List of best-selling single-volume books

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This is a list of the best-sellers single volume books from all around the world in many different languages. Although this data is NOT complete, but at least, according wikipedia.org, this is the representation of the best-seller book in all over the world based to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned.

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Book Author(s) Original language First published Approximate sales
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens English 1859 over 200 million
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien English 1937 over 100 million
红楼梦 (Dream of the Red Chamber) Cao Xueqin Chinese 1759-1791 over 100 million
The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien English 1954–1955 150 million
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie English 1939 100 million
论三个代表 (On the Three Representations) Jiang Zemin Chinese 2001 100 million
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
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 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
The Late, Great Planet Earth Hal Lindsey, C. C. Carlson English 1970 28 million
Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson English 1998 26 million
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame English 1908 25 million
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell English 1949 25 million
The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield English 1993 23 million
The Godfather Mario Puzo English 1969 21 million
Love Story Erich Segal English 1970 21 million
狼图腾 (Wolf Totem) Jiang Rong Chinese 2004 20 million
The Happy Hooker: Her Own Story Xaviera Hollander English 1971 20 million
Jaws Peter Benchley English 1974 20 million
Love You Forever Robert Munsch English 1986 20 million
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder Norwegian 1991 20 million
The Women's Room Marilyn French English 1977 20 million
What to Expect When You're Expecting Arlene Eisenberg and Heidi Murkoff English 1984 20 million
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak English 1963 19 million
The Secret Rhonda Byrne English 2006 19 million
Fear of Flying Erica Jong English 1973 18 million
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown English 1947 16 million
Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney English 1994 15 million
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey English 1989 15 million
Shogun James Clavell English 1975 15 million
The Poky Little Puppy Janette Sebring Lowrey English 1942 15 million
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett English 1989 15 million
How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie English 1936 15 million
Das Parfum (Perfume) Patrick Süskind German 1985 15 million
The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans English 1995 15 million
La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind) Carlos Ruiz Zafón Spanish 2001 15 million
The Shack William P. Young English 2007 15 million
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams English 1979 14 million
Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom English 1997 14 million
God's Little Acre Erskine Caldwell English 1933 14 million
Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Follow Your Heart) Susanna Tamaro Italian 1994 14 million
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton English 1967 13 million
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl English 1964 13 million
ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori (Norwegian Wood) Haruki Murakami Japanese 1987 More than 12 million
Peyton Place Grace Metalious English 1956 12 million
Dune Frank Herbert English 1965 12 million
La Peste (The Plague) Albert Camus French 1947 12 million
人間失格 (No Longer Human) Osamu Dazai Japanese 1948 12 million
The Naked Ape Desmond Morris English 1968 12 million
The Bridges of Madison County Robert James Waller English 1992 12 million
Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri Italian 1304 11-12 million (during 20th century)
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe English 1958 11 million
The Prophet Khalil Gibran English 1923 11 million
The Exorcist William Peter Blatty English 1971 11 million
The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson English 1999 10.5 million
Catch-22 Joseph Heller English 1961 10 million
Eye of the Needle Ken Follett English 1978 10 million
A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking English 1988 10 million
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss English 1957 10 million
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold English 2002 10 million
Wild Swans Jung Chang English 1992 10 million
Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez Spanish 1995 10 million
Night Elie Wiesel Yiddish 1958 10 million
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini English 2003 10 million
于丹《论语》心得 (Yu Dan's gain from the Analects) Yu Dan Chinese 2006 10 million
The Total Woman Marabel Morgan English 1974 10 million
知価革命 (Knowledge-value Revolution) Taichi Sakaiya Japanese 1985 10 million
中国社会主义经济问题研究 (Problems in China's Socialist Economy) Xue Muqiao Chinese 1979 10 million
What Color is Your Parachute? Richard Nelson Bolles English 1970 10 million

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