on the separate entry for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows") are consistent with total sales figures well below 30 million during the first month of publication. For example, according to Scholastic publishers, there are only 14 million copies of the American edition currently in print, and not all have been sold. At the same time, sales of the American edition were originally reported to be comparable to or greater than the number of copies sold of the British edition. As of 18 September 2007, fewer than 4 million copies of the British edition had been sold in the UK along with a comparable number sold in other countries (Allen, Katie (19 September 2007). "Sprechen Sie Potter? How Harry is spreading the English language" (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ business/ 2007/ sep/ 19/ books. harrypotter). London: Guardian. . Retrieved 2009-08-31.). Thus the total number of copies sold as of September 2007 appears to have been approximately 20-25 million. Translations into other languages began appearing in late September 2007, substantially increasing the estimated number of copies sold worldwide. In June 2008, Forbes magazine reported sales had reached 44 million. [28] The Celebrity 100 #9: J. K. Rowling (http:/ / www. forbes. com/ lists/ 2008/ 53/ celebrities08_JK-Rowling_CRTT. html) "The final one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has sold 44 million since it was published last July, including 15 million in the first 24 hours." [29] "Powell's Books" (http:/ / www. powells. com/ biblio?isbn=1571744215). Powells.com. 2009-08-12. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [30] The National: Sophie's World author turns from philosophy to climate change (http:/ / www. thenational. ae/ arts-culture/ books/ sophies-world-author-turns-from-philosophy-to-climate-change) on Sophie's World: "The novel has now been translated into 59 languages, and has sold an estimated 40 million copies." (14 March 2011) [31] Michael Fleming (20 April 2009). "Columbia moves on 'Symbol'" (http:/ / www. variety. com/ article/ VR1118002603. html?categoryid=13& cs=1). Variety Online. . Retrieved 1 November 2009. [32] (2000-01-03). " "" | XX : . " (http:/ / www. compuart. ru/ article. aspx?id=8496& iid=346). Compuart.ru. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [33] Repubblica Italiana (http:/ / www. repubblicaletteraria. it/ Collodi_Pinocchio. htm) on Le Avventure di pinocchio: "The Adventures of Pinocchio translated in more of 260 languages." (1 July 2001) [34] The New York Times (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2008/ 05/ 04/ magazine/ 04Hay-t. html) on You Can Heal Your Life: "You Can Heal Your Life immediately landed on the New York Times best-seller list. More than 35 million copies are now in print around the world." (4 May 2008) [35] The Guardian (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ books/ 2009/ jun/ 15/ jeffrey-archer-rewrites-kane-abel) on Kane and Abel: "Kane and Abel, first published in 1979, is Archer's bestselling novel Pan says it has sold around 34m copies worldwide." (15 June 2009) [36] Fox News (http:/ / www. foxnews. com/ story/ 0,2933,262525,00. html) on Het Achterhuis: "Thirty million copies of her diary have been sold, and it has been translated into 65 languages. " (29 March 2007) [37] The Orlando Sentinel (http:/ / www. orlandosentinel. com/ entertainment/ booksmag/ orl-harperlee06jun11,0,2989830,full. story?coll=orl_entertainment_booksmag_util) on To Kill a Mockingbird: "Thirty million copies of To Kill a Mockingbird have been sold since that coming-of-age novel, about a Southern lawyer who believed that no man should be denied justice because of the color of his skin, was first published in 1960 to critical acclaim." (11 June 2006) [38] The Daily Mail (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ pages/ live/ articles/ showbiz/ bazbamigboye. html?in_page_id=1794& in_article_id=556688) on Gone with the Wind: "The book has sold more than 30 million copies in the decades since the publication of Margaret Mitchell's gripping tale of the Old South gasping its last breath, as the U.S. was torn apart by Civil War and its bitter aftermath." (4 April 2008) [39] The Walrus (http:/ / www. walrusmagazine. com/ articles/ 2007. 12-books-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-marquez/ ) December 2007 issue [40] granma.cu (http:/ / granmai. co. cu/ ingles/ 2007/ marzo/ mar6/ 10gabo. html) March 6, 2007 [41] ABC News (http:/ / abcnews. go. com/ Nightline/ story?id=2914953& page=1) on The Purpose-Driven Life: "His book, "The Purpose Driven Life," has been translated into 56 languages and has sold 30 million copies." (7 March 2007) [42] Wales Online (http:/ / www. walesonline. co. uk/ showbiz-and-lifestyle/ 2009/ 04/ 11/ the-thorn-birds-author-on-why-she-ll-never-write-a-sequel-91466-23353969/ ) on The Thorn Birds: "Her original novel, published in 1977 following a battle between two publishing houses that both wanted the manuscript, has sold around 30 million copies worldwide." (11 April 2009)] [43] The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC& pg=PA421& dq="perry+ mason"+ "million+ copies"& as_brr=3& ei=Ve9CS-LFBYGGzgTx__WxBQ& cd=8#v=onepage& q="million copies"& f=false), p. 559, on The Revolt of Mamie Stover: "The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1951), which sold almost thirty million copies worldwide, [...]" (2005) [44] Winnipeg Free Press (http:/ / www. winnipegfreepress. com/ entertainment/ the_tab/ swede-success-or-tattooed-failure-90919119. html) on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "The first book sold 30 million copies and is available in 44 languages." (15 April 2010) [45] The Telegraph (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ culture/ books/ books-life/ 7545438/ The-20-greatest-childrens-books-ever. html) on The Very Hungry Caterpillar: "It has been translated into more than 50 languages and its sales have now surpassed the 30 million mark." (3 April 2010)
