There are many books that have been published over the years. Some of them are great, and some of them are not so great. But there is one thing that all these books have in common – they’re sold for money! There’s a lot to learn from these best-selling books, and we’ve put together a list of the top 20 best sellers of all time. It is impossible to account for religious books as most of these books are given away by churches and other organizations.
The 20 best selling books of all time are:
- Twilight
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Hobbit
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- The Little Prince
- And Then There Were None
- A Game of Thrones
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- She: A History of Adventure
- The Da Vinci Code
- The Catcher in the Rye
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- HArry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- The Alchemist
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- One hundred years of Solitude
- Lolita
- Charlotte’s Web
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Table Showing 20 Best Selling Books of All Time
| Rank | Book Title | Author | First Published | Estimated Sales |
| 1 | Twilight | Stephenie Meyer | 2005 | 160 million |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1954 | 150 million |
| 3 | The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1937 | 141 million |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | JK Rowling | 1997 | 120 million |
| 5 | The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 1943 | 101 million |
| 6 | And then there was none | Agatha Christie | 1939 | 100 million |
| 7 | A Game of Thrones | George R.R. Martin | 1996 | 90 million |
| 8 | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis | 1950 | 85 million |
| 9 | She: A History of Adventure | H. Rider Haggard | 1887 | 83 million |
| 10 | The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | 2003 | 80 million |
| 11 | The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | 1951 | 70 million |
| 12 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J.K. Rowling | 1998 | 65 million |
| 13 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling | 2007 | 65 million |
| 14 | The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | 1988 | 65 million |
| 15 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling | 1999 | 60 million |
| 16 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | J.K. Rowling | 2003 | 55 million |
| 17 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Marquez | 1967 | 50 million |
| 18 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | 50 million |
| 19 | Charlotte’s Web | E.B. White | 1952 | 48 million |
| 20 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | 1902 | 45 million |
