#4 – The Little Prince ( 142 million copies sold) #3 – The Lord of the Rings ( 150 million copies sold) #2 – A Tale of Two Cities ( 200 million copies sold) #1 – Don Quixote ( 500 million copies sold) 2 For these reasons, major religious and political texts are not listed here, but we can all agree that they are among the top selling books of all-time. Additionally, these books have often been printed by a wide range of publishers over centuries, many of them unreported. However, sales numbers for these books are nearly impossible to track because many are given away by churches or governments.
Best-selling books are ranked by number of copies sold, not my personal ratings.Īlso, it is worth noting that some religious and political books such as The Bible, Quran, and Quotations from Chairman Mao are believed to have more than a billion copies each in existence. This page includes a list of the 25 best-selling books of all-time as well as the 25 best-selling book series of all-time.