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[46] "W.W. Norton and Company" (http:/ / www. wwnorton. com/ college/ english/ nael/ 20century/ topic_3/ crystal. htm). Wwnorton.com. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [47] The Global Times (http:/ / life. globaltimes. cn/ art/ 2009-11/ 486848. html) on Who Moved My Cheese: "Who Moved My Cheese has sold over 26 million copies, staying on the New York Times bestseller list since its release in 1998." (23 November 2009 [48] The Columbus Dispatch (http:/ / www. columbusdispatch. com/ live/ content/ arts/ stories/ 2008/ 05/ 04/ 2_WILLOWS_100. ART_ART_05-04-08_E4_RPA2K8F. html?sid=101) on The Wind in the Willows: "More than 25 million copies of the book have been sold in 70 countries since 1908, according to the Copyrights Group, which is presently promoting a new edition." (4 May 2008) [49] The Philadelphia Inquirer (http:/ / www. philly. com/ inquirer/ opinion/ 20090622_Orwell_s__1984__even_more_pertinent_today. html) on Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Nineteen Eighty-Four has sold 25 million copies, is still read in high school and college, and remains the best-known example of anti-utopian literature." (22 June 2009) [50] Forbes (http:/ / www. forbes. com/ sites/ kevinkruse/ 2012/ 07/ 16/ the-7-habits/ ) on Covey: "Stephen Covey will be remembered most as the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which sold over 25 million copies." (16 July 2012 [51] The Age (http:/ / www. theage. com. au/ news/ in-depth/ strongselfhelpstrong-celestine-prophecy-author-coming-to-town/ 2008/ 03/ 21/ 1205602651103. html) on The Celestine Prophecy: "it has sold in the vicinity of 23 million copies since its publication in 1993" (22 March 2008 [52] The Hunger Games trilogy reaches 50 million copies in print milestone (http:/ / thecelebritycafe. com/ feature/ 2012/ 07/ hunger-games-trilogy-reaches-50-million-copies-print-milestone) [53] The Toronto Star (http:/ / www. thestar. com/ Unassigned/ article/ 238311) on Mario Puzo: "According to the Official Mario Puzo Library website, the book sold 21 million copies in hardback and paper by 1997." (21 July 2007) [54] Playbill (http:/ / www. playbill. com/ news/ article/ 141436-Michael-Ball-to-Make-Producing-Debut-with-Love-Story-at-West-Ends-Duchess) on Love Story: "Erich Segal's best-selling novel, which has sold 21 million copies worldwide in 33 languages[...]" (23 July 2010) [55] The Financial Times (http:/ / www. ft. com/ cms/ s/ 0/ afc7e59c-ee43-11dc-a5c1-0000779fd2ac. html) on Wolf Totem: "Since it first appeared in 2004, Jiang Rongs Wolf Totem has sold as many as 20 million copies." (15 March 2008) [56] The Philadelphia Inquirer (http:/ / www. philly. com/ inquirer/ magazine/ 20080626_Philmadelphia. html) on The Happy Hooker: "He said he found it fascinating that her book, which has sold 20 million copies to date, is still being picked up today." (26 June 2008) [57] The Times (http:/ / www. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ news/ world/ us_and_americas/ article730440. ece) on Jaws: "Jaws stayed for 40 weeks in the bestseller charts of The New York Times, eventually selling 20 million copies [...]" (13 February 2006) [58] The Huntsville Forester (http:/ / www. huntsvilleforester. com/ article/ 120556) on Love You Forever: "The childrens classic Love You Forever has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and is in its 65th printing." (29 October 2008) [59] CBC (http:/ / www. cbc. ca/ arts/ books/ story/ 2009/ 05/ 05/ marilyn-french-obit. html) on The Women's Room: "It sold 20 million copies and was widely translated, despite poor reviews." (5 May 2009) [60] The Australian (http:/ / www. theaustralian. com. au/ news/ breaking-news/ influential-pregnancy-book-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-to-become-movie/ story-fn3dxity-1225944076975) on What to Expect When You're Expecting: "What to Expect When You're Expecting, in its fourth edition, was first published in 1984 and has sold more than 20 million copies." (27 October 2010) [61] New York Times Upfront (http:/ / teacher. scholastic. com/ scholasticnews/ indepth/ upfront/ features/ index. asp?article=f030110_twain) on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: "This year marks the 125th anniversary of the publication of Huckleberry Finn in the U.S., and the book is still sellingmore than 20 million copies worldwide to dateand still generating controversy." (10 March 2010) [62] Eureka!: Inventors describe the moment they realised theyd created a hit (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/ life-style/ gadgets-and-tech/ features/ eureka-inventors-describe-the-moment-they-realised-theyd-created-a-hit-6251893. html?pageToolsFontSize=130%) on The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13: " 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13' has sold more than 20 million copies." (29 October 2011) [63] John J. Miller on Thor Heyerdahl on National Review Online (http:/ / old. nationalreview. com/ miller/ miller041902. asp) on Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft: ""Our intention was to test the performance and quality of the Inca raft, its seaworthiness and loading capacity, and to ascertain whether the elements would really propel it across the sea to Polynesia with its crew still on board," he wrote in Kon-Tiki, a book that has sold 20 million copies." (19 April 19 2002 ) [64] The Irish Independent (http:/ / www. independent. ie/ entertainment/ day-and-night/ features/ into-the-wilds-of-the-imagination-1964097. html) on Where the Wild Things are: "Although consisting of just 10 lines of text in total, the book has endured (with some 19 million copies sold) as a -- if not the -- definitive story about the power of a child's imagination." (4 December 2009) [65] The Hindustan Times (http:/ / www. hindustantimes. com/ Coming-soon-Sequel-of-The-Secret/ Article1-573262. aspx) on The Secret: "The book became an international best-seller, with a reported 19 million copies in print and translations in 46 languages, and continued to hold spots on best-seller lists through 2009." (16 July 2010) [66] The New Yorker (http:/ / www. newyorker. com/ talk/ 2008/ 04/ 14/ 080414ta_talk_mead) on Erica Jong: "Erica Jong, the novelist, essayist, and poet, has long lamented that Fear of Flying, which has sold more than eighteen million copies worldwide since it was published, in 1973, has overshadowed the remainder of her sizable oeuvre." (14 April 2008, online 7 April 2008) [67] Playthings (http:/ / www. playthings. com/ article/ CA6431998. html) (1 April 2007) [68] OBITUARY: Michael Ende - People - News - The Independent (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/ news/ people/ obituarymichael-ende-1598926. html) on The Neverending Story: "Translated into 30 languages and selling over 16 million copies, it starts when 10-year-old Bastian, overweight and undervalued, decides he will read a fantastic book rather than endure another day's bullying at
