The most widely circulated and best-selling books in human history. This comprehensive dataset is meticulously compiled from verified global sources and updated regularly. Use the sorting and filtering tools to explore the data, or export it as CSV for deeper analysis. All figures are cross-referenced with authoritative international databases.
| Rank ⇵ | Book Title ⇵ | Author ⇵ | Approximate Sales ⇵ | First Published ⇵ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | 500 Million | 1605 |
| 2 | A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | 200 Million | 1859 |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | 150 Million | 1954 |
| 4 | The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 140 Million | 1943 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J.K. Rowling | 120 Million | 1997 |
| 6 | And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | 100 Million | 1939 |
| 7 | The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | 100 Million | 1937 |
| 8 | Dream of the Red Chamber | Cao Xueqin | 100 Million | 1791 |
| 9 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | 100 Million | 1865 |
| 10 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis | 85 Million | 1950 |
| 11 | The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | 80 Million | 2003 |
| 12 | She: A History of Adventure | H. Rider Haggard | 83 Million | 1887 |
| 13 | The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | 65 Million | 1951 |
| 14 | The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | 65 Million | 1988 |
| 15 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K. Rowling | 77 Million | 1998 |
| 16 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling | 65 Million | 1999 |
| 17 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | J.K. Rowling | 65 Million | 2000 |
| 18 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | J.K. Rowling | 65 Million | 2003 |
| 19 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | J.K. Rowling | 65 Million | 2005 |
| 20 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling | 65 Million | 2007 |
| 21 | Steps to Christ | Ellen G. White | 60 Million | 1892 |
| 22 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez | 50 Million | 1967 |
| 23 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 50 Million | 1955 |
| 24 | Heidi | Johanna Spyri | 50 Million | 1880 |
| 25 | The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care | Dr. Benjamin Spock | 50 Million | 1946 |
| 26 | Anne of Green Gables | L.M. Montgomery | 50 Million | 1908 |
| 27 | Black Beauty | Anna Sewell | 50 Million | 1877 |
| 28 | The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | 50 Million | 1980 |
| 29 | The Eagle Has Landed | Jack Higgins | 50 Million | 1975 |
| 30 | Watership Down | Richard Adams | 50 Million | 1972 |
| 31 | The Hite Report | Shere Hite | 50 Million | 1976 |
| 32 | Charlotte's Web | E.B. White | 50 Million | 1952 |
| 33 | The Ginger Man | J.P. Donleavy | 50 Million | 1955 |
| 34 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | 45 Million | 1902 |
| 35 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | J.K. Rowling | 40 Million | 2016 |
| 36 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Richard Bach | 40 Million | 1970 |
| 37 | A Message to Garcia | Elbert Hubbard | 40 Million | 1899 |
| 38 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 40 Million | 1960 |
| 39 | Flowers in the Attic | V.C. Andrews | 40 Million | 1979 |
| 40 | Cosmos | Carl Sagan | 40 Million | 1980 |
| 41 | Sophie's World | Jostein Gaarder | 40 Million | 1991 |
| 42 | Angels & Demons | Dan Brown | 39 Million | 2000 |
| 43 | Kane and Abel | Jeffrey Archer | 34 Million | 1979 |
| 44 | The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank | 30 Million | 1947 |
| 45 | In His Steps | Charles M. Sheldon | 30 Million | 1896 |
| 46 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 30 Million | 1960 |
| 47 | Valley of the Dolls | Jacqueline Susann | 30 Million | 1966 |
| 48 | Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | 30 Million | 1936 |
| 49 | The Thorn Birds | Colleen McCullough | 30 Million | 1977 |
| 50 | The Revolt of Mamie Stover | William Bradford Huie | 30 Million | 1951 |