The 50 All-time Best Selling Works of Fiction
(in rank order based on current statistics)
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 1605
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 1859
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 1814
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 1954
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 1997
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 1939
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 1950
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1943
- The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown 2003
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 1951
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 1988
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 2005
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 1998
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 2000
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 2003
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 1999
- Heidi by Johanna Spyri 1880
- Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace 1880
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery 1908
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 1877
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 1980
- The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley 1919
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 1952
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter 1902
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 2007
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 1970
- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown 2000
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 1869
- The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1881
- Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer 1979
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 1960
- Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann 1966
- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 1936
- The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 1977
- The Revolt of Mamie Stover by William Bradford Huie 1951
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 2005
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 1969
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 1908
- 1984 by George Orwell 1949
- The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield 1993
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo 1969
- Love Story by Erich Segal 1970
- Jaws by Peter Benchley 1974
- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 1986
- The Women’s Room by Marilyn French 1977
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 1963
- Fear of Flying by Erica Jong 1973
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 1947
- Shogun by James Clavell 1975
As is the case with any cumulative list, this rank order may be subject to change and argument. It should also be noted that sales statistics might not always be 100% accurate. However, this list was compiled through research of currently available information and is presented in good faith. 8/10