best selling books in the world

More than 100 million copies

Book	Author(s)	Original language	First published	Approximate sales
A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	English	1859	over 200 million
The Lord of the Rings	J. R. R. Tolkien	English	1954–1955	150 million
The Hobbit	J. R. R. Tolkien	English	1937	over 100 million
Dream of the Red Chamber	Cao Xueqin	Chinese	1759-1791	over 100 million
And Then There Were None	Agatha Christie	English	1939	100 million

Between 50 million and 100 million copies

Book	Author(s)	Original language	First published	Approximate sales
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	C. S. Lewis	English	1950	85 million
She	H. Rider Haggard	English	1887	83 million
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	French	1943	80 million
The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown	English	2003	80 million
The Catcher in the Rye	J. D. Salinger	English	1951	65 million
O Alquimista (The Alchemist)	Paulo Coelho	Portuguese	1988	65 million
Steps to Christ	Ellen G. White	English	1892	60 million
Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning)	Johanna Spyri	German	1880	50 million
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care	Dr. Benjamin Spock	English	1946	50 million
Anne of Green Gables	Lucy Maud Montgomery	English	1908	50 million
Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions: The autobiography of a horse	Anna Sewell	English	1877	50 million
Il Nome della Rosa (The Name of the Rose)	Umberto Eco	Italian	1980	50 million

Between 30 million and 50 million copies

Book	Author(s)	Original language	First published	Approximate sales
The Hite Report	Shere Hite	English	1976	48 million
Charlotte's Web	E.B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams	English	1952	45 million
The Tale of Peter Rabbit	Beatrix Potter	English	1902	45 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [21]	J.K. Rowling	English	2007	44 million
Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Richard Bach	English	1970	40 million
A Message to Garcia	Elbert Hubbard	English	1899	40 million
Angels and Demons	Dan Brown	English	2000	39 million
Как закалялась сталь (Kak zakalyalas' stal'; How the Steel Was Tempered)	Nikolai Ostrovsky	Russian	1932	36.4 million copies in USSR
Война и мир (Voyna i mir; War and Peace)	Leo Tolstoy	Russian	1869	36.0 million copies in USSR
Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino (The Adventures of Pinocchio)	Carlo Collodi	Italian	1881	35 million
You Can Heal Your Life	Louise Hay	English	1984	35 million
Kane and Abel	Jeffrey Archer	English	1979	34 million
Het Achterhuis (The Diary of a Young Girl, The Diary of Anne Frank)	Anne Frank	Dutch	1947	30 million
In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do?	Charles M. Sheldon	English	1896	30 million
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	English	1960	30 million
Valley of the Dolls	Jacqueline Susann	English	1966	30 million
Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	English	1936	30 million
Cien Años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude)	Gabriel García Márquez	Spanish	1967	30 million
The Purpose Driven Life	Rick Warren	English	2002	30 million
The Thorn Birds	Colleen McCullough	English	1977	30 million
Think and Grow Rich	Napoleon Hill	English	1937	30 million
The Revolt of Mamie Stover	William Bradford Huie	English	1951	30 million
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title: Män som hatar kvinnor)	Stieg Larsson	Swedish	2005	30 million
The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	English	1969	30 million