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Top Ten Selling Books of all Time

A Tale of Two ​Cities​
A Tale of Two ​Cities​

Keep Learning. What Are Some of the Best-Selling Books of All Time? Why Does Charles Dickens Use Staves Instead of Chapters? Who Is Madame Defarge in "A Tale of Two Cities"?

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The Lord of ​the Rings​
The Lord of ​the Rings​

The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien – Over 150 million copies sold. The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s 1937 children’s fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work.

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The Hobbit​
The Hobbit​

This page includes a list of the 25 best-selling books of all-time as well as the 25 best-selling book series of all-time. Best-selling books are ranked by number of copies sold, not my personal ratings. Also, it is worth noting that some religious and political books such as The Bible, Quran, and Quotations from Chairman Mao are believed to have more than a billion copies each in existence.

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Dream of the ​Red Chamber​
Dream of the ​Red Chamber​

A performance of Dream of the Red Chamber at the Cairo Opera House in 2010. The book was written in dribs and drabs: each new chapter circulated among family and friends, often in exchange for a meal and a pitcher of wine.

And Then ​There Were None​
And Then ​There Were None​

And Then There Were None – 100 million This is the best-selling book by British mystery legend Agatha Christie, first printed in 1939. It details a series of murders on an island in which each death coincides with a line from an old nursery rhyme, with the seemingly impossible crime explained in Christie's ingenious epilogue.

She, a History ​of Adventure​
She, a History ​of Adventure​

She, subtitled A History of Adventure, is a novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, first serialised in The Graphic magazine from October 1886 to January 1887. She was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print.

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The Little ​Prince​
The Little ​Prince​

"The Little Prince," by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is a strange yet charming children's book about a prince who lives on a tiny asteroid. Published in 1943, it became extremely popular in France and then won over readers around the world.

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The Da Vinci ​Code​
The Da Vinci ​Code​

Publisher Cornerstone (part of Random House) announced this week that the erotic novel has sold in excess of 5.3m copies in print and ebook – more than The Highway Code or Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.

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The Common ​Sense Book of Baby and Child Care​
The Common ​Sense Book of Baby and Child Care​

Benjamin Spock's The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care is one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication in 1946, and 50 million by the time of Spock’s death in 1998. As of 2011, the book had been translated into 39 languages.

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Anne of ​Green Gables​
Anne of ​Green Gables​

Anne of Green Gables is the first and most popular novel in a nine book series written by Canadian author L.M. Montgomery (also known as Lucy Maud Montgomery). The series centers around the main character, Anne Shirley, a strong-willed, and imaginative orphan girl.

Black Beauty​
Black Beauty​

The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time.

The Name of ​the Rose​
The Name of ​the Rose​

What are the best selling books of all time? Since religious and political books, such as The Holy Bible, are often given away for free, they have not been included on this list. These top selling books span multiple centuries, covering many genres (like horror and romance), writers, and original languages.

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Charlotte's ​Web​
Charlotte's ​Web​

The figures in these lists cover sales from the original date of publication through the end of 2000. We asked publishers to supply us with figures for hardcover books that have sold more than 750,000 copies and paperback books with sales over one million copies.

The Tale of ​Peter Rabbit​
The Tale of ​Peter Rabbit​

The film will be titled Beatrix Potter's The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends and will be released on July 28th, 2018. One of the stories adapted for the film is The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter will be voiced by child actress Sienna Adams. John Patrick has released a preview clip of the film to YouTube.

Harry Potter ​and the Deathly Hallows​
Harry Potter ​and the Deathly Hallows​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has won several awards. In 2007, the book was named one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books, and one of its Notable Children's Books. The novel was named the best book of 2007, by Newsweek 's critic Malcolm Jones.

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Jonathan ​Livingston Seagull​
Jonathan ​Livingston Seagull​

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, and illustrated by Russell Munson is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. Bach wrote it as a series of short stories that were published in a soaring magazine in the late 1960's.

A Message to ​Garcia​
A Message to ​Garcia​

A Message to Garcia was originally published as filler without a title in the March 1899 issue of The Philistine, a periodical which, at that time, was written entirely by Elbert Hubbard. His complaints about lazy and incompetent workers struck a chord with many corporate executives.

How the Steel ​Was Tempered​
How the Steel ​Was Tempered​

Human character is tempered like steel and the person becomes more beautiful through the various struggles of his life, alongwith the will to do good and to be better. 'How the steel was tempered' (translated in Bengali as 'ইসপাত') is a wonderful book, a fictionalised autobiography of Nikolai Ostrovsky.

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You Can Heal ​Your Life​
You Can Heal ​Your Life​

Louise L. Hay, the author of the international bestseller You Can Heal Your Life, is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher with more than 40 million books sold worldwide.

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Kane and ​Abel​
Kane and ​Abel​

The sequel to Kane and Abel is The Prodigal Daughter, in which Florentyna Kane is the protagonist. Kane & Abel is among the top 100 list of best-selling books in the world, with a similar number of copies sold as To Kill a Mockingbird and Gone with the Wind.

In His Steps: ​What Would Jesus Do?​
In His Steps: ​What Would Jesus Do?​

In His Steps is a best-selling religious fiction novel written by Charles Monroe Sheldon. First published in 1896, the book has sold more than 30,000,000 copies, and ranks as one of the best-selling books of all time.

Valley of the ​Dolls​
Valley of the ​Dolls​

Jacqueline Susann was one of the most successful writers in the history of American publishing. Her first novel, Valley of the Dolls, published in 1966, is one of the best-selling books of all time.

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One Hundred ​Years of Solitude​
One Hundred ​Years of Solitude​

Although One Hundred Years of Solitude has come to be considered one of, if not the, most influential Latin American texts of all time, the novel and Gabriel García Márquez have both received occasional criticisms.

Purpose ​Driven Life​
Purpose ​Driven Life​

The Purpose Driven Life book cover The Purpose Driven Life (2002) is a devotional book written by Christian author Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. The book topped the Wall Street Journal best seller charts as well as Publishers Weekly charts, with over 30 million copies sold by 2007.

The Thorn ​Birds​
The Thorn ​Birds​

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by the Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.

Think and ​Grow Rich​
Think and ​Grow Rich​

OUR SUMMARY OF THINK AND GROW RICH. If you would like to download the below summary of Think and Grow Rich in .pdf format, follow the link. Chapter 1: THE POWER OF THOUGHT. In this section, Napoleon Hill talks about how your thoughts can truly help you achieve whatever you want.

The Revolt of ​Mamie Stover​
The Revolt of ​Mamie Stover​

The Revolt of Mamie Stover has 19 ratings and 5 reviews. Betty said: My father was a boy during the great depression. ... Wiki best-selling books list.

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Who Moved ​My Cheese?​
Who Moved ​My Cheese?​

Who Moved My Cheese Inc. In 1999, Who Moved My Cheese Inc was founded to handle the Who Moved My Cheese? book order demands from businesses. In 2005, the company was reorganized as Spencer Johnson Partners with the idea of bringing in partners and additional content from Dr. Spencer Johnson, the author.