With many of us staying at home, the opportunity to take the time to read increased. Did you end up reading some of the all-time best sellers? Below are the top ten best sellers in each category. The number in parenthesis is the copies sold.
Individual Books:
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (500 million)
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (200 million)
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (150 million)
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (142 million)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (107 million)
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (100 million)
- The Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin (100 million)
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (100 million)
- She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard (100 million)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (85 million)
Bestselling Series:
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (450 million)
- Goosebumps series by R.L. Stein (300 million)
- Perry Mason series by Erle Stanley Gardner (300 million)
- Berenstain Bears series by Stan and Jan Berenstain (260 million)
- Choose Your Own Adventure series by various authors (250 million)
- Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal (250 million)
- Noddy series by Enid Blyton (200 million)
- Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene (200 million)
- Thomas the Tank Engine series by W. Awdry (200 million)
- San Antonio series by Frédéric Dard (200 million)
Source: Best-Selling Books of All-Time: Top Selling Books by Ranking (jamesclear.com)