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(5 April 2008) [74] The Patriot Ledger (http:/ / ledger. southofboston. com/ articles/ 2007/ 01/ 05/ life/ life01. txt) on Perfume: "Yet the scene, like the movie, is so daring, so challenging, you cannot help but respect Tykwers unerring desire to remain true to the source novel, a book that has sold 15 million copies and has been credited with inspiring Kurt Cobain to write the Nirvana classic Scentless Apprentice." (5 January 2007) [75] http:/ / www. bookrags. com/ research/ the-grapes-of-wrath-john-steinbeck--ltsd/ '' [76] The Forres Gazette (http:/ / www. forres-gazette. co. uk/ news/ fullstory. php/ aid/ 3475/ Poisoning_drama_for_local_landowner. html) on The Horse Whisperer: "Mr Evans is the author of "The Horse Whisperer", which sold 15 million copies worldwide and was made into a Hollywood film in 1998 directed by and starring Robert Redford." (10 September 2008) [77] Irish Times (http:/ / www. irishtimes. com/ newspaper/ weekend/ 2009/ 0613/ 1224248732329. html?via=mr) on The Shadow of the Wind: "[...]his novel The Shadow of the Wind has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, writes Arminta Wallace" (13 June 2009) [78] "Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman" (http:/ / contemporarylit. about. com/ od/ memoir/ fr/ dontPanic. htm). Contemporarylit.about.com. 2005-04-29. . Retrieved 2011-05-26. [79] USA Today (http:/ / www. usatoday. com/ life/ books/ news/ 2008-04-07-pausch_N. htm) on Tuesdays with Morrie: "The book has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide since 1997 and became an Oprah Winfrey-produced TV movie. " (8 April 2008) [80] "Erskine Caldwell Biography" (http:/ / id. mind. net/ ~fletch/ biography. html). Id.mind.net. 1987-04-11. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [81] The International Herald Tribune (http:/ / www. iht. com/ articles/ 2008/ 08/ 03/ business/ publish04. php) on Follow Your Heart: "But Susanna Tamaro's "Follow Your Heart," the biggest selling Italian postwar novel, with more than 14 million copies sold, according to its publisher, Baldini Castoldi, as it was known then, sold barely 25,000 copies in the United States." (3 August 2008) [82] Fox News (http:/ / www. foxnews. com/ wires/ 2007Sep29/ 0,4670,BooksSEHinton,00. html) on The Outsiders: "According to Viking, a division of Penguin Group USA, "The Outsiders" has sold more than 13 million copies and still sells more than 500,000 a year." (29 September 2007) [83] Los Angeles Times (http:/ / www. calendarlive. com/ movies/ turan/ cl-et-charlie15jul15,0,150671. story) 15 July 2005 [84] Associated Press (http:/ / www. google. com/ hostednews/ ap/ article/ ALeqM5iaNUeQjpbAcjtQCYKo8eXLGn9IyQD9HVP6J00) on Norwegian Wood: "More than 10 million copies of the book have been sold in Japan alone, with 2.6 million more sold in another 33 languages." (2 September 2010) [85] The Toledo Blade (http:/ / toledoblade. com/ article/ 20100417/ NEWS10/ 4170381/ -1/ NEWS) on The Shack: "The Shack, originally self-published, has sold 12 million to 15 million copies since Mr. Young and two friends started a compa-ny, borrowed money, and printed 10,000 copies in May, 2007." (17 April 2010) [86] The Toronto Star (http:/ / www. thestar. com/ Unassigned/ article/ 238311) on Grace Metalious: "It sold 100,000 copies in its first month and went on to sell another 12 million copies, was made into a film and eventually into a prime-time television series that made the young Mia Farrow a star." (21 July 2007) [87] Britannica (http:/ / www. britannica. com/ eb/ article-9104367/ Frank-Herbert) on Dune: "the epic Dune (1965; filmed by David Lynch in 1984), which was translated into 14 languages and sold some 12 million copies, more than any other science-fiction book in history;" (24 November 2007) [88] China View (http:/ / news. xinhuanet. com/ english/ 2008-04/ 09/ content_7944793. htm) on La Peste: "Translated into 28 languages, the book has sold more than 12 million copies around the world." (9 April 2008) [89] Yomiuri Shimbun (http:/ / www. yomiuri. co. jp/ entertainment/ cinema/ topics/ 20090821et08. htm) (21 April 2009) [90] The Sunday Herald (http:/ / www. sundayherald. com/ life/ people/ display. var. 1945224. 0. monkey_man. php?act=login) on The Naked Ape: "Morris is still flabbergasted that the book caused such a furore, although the publicity helped it sell 12 million copies." (11 March 2008) [91] "The Novel" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20080712002204/ http:/ / www. madisoncounty. com/ novel. html). Madisoncounty.com. 1998-04-30. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. madisoncounty. com/ novel. html) on July 12, 2008. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [92] The Australian (http:/ / www. theaustralian. com. au/ news/ arts/ refusing-the-life-rafts/ story-e6frg8nf-1226054074631) on Man's Search for Meaning: "It's the 75th edition of a book that has sold 12 million copies and is one of the most read Holocaust texts." (14 May 2011) [93] estimate of Giuliano Vigini (http:/ / www. pinocchioamarcord. it/ i_libri_di_pinocchio_1. htm) (1999) [94] The Standard (http:/ / www. thestandard. com. hk/ news_detail. asp?we_cat=16& art_id=63036& sid=18059567& con_type=3& d_str=& fc=10) on Chinua Achebe: "That Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, would sell about 11 million copies in about 45 languages?" (14 March 2008) [95] "Kahlil Gibran" (http:/ / www. selfgrowth. com/ experts/ kahlil_gibran. html). Selfgrowth.com. . Retrieved 2011-05-26.
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[96] The Wall Street Journal (http:/ / online. wsj. com/ article/ SB118972984449527200. html?mod=googlenews_wsj) on The Exorcist: "Back in the 1970s, those smaller, rack-sized paperbacks were the blockbusters of the business, led by such best sellers as William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist" (11 million copies sold); Peter Benchley's "Jaws" (more than nine million copies), and Sidney Sheldon's "The Other Side of Midnight" (six million copies plus)." (14 September 2007) [97] The Telegraph (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ culture/ books/ books-life/ 7545438/ The-20-greatest-childrens-books-ever. html) on The Gruffalo: "The Gruffalo has sold more than 10.5 million copies, been adapted for stage in both the West End and Broadway, and in 2009 was made into a 30-minute animated film" (3April 2010) [98] "'Catch-22' Author Joseph Heller Dies" (http:/ / www. washingtonpost. com/ wp-srv/ pmextra/ dec99/ 13/ heller. htm). Washingtonpost.com. 1999-12-13. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [99] Carlos Ramet in Ken Follett: The Transformation of a Writer (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=xkGlUNW09eEC& pg=PA44& dq="eye+ of+ the+ needle"+ "10+ million+ copies"& ei=lI70R7TpJYWwzgSGgvnIAQ& sig=_3n61rMQugtQjVN8U--Wd2Cvw7g) page 44 on Ken Follett: "The first two editions alone sold over 10 million copies worldwide" (1999) [100] The Telegraph (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ news/ main. jhtml?xml=/ news/ 2007/ 04/ 26/ whawking126. xml) on Stephen Hawking: "Prof Hawking is the author of A Brief History of Time which has sold 10 million copies and is currently writing two books." (27 April 2007) [101] The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http:/ / www. jsonline. com/ story/ index. aspx?id=590928) on The Cat in the Hat: "There are more than 10 million copies in print today in more than a dozen languages, including the Latin, "Cattus Petasatus."" (14 April 2007) [102] TVNZ (http:/ / tvnz. co. nz/ view/ page/ 411319/ 1098660) on The Lovely Bones: "Published in 2002, Lovely Bones is the second novel by Alice Sebold, and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, remaining on the New York Times hardback bestseller list for over a year." (5 May 2007) [103] The Telegraph (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ arts/ main. jhtml?xml=/ arts/ 2007/ 07/ 21/ nosplit/ bochina121. xml) on Wild Swans: "Selling more than 10 million copies and topping the "most borrowed historical biography" chart in British libraries year after year, it proved a publishing phenomenon" (21 July 2007) [104] Britannica (http:/ / www. britannica. com/ eb/ article-9389979/ Martinez-Tomas-Eloy) on Santa Evita: "Martnez was best known as the author of two classics of Argentine and Latin American literature: La novela de Pern (1985, The Pern Novel, 1988) and Santa Evita (1995, Eng. trans., 1995); the latter was translated into 30 languages and sold more than 10 million copies." (22 November 2007) [105] The New York Times (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2008/ 01/ 20/ books/ review/ Donadio-t. html?