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. This list is based on the list given in Wikipedia.
Religious books, especially the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible and the Qur'an, are probably the most-printed books, but it is nearly impossible to find reliable sales figures for them. Print figures are missing or unreliable since these books are produced by many different and unrelated publishers. Furthermore, many copies of the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible and the Qur'an are printed and given away free, instead of being sold. The same goes for some political books, such as the works of Mao Zedong or Adolf Hitler. Thus it is impossible to determine either the number printed, or the proportion of those printed that are sold. All such books have been excluded from this list for those reasons.
List of best-selling single-volume books:
All the below listed books were sold more than 100 million copies.
Book Name: A Tale of Two Cities
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Genre: Historical fiction
Original Language: English
First published: 1859
Approximate sales: 200 million
Book Name: Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)
Author(s): Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: French
First published: 1943
Approximate sales: 200 million
Book Name: The Lord of the Rings
Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Genre: High fantasy
Original Language: English
First published: 1954–1955
Approximate sales: 150 million
Book Name: The Hobbit
Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Genre: Juvenile fantasy
Original Language: English
First published: 1937
Approximate sales: 100 million
Book Name: Hong lou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber)
Author(s): Cao Xueqin
Genre: Family saga
Original Language: Chinese
First published: 1759-1791
Approximate sales: 100 million
Book Name: And Then There Were None
Author(s): Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery
Original Language: English
First published: 1939
Approximate sales: 100 million
Religious books, especially the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible and the Qur'an, are probably the most-printed books, but it is nearly impossible to find reliable sales figures for them. Print figures are missing or unreliable since these books are produced by many different and unrelated publishers. Furthermore, many copies of the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible and the Qur'an are printed and given away free, instead of being sold. The same goes for some political books, such as the works of Mao Zedong or Adolf Hitler. Thus it is impossible to determine either the number printed, or the proportion of those printed that are sold. All such books have been excluded from this list for those reasons.List of best-selling single-volume books:
All the below listed books were sold more than 100 million copies.
Book Name: A Tale of Two Cities
Author(s): Charles Dickens
Genre: Historical fiction
Original Language: English
First published: 1859
Approximate sales: 200 million
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Author(s): Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: French
First published: 1943
Approximate sales: 200 million
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Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Genre: High fantasy
Original Language: English
First published: 1954–1955
Approximate sales: 150 million
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Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Genre: Juvenile fantasy
Original Language: English
First published: 1937
Approximate sales: 100 million
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Author(s): Cao Xueqin
Genre: Family saga
Original Language: Chinese
First published: 1759-1791
Approximate sales: 100 million
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Author(s): Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery
Original Language: English
First published: 1939
Approximate sales: 100 million
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