List of Best-Selling Books

List of best-selling book series of all time

The next list features the best-selling book series of all time. It includes all literary works with 100 million sales or more. Individual books that have surpassed that margin, Comic Books, Mangas in the Tankōbon format, and regularly updated reference books are also included. Books marked as (1) are those with a highly debatable sales value, either because they are distributed by several publishers without official data, or because of their antiquity. They are included in this list for reference and comparison.

#
Book
Author
Genre

Books
First
Pub.
Total Sales
(Estimated)
Source
1Bible (1)[Several]Religious12005,000,000,000[source]
2Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung / Little Red Book (1)Mao ZedongReference Book11964800,000,000[source]
3Quran (1)MuhammadReligious1609800,000,000[source]
4Harry PotterJ. K. RowlingFiction71997600,000,000[source]
5Xinhua Zidian / Xinhua DictionaryChief editor: Wei JiangongReference Book1957567,000,000[source]
6One PieceEiichiro OdaFiction: Manga1071997516,566,000[source]
7Don Quixote (1)Miguel de CervantesFiction21605500,000,000[source]
8AsterixRené Goscinny | Albert Uderzo | Jean-Yves FerriFiction: Comic421959370,000,000[source]
9GoosebumpsR. L. StineFiction621992350,000,000[source]
10Perry MasonErle Stanley GardnerFiction821933300,000,000[source]
11Golgo 13Takao SaitoFiction: Manga1991968300,000,000[source]
12PeanutsCharles M. SchulzFiction: Comic1950300,000,000[source]
13Lucky LukeMorris | René GoscinnyFiction: Comic1946300,000,000[source]
14Dragon BallAkira ToriyamaFiction: Manga421984260,000,000[source]
15Berenstain BearsStan and Jan BerenstainFiction3001962260,000,000[source]
16Diary of a Wimpy KidJeff KinneyFiction152007250,000,000[source]
17NarutoMasashi KishimotoFiction: Manga721999250,000,000[source]
18Choose Your Own AdventureVarious authorsFiction1851979250,000,000[source]
19Sweet Valley HighFrancine Pascal and ghostwritersFiction4001983250,000,000[source]
20Detective ConanGosho AoyamaFiction: Manga981994230,000,000[source]
21Spike and SuzyWilly VandersteenFiction: Comic3571945230,000,000[source]
22The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-ExupéryFiction11943200,000,000[source]
23A Tale of Two Cities (1)Charles DickensFiction11859200,000,000[source]
24Robert LangdonDan BrownFiction52000200,000,000[source]
25NoddyEnid BlytonFiction241949200,000,000[source]
26The Adventures of TintinHergéFiction: Comic241929200,000,000[source]
27The Railway SeriesRev. W. Awdry | Christopher AwdryFiction421945200,000,000[source]
28San-AntonioFrédéric DardFiction1731949200,000,000[source]
29Nancy DrewVarious authors as Carolyn KeeneFiction1751930200,000,000[source]
30Black JackOsamu TezukaFiction: Manga251973176,000,000[source]
31The Baby-sitters ClubAnn MartinFiction3351986172,000,000[source]
32DoraemonFujiko FujioFiction: Manga451969170,000,000[source]
33TwilightStephenie MeyerFiction72005160,000,000[source]
34Star WarsVarious authorsFiction3001977160,000,000[source]
35Slam DunkTakehiko InoueFiction: Manga311990157,000,000[source]
36KochiKame: Tokyo Beat CopsOsamu AkimotoFiction: Manga2001976156,500,000[source]
37The AlchemistPaulo CoelhoFiction11988150,000,000[source]
38Fifty ShadesE. L. JamesFiction32011150,000,000[source]
39The Lord of the RingsJ. R. R. TolkienFiction31954150,000,000[source]
40Peter RabbitBeatrix PotterFiction61902150,000,000[source]
41Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaKoyoharu GotougeFiction: Manga232016150,000,000[source]
42Little CritterMercer MayerFiction2001975150,000,000[source]
43DiabolikAngela Giussani | Luciana GiussaniFiction: Comic8621962150,000,000[source]
44Crayon Shin-chanYoshito UsuiFiction: Manga601990148,000,000[source]
45American GirlVarious authorsFiction1411986140,000,000[source]
46Geronimo StiltonElisabetta Dami and ghostwritersFiction2002000140,000,000[source]
47OishinboTetsu Kariya | Akira HanasakiFiction: Manga1111983135,000,000[source]
48GarfieldJim DavisFiction: Comic1978135,000,000[source]
49Chicken Soup for the SoulJack Canfield | Mark Victor HansenFiction1051997130,000,000[source]
50Clifford the Big Red DogNorman BridwellFiction801963129,000,000[source]
51Frank MerriwellGilbert PattenFiction2091896125,000,000[source]
52The McGuffey ReadersWilliam Holmes McGuffeyReference Book1853125,000,000[source]
53Book of Mormon (1)Joseph SmithReligious11830120,000,000[source]
54The Chronicles of NarniaC. S. LewisFiction71949120,000,000[source]
55MusashiEiji YoshikawaFiction71935120,000,000[source]
56Dirk PittClive CusslerFiction241973120,000,000[source]
57Mr. MenRoger Hargreaves | Adam HargreavesFiction431971120,000,000[source]
58BleachTite KuboFiction: Manga742001120,000,000[source]
59Guinness World RecordsVarious authorsReference Book1955115,000,000[source]
60Rokusei Senjutsu (Six-Star Astrology) Tells Your FortuneKazuko Hosoki | Kaori HosokiReference Book1986101,200,000[source]
61The Master and MargaritaMikhail BulgakovFiction11967100,000,000[source]
62And Then There Were NoneAgatha ChristieFiction11939100,000,000[source]
63The HobbitJ. R. R. TolkienFiction11937100,000,000[source]
64Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis CarrollFiction11865100,000,000[source]
65Dream of the Red ChamberCao XueqinFiction11791100,000,000[source]
66The Hunger Games trilogySuzanne CollinsFiction32008100,000,000[source]
67MillenniumStieg Larsson | David LagercrantzFiction62005100,000,000[source]
68James BondIan FlemingFiction141953100,000,000[source]
69Astro BoyOsamu TezukaFiction: Manga231952100,000,000[source]
70TouchMitsuru AdachiFiction: Manga261981100,000,000[source]
71Fist of the North StarBuronson, Tetsuo HaraFiction: Manga271983100,000,000[source]
72Attack on TitanHajime IsayamaFiction: Manga322009100,000,000[source]
73MartineGilbert Delahaye | Marcel MarlierFiction601954100,000,000[source]
74The Kindaichi Case FilesYōzaburō Kanari | Seimaru Amagi | Fumiya SatōFiction: Manga861992100,000,000[source]
75JoJo's Bizarre AdventureHirohiko ArakiFiction: Manga1291987100,000,000[source]
76Amar Chitra KathaFiction: Comic4491967100,000,000[source]
77Casper the Friendly GhostSeymour Reit | Joe OrioloFiction: Comic1949100,000,000[source]
78Scouting for BoysRobert Baden-PowellReference Book1908100,000,000[source]
79American Spelling Book (Webster's Dictionary)Noah WebsterReference Book1783100,000,000[source]

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