_r=1& ref=books& pagewanted=all) on Night: "Indeed, since it appeared in 1960, Night has sold an estimated 10 million copies three million of them since Winfrey chose the book in January 2006 (and traveled with Wiesel to Auschwitz)." (20 January 2008) [106] The Times (http:/ / entertainment. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ arts_and_entertainment/ books/ article3721678. ece) on The Kite Runner: "His first novel, The Kite Runner, sold 10 million copies." (11 April 2008) [107] Bookseller.com (http:/ / www. thebookseller. com/ news/ 56659-macmillans-100k-chinese-deal. html) on Yun Da: "" (14 April 2008) [108] ABC News (http:/ / abcnews. go. com/ US/ story?id=4651272& page=1) on The Total Woman: "One of the first books to address the issue was Marabel Morgan's "The Total Woman," which sold more than 10 million copies to women of all religious persuasions, making it the best-selling nonfiction book of 1974." (15 April 2008) [109] "Waseda University" (http:/ / www. waseda. jp/ wnfs/ magazine/ special/ 070108/ index. html). Waseda.jp. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. 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[121] The BBC (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ entertainment-arts-13889578) on Harry Potter: "The Harry Potter novels have sold more than 450 million copies through Bloomsbury in Britain, and Scholastic in the United States." (23 June 2011) [122] Reuters (http:/ / uk. reuters. com/ article/ 2012/ 08/ 02/ uk-books-authors-stine-idUKBRE8710FR20120802) on Goosebumps: "Stine is the author of "Goosebumps" and other series for young readers that have sold more than 300 million copies in 32 languages [...]" (2 August 2012) [123] Serafin, Steven R.; Bendixen, Alfred (2005). The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=LyJqIfNPSgcC& pg=PA421& dq="perry+ mason"+ "million+ copies"& as_brr=3& ei=Ve9CS-LFBYGGzgTx__WxBQ& cd=8#v=onepage& q="perry mason" "million copies"& f=false). Continuum International Publishing Group. p.1305. ISBN978-0-8264-1777-0. . Retrieved 5 January 2010. 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[128] USA Today (http:/ / www. usatoday. com/ life/ books/ 2002/ 2002-05-29-nancy-drew-author-obit. htm) on Nancy Drew: "The series is still in print and has sold over 200 million books in 17 languages." (29 May 2002) [129] "Thomas the Tank Engine's new friend Hiro" (http:/ / news. ninemsn. com. au/ article. aspx?id=1039364). ninemsn.com.au. 2010-04-14. . Retrieved 2010-04-14. [130] Keslassy, Elsa (20 February 2012). "AB lines up 'Waterloo' miniseries: English-lingo battle drama to cost up to $15 million" (http:/ / www. chicagotribune. com/ entertainment/ sns-201202201207reedbusivarietynvr1118050502feb20,0,4298706. story). Chicago Tribune. . Retrieved 12 March 2012. "Published between 1949 and 2001, the San Antonio anthology is one of the best-selling French novel series of all times, having sold an estimated 200 million copies." [131] Benjamin M. Compaine and Douglas Gomery (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=edrVnwGPUfEC& pg=PA115& dq=million-books& lr=& ei=WYriR76UD4HwjAGVp9nWBA& sig=K1mXEngkQ06dgnel3UPb16Eb-fs), 'Who Owns the Media?: Competition and Concentration in the Mass Media Industry' page 115" [132] The Wall Street Journal (http:/ / online. wsj. com/ article/ SB111238313723995681. html?mod=googlewsj) on the Star Wars books: "According to a Random House spokesman, the publisher has more than 160 million copies of "Star Wars" books in print." (1 April 2005) [133] "Peter Rabbit in China copyright stew" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ low/ entertainment/ 3014176. stm). BBC News. 2003-06-23. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [134] CityWire (http:/ / www. citywire. co. uk/ personal/ -/ news/ other/ content. aspx?ID=311197) on Chicken Soup: "His Chicken Soup for the Soul series, co-authored with Jack Canfield, has sold over 130 million copies in 54 languages and spans 105 different titles." (17 August 2008 [135] Susan Edgerton e.a. in Imagining the Academy: Higher Education and Popular Culture (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=dVSElxOM3K8C& pg=PA53& dq=125-million-copies& lr=& ei=x4LzR9zABYKWzATf_fHJCw& sig=8KN8zuhqePX8USPJ5SCwaip4i2s) page 53, on Gilbert Patten: "It is estimated that at least 125 million copies of the Frank Merriwell series (which itself ran to at least 209 books) were sold." (2004) [136] "Crusader Entertainment Acquires the Rights to Clive Cussler's Best-Selling Dirk Pitt Book Series" (http:/ / us. penguingroup. com/ static/ packages/ us/ clivecussler/ news3. html). Us.penguingroup.com. 2001-05-14. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. [137] "Way Of The Samurai, Path Of The Tedious" (http:/ / query. nytimes. com/ gst/ fullpage. html?res=9C04E0D61639F930A2575AC0A967948260& sec=& pagewanted=all). New York Times. 1981-09-13. . Retrieved 2009-08-31. 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[147] news.scotsman.com: Children's writer told 200,000 prize is no fantasy (http:/ / www. scotsman. com/ news/ children_s_writer_told_163_200_000_prize_is_no_fantasy_1_740026) [148] The Los AngelesDaily News (http:/ / www. ohio. com/ entertainment/ movies/ 26168654. html) on OSS 117: "Jean Bruce wrote 265 OSS 117 novels, selling some 75 million copies and spawning seven movies between 1956 and 1970." (1 August 2008) [149] Staff (June 29, 2012). "Gross-Out Gags AND Life Lessons In 'Wimpy Kid'" (http:/ / www. npr. org/ 2012/ 06/ 29/ 155241074/ gross-out-gags-and-life-lessons-in-wimpy-kid). National Public Radio (NPR). . Retrieved June 29, 2012. "How popular are these books? Consider the numbers: There are six books, and a seventh is on the way. They've been translated into 40 languages and there are 75 million copies in print worldwide." [150] "Disney Video and DVD Insider" (http:/ / disney. go. com/ disneyvideos/ newsletter/ jul2001/ index. html). Disney.go.com. . 