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Best-Selling Books of All Time

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Approximate sales
Genre
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter RabbitBeatrix PotterEnglish190245 millionChildren's literature
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard BachEnglish197044 millionNovella, self-help
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric CarleEnglish196943 millionChildren's literature, picture book
A Message to Garcia
A Message to GarciaElbert HubbardEnglish189940 millionEssay/literature
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper LeeEnglish196040 millionSouthern Gothic, Bildungsroman
Flowers in the Attic
Flowers in the AtticV. C. AndrewsEnglish197940 millionGothic horror, family saga
Cosmos
CosmosCarl SaganEnglish198040 millionPopular science, anthropology, astrophysics, cosmology, philosophy, history
Angels & Demons
Angels & DemonsDan BrownEnglish200039 millionmystery-thriller
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics AnonymousWilliam Griffith WilsonEnglish1939over 37 millionSelf-help
Kane and Abel
Kane and AbelJeffrey ArcherEnglish197937 millionNovel
Fear of Flying
Fear of FlyingErica JongEnglish197337 millionRomantic novel
How the Steel Was Tempered (Как закалялась сталь)
How the Steel Was Tempered (Как закалялась сталь)Nikolai OstrovskyRussian193236.4 million copies in USSRSocialist realist novel
War and Peace (Война и мир)
War and Peace (Война и мир)Leo TolstoyRussian186936 million copies in RussiaHistorical novel
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio)Carlo CollodiItalian188135 millionFantasy, children's fiction
The Diary of Anne Frank (Het Achterhuis)
The Diary of Anne Frank (Het Achterhuis)Anne FrankDutch194735 millionHistorical non-fiction, autobiography, memoir, bildungsroman / coming of age, Jewish literature
Your Erroneous Zones
Your Erroneous ZonesWayne DyerEnglish197635 millionSelf-help
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn BirdsColleen McCulloughEnglish197733 millionRomantic family saga
The Kite Runner
The Kite RunnerKhaled HosseiniEnglish200331.5 millionBildungsroman, historical fiction
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the DollsJacqueline SusannEnglish196631 millionNovel
How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegieEnglish1936Over 30 millionSelf-help
The Great Gatsby
The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldEnglish192530 million ("around")Novel, tragedy
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the WindMargaret MitchellEnglish193630 million (est.)Historical fiction
Rebecca
RebeccaDaphne du MaurierEnglish193830 million (est.)Gothic novel
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
The Revolt of Mamie StoverWilliam Bradford HuieEnglish195130 millionFiction
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)Stieg LarssonSwedish200530 millionFiction
The Lost Symbol
The Lost SymbolDan BrownEnglish200930 millionFiction
The Hunger Games
The Hunger GamesSuzanne CollinsEnglish200829 million in USYoung adult fiction
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant PeachRoald DahlEnglish196128 millionChildren's novel
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristLew WallaceEnglish188026 million in 1946Novel
The Young Guard (Молодая гвардия)
The Young Guard (Молодая гвардия)Alexander Alexandrovich FadeyevRussian194526 million copies in USSRYoung adult historical novel
Who Moved My Cheese?
Who Moved My Cheese?Spencer JohnsonEnglish199828 – 30 millionSelf-help, motivational, business fable, psychology, leadership, parable
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of TimeStephen HawkingEnglish198825 millionPopular science
Paul et Virginie
Paul et VirginieJacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-PierreFrench178825 millionNovel
Lust for Life
Lust for LifeIrving StoneEnglish193425 millionBiographical novel
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the WillowsKenneth GrahameEnglish190825 millionChildren's literature
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen R. CoveyEnglish198925 millionSelf-help
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (窓ぎわのトットちゃん)
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (窓ぎわのトットちゃん)Tetsuko KuroyanagiJapanese198125 millionAutobiographical novel
Virgin Soil Upturned (Поднятая целина)
Virgin Soil Upturned (Поднятая целина)Mikhail SholokhovRussian193524 million copies in USSRNovel
The Celestine Prophecy
The Celestine ProphecyJames RedfieldEnglish199323 millionNew-age spiritual novel
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our StarsJohn GreenEnglish201223 millionYoung adult romantic novel

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