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[159] Variety (http:/ / www. variety. com/ article/ VR1118045729) on Where's Waldo: "The books have sold more than 55 million copies in more than 38 countries and been translated into more than 30 languages" (7 November 2011) [160] Bloomberg (http:/ / www. bloomberg. com/ news/ 2011-03-15/ leather-s-thrillers-fire-kindle-rivalry-with-stieg-larsson. html) on the Millennium Trilogy: "Stieg Larsson -- the late Swedish author whose Millennium Trilogy has sold 53 million copies around the world --" (15 March 2011) [161] The Star (http:/ / thestar. com. my/ lifestyle/ story. asp?file=/ 2008/ 2/ 24/ lifebookshelf/ 20404808& sec=lifebookshelf) on the Mars Venus series: " You must be from another planet if you have not heard of Gray and his Mars Venus universe. Fifty million of his books have been sold in 40 different languages." (24 February 2008) [162] The Unofficial Hardy Boys Home Page, "from the publisher McFarland & Company": (http:/ / hardyboysunofficial. blogspot. com/ ) In its 80 year history, the Hardy Boys series has sold over 50 million books in over 25 languages (20 February 2008) [163] The New York Times: The Bobbsey Twins Carry On (And On and On) (http:/ / query. nytimes. com/ gst/ fullpage. html?res=9B0DE2D6123AF934A2575BC0A961948260& sec=& spon=& pagewanted=1) "...a series of more than 70 books for children 7 to 9 years old that has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide." 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(27 June 2008) [168] The Coventry Telegraph (http:/ / blogs. coventrytelegraph. net/ thegeekfiles/ 2008/ 08/ wheel-of-time-book-series-begi. html) on The Wheel of Time: "The Wheel of Time series has sold 44 million copies worldwide and spawned computer, trading-card and role-playing games; a soundtrack; comicbooks; and numerous fan sites." (18 August 2008) [169] The Irish Independent (http:/ / www. independent. ie/ entertainment/ arts/ bish-bash-bosch-its-the-return-of-hardboiled-harry-2926560. html) on Harry Bosch: "Crime writer Michael Connelly's Hieronymous 'Harry' Bosch thrillers have sold 42 million copies, [...]" (5 November 2011)
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[170] Winnipeg Free Press (http:/ / www. winnipegfreepress. com/ arts-and-life/ entertainment/ books/ itty-bitty-tom-cruise-as-a-big-action-hulk-124123984. html) on Jack Reacher: "There are 15 Reacher books in total, having sold approximately 40 million copies." (18 June 2011) [171] The Anniston Star (http:/ / annistonstar. com/ view/ full_story/ 14875181/ article-Book-review--The-Snowman-by-Jo-Nesbo?instance=entertainment_secondary) on Harry Hole: "The series has been translated into 40 languages and has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide." (29 July 2011) [172] The Minneapolis Star Tribune (http:/ / www. startribune. com/ lifestyle/ 170057556. html?refer=y) on Fifty Shades of Grey: "The trilogy has sold 30 million copies in the United States and more than 40 million worldwide." 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(30 September 2008) [210] Anime News Network (http:/ / www. animenewsnetwork. com/ news/ 2011-04-20/ next-haruhi-novel-gets-record-513000-set-1st-printing) "over 16.5 million copies of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series have been published in 15 countries" (20 April 2011) [211] BBC (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ today/ hi/ today/ newsid_7619000/ 7619708. stm) on The Hichhiker's Guide: "About 16 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide" (17 September 2008) [212] Helen Fielding: Beyond Bridget (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/ news/ people/ profiles/ helen-fielding-beyond-bridget-582224. html) The Independent 2003 [213] Fantasybookreview.co.uk (http:/ / www. fantasybookreview. co. uk/ Raymond-E-Feist/ biography. html) 2006 [214] www.dailyfinance.com (http:/ / www. dailyfinance. com/ 2010/ 06/ 26/ will-percy-jackson-author-rick-riordan-ever-reach-j-k-rowling) 2010 [215] BBC (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ hi/ uk_news/ northern_ireland/ 7284357. stm) on Alexander McCall Smith: "His books, featuring the unconventional No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, have sold 15 million copies in English, not counting the 42 languages they've been published in elsewhere." 7 March 2008 [216] Kyodo Tsushin (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20030320190359/ http:/ / ch-k. kyodo. co. jp/ 17kyodo/ number05/ newsdigest. html)(archive.org) (20 December 2001) [217] The New York Times (http:/ / query. nytimes. com/ gst/ fullpage. html?res=9A03E7D7133DF930A25752C0A96E9C8B63& scp=1& sq=sophie+ gee& st=nyt) on His Dark Materials: "His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman's trilogy inspired by Paradise Lost, has sold 15 million copies worldwide, while the film version of the first volume, The Golden Compass, has earned more than $150 million." (13 January 2008) [218] Impress Watch (http:/ / www. watch. impress. co. jp/ game/ docs/ 20080424/ ginga. htm) (24 April 2008) [219] Publishers Weekly (http:/ / www. publishersweekly. com/ article/ CA6359151. html?nid=2788& rid=#reg_visitor_id) (24 August 2006) [220] George R.R. Martin: At the top of his Game (of Thrones) (http:/ / m. theglobeandmail. com/ news/ arts/ books/ george-rr-martin-at-the-top-of-his-game-of-thrones/ article2093774/ ?service=mobile) [221] Perry Rhodan 35th anniversary Press Release (http:/ / www. perry-rhodan-usa. com/ web1998/ rdnpres. htm) (July 1996) [222] Stoehr, Ingo Roland (2001). German literature of the twentieth century (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=7Vi3vz7qbtwC& pg=PA258& dq="million+ copies"& lr=& as_drrb_is=b& as_minm_is=0& as_miny_is=1995& as_maxm_is=0& as_maxy_is=2010& as_brr=3& ei=0vNCS_HVCpzWyATF6vD-Bw& cd=10#v=onepage& q="million copies"& f=false). History of German Literature. 10. Boydell & Brewer. p.529. ISBN978-1-57113-157-7. . 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External links
The Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/bestsellerFARQ.html) Frank Luther Mott Collection of American Best Sellers, 1662-1945 (http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/ specialcollections/mott.htm) at the University of Missouri
The 100 Best Books of All Time
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The World Library is a list of the 100 best books, as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four different countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Norwegian Book Club. This list endeavours to reflect world literature, with books from all countries, cultures, and time periods. Eleven of the books included on the list are written by women, eighty-five are written by men and four have no known author. Each writer had to select his or her own list of ten books. The books selected by this process and listed here are not ranked or categorized in any way; the organizers have stated that "they are all on an equal footing," with the exception of Don Quixote which was given the distinction "best literary work ever written." The following list organizes the works alphabetically by author.[1]
List of the 100 Best Books of All Time

Title Things Fall Apart Fairy tales The Divine Comedy Epic of Gilgamesh Author Chinua Achebe Hans Christian Andersen Dante Alighieri Anonymous 1958 183537 12651321 18th 17th century BC Year Nigeria Denmark Florence Sumer and Akkadian Empire Achaemenid Empire India/Iran/Iraq/Egypt Iceland United Kingdom France Republic of Ireland Country Language English Danish Italian Akkadian
Book of Job One Thousand and One Nights Njl's Saga Pride and Prejudice Le Pre Goriot Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, a trilogy The Decameron Ficciones Wuthering Heights The Stranger Poems Journey to the End of the Night Don Quixote The Canterbury Tales Stories Nostromo Great Expectations Jacques the Fatalist Berlin Alexanderplatz Crime and Punishment The Idiot
Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Jane Austen Honor de Balzac Samuel Beckett
6th 4th century BC 7001500 13th century 1813 1835 195153
Hebrew Arabic Old Norse English French French, English Italian Spanish English French German French Spanish English Russian English English French German Russian Russian
Giovanni Boccaccio Jorge Luis Borges Emily Bront Albert Camus Paul Celan Louis-Ferdinand Cline Miguel de Cervantes Geoffrey Chaucer Anton Chekhov Joseph Conrad Charles Dickens Denis Diderot Alfred Dblin Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky
134953 194486 1847 1942 1952 1932 1605 (part 1), 1615 (part 2) 14th century 1886 1904 1861 1796 1929 1866 1869
Ravenna Argentina United Kingdom Algeria, French Empire Romania, France France Spain England Russia United Kingdom United Kingdom France Germany Russia Russia
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky George Eliot Ralph Ellison Euripides 1872 1880 1871 1952 431 BC Russia Russia United Kingdom United States Athens Russian Russian English English Classical Greek English English French French Spanish Spanish Spanish German
The Possessed The Brothers Karamazov Middlemarch Invisible Man Medea
Absalom, Absalom! The Sound and the Fury Madame Bovary Sentimental Education Gypsy Ballads One Hundred Years of Solitude Love in the Time of Cholera Faust
William Faulkner William Faulkner Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert Federico Garca Lorca Gabriel Garca Mrquez Gabriel Garca Mrquez Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Nikolai Gogol Gnter Grass Joo Guimares Rosa Knut Hamsun Ernest Hemingway Homer
1936 1929 1857 1869 1928 1967 1985 1832
United States United States France France Spain Colombia Colombia Saxe-Weimar, Germany
Dead Souls The Tin Drum The Devil to Pay in the Backlands Hunger The Old Man and the Sea Iliad
1842 1959 1956 1890 1952 850750 BC
Russia West Germany Brazil Norway United States Possibly Smyrna
Russian German Portuguese Norwegian English Classical Greek Classical Greek Norwegian English German German German Sanskrit
Odyssey
Homer
8th century BC
Possibly Smyrna
A Doll's House Ulysses Stories The Trial The Castle Shakuntala
Henrik Ibsen James Joyce Franz Kafka Franz Kafka Franz Kafka Klidsa
1879 1922 1924 1925 1926
Norway Irish Free State Austria Austria Austria
1st century BC 4th century India AD 1954 1946 1913 193435 1818 1962 1945 1918 1959 1901 Japan Greece United Kingdom Iceland Italy United Kingdom Sweden China Egypt Germany
The Sound of the Mountain Zorba the Greek Sons and Lovers Independent People Poems The Golden Notebook Pippi Longstocking A Madman's Diary Children of Gebelawi Buddenbrooks
Yasunari Kawabata Nikos Kazantzakis D. H. Lawrence Halldr Laxness Giacomo Leopardi Doris Lessing Astrid Lindgren Lu Xun Naguib Mahfouz Thomas Mann
Japanese Greek English Icelandic Italian English Swedish Chinese Arabic German
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Thomas Mann Herman Melville Michel de Montaigne Elsa Morante Toni Morrison Murasaki Shikibu Robert Musil Vladimir Nabokov George Orwell Ovid 1924 1851 1595 1974 1987 11th century 193032 1955 1949 1st century AD Germany United States France Italy United States Japan Austria Russia/United States United Kingdom Roman Empire German English French Italian English Japanese German English English Classical Latin Portuguese English French French Spanish Persian English Persian Arabic Portuguese English English English Classical Greek French English Italian English Russian Russian Russian English Sanskrit
The Magic Mountain Moby-Dick Essays History Beloved The Tale of Genji The Man Without Qualities Lolita Nineteen Eighty-Four Metamorphoses
The Book of Disquiet Tales In Search of Lost Time The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel Pedro Pramo Masnavi Midnight's Children Bostan Season of Migration to the North Blindness Hamlet King Lear Othello Oedipus the King
Fernando Pessoa Edgar Allan Poe Marcel Proust Franois Rabelais Juan Rulfo Rumi Salman Rushdie Saadi Tayeb Salih Jos Saramago William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare Sophocles
1928 19th century 191327 153234 1955 125873 1981 1257 1966 1995 1603 1608 1609 430 BC
Portugal United States France France Mexico Persia, Mongol Empire United Kingdom Persia, Mongol Empire Sudan Portugal England England England Athens
The Red and the Black Tristram Shandy Confessions of Zeno Gulliver's Travels War and Peace Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilyich Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ramayana
Stendhal Laurence Sterne Italo Svevo Jonathan Swift Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy Mark Twain Valmiki
1830 1760 1923 1726 18651869 1877 1886 1884 3rd century BC 3rd century AD 2919 BC
France England Italy Ireland Russia Russia Russia United States India
Aeneid
Virgil
Roman Empire
Classical Latin Sanskrit
Mahabharata
Vyasa
4th century BC 4th century India AD 1855 United States
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
English
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Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf Marguerite Yourcenar 1925 1927 1951 United Kingdom United Kingdom France English English French
Mrs Dalloway To the Lighthouse Memoirs of Hadrian
List of Authors Surveyed

Name Aleko Konstantinov Chinghiz Aitmatov Ahmet Altan Aharon Appelfeld Paul Auster Flix de Aza Julian Barnes Simin Behbahani Robert Bly Andr Brink Suzanne Brgger A. S. Byatt Peter Carey Martha Cerda Jung Chang Maryse Cond Mia Couto Jim Crace Edwidge Danticat Bei Dao Assia Djebar Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Jean Echenoz Kerstin Ekman Nathan Englander Country Bulgaria Kyrgyzstan Turkey Israel United States Spain United Kingdom Iran United States South Africa Denmark United Kingdom Australia Mexico China/United Kingdom Guadeloupe Mozambique United Kingdom Haiti China Algeria Iran France Sweden United States
Hans Magnus Enzensberger Germany Emilio Estvez Nuruddin Farah Kjartan Flgstad Jon Fosse Janet Frame Marilyn French Carlos Fuentes Cuba Somalia Norway Norway New Zealand United States Mexico
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Izzat Ghazzawi Amitav Ghosh Pere Gimferrer Nadine Gordimer David Grossman Einar Mr Gumundsson Seamus Heaney Christoph Hein Aleksandar Hemon Alice Hoffman Chenjerai Hove Sonallah Ibrahim John Irving P. C. Jersild Yasar Kemal Jan Kjrstad Milan Kundera Leena Lander John le Carr Siegfried Lenz Doris Lessing Astrid Lindgren Viivi Luik Amin Maalouf Claudio Magris Norman Mailer Toms Eloy Martnez Frank McCourt Gita Mehta Ana Miranda Rohinton Mistry Abdel Rahman Munif Herta Mller V. S. Naipaul Cees Nooteboom Ben Okri Orhan Pamuk Sara Paretsky Jayne Anne Phillips Palestine India Spain South Africa Israel Iceland Ireland Germany Bosnia-Herzegovina United States Zimbabwe Egypt United States Sweden Turkey Norway Czech Republic/France Finland United Kingdom Germany United Kingdom Sweden Estonia Lebanon/France Italy United States Argentina Ireland/United States India Brazil India/Canada Saudi-Arabia Romania Trinidad/United Kingdom Netherlands Nigeria/United Kingdom Turkey United States United States
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Valentin Rasputin Joo Ubaldo Ribeiro Alain Robbe-Grillet Salman Rushdie Nawal El Saadawi Hanan al-Shaykh Nihad Sirees Gran Sonnevi Susan Sontag Wole Soyinka Gerold Spth Graham Swift Antonio Tabucchi Fouad al-Tikerly D. M. Thomas Adam Thorpe Kirsten Thorup Alexander Tkachenko Pramoedya Ananta Toer Olga Tokarczuk Michel Tournier Jean-Philippe Toussaint Mehmed Uzun Nils-Aslak Valkeap Vassilis Vassilikos Yvonne Vera Fay Weldon Christa Wolf A. B. Yehoshua Spjma Zarib Russia Brazil France India/United Kingdom Egypt Lebanon Syria Sweden United States Nigeria Switzerland United Kingdom Italy Iraq United Kingdom United Kingdom Denmark Russia Indonesia Poland France Belgium Turkey Spmi Greece Zimbabwe United Kingdom Germany Israel Afghanistan
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References
[1] "Les 100 meilleurs livres de tous les temps" (http:/ / www. evene. fr/ livres/ selection/ les-100-meilleurs-livres-de-tous-les-temps. php?). . Retrieved 4 November 2010.
External links
Official site (http://www.evene.fr/livres/selection/les-100-meilleurs-livres-de-tous-les-temps.php?) (French) The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews) Norwegian Book Club's World Library (http://www.bokklubben.no/SamboWeb/side.do?rom=WB)
(Norwegian)
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1725, revised 1744 17391740 17511772 1755 1759 1776 1776

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A Tale of Two Cities Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)

Charles Dickens Antoine de Saint-Exupry J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien Cao Xueqin

English English Chinese

19541955 1937 1754 1939 [5] 1791

150 million 100 million 100 million

[3] [4] [6]

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Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Dr. Benjamin Spock Lucy Maud Montgomery Anna Sewell

Umberto Eco Jack Higgins Richard Adams

Italian English English

1980 1975 1972

50 million 50 million 50 million

[20] [21] [22]

Between 30 million and 50 million copies

The Hite Report Charlotte's Web

English English English English English Norwegian English

1955 1902 2007 1970 1899 1991 2000

45 million 45 million 44 million 40 million 40 million 40 million 39 million

[25] [26] [28] [29] [17] [30] [31]

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Louise Hay Jeffrey Archer

English English Dutch

1984 1979 1947

35 million 34 million 30 million

[34] [35] [36]

English English English English Spanish

1896 1960 1966 1936 1967

30 million 30 million 30 million 30 million 30 million

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Rick Warren Colleen McCullough William Bradford Huie Stieg Larsson

English English English Swedish

2002 1977 1951 2005

30 million 30 million 30 million 30 million

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Between 10 million and 20 million copies

19 million 19 million 18 million 16 million

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German English English English

1979 1994 1975 1942

16 million 15 million 15 million 15 million

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