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Best-selling Books of All Time

Below is a list of the best-selling books of all time.

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The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Age: 12+
Year: 1954
Pages: 1,178
Word count: 467,662
Sales (millions): 150
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Age: 10+
Year: 1943
Pages: 96
Word count: 16,900
Unique word count: 2,100
Sales (millions): 140
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales
by Grimm Brothers
Age: 6+
Year: 1982
Word count: 280,000
Unique word count: 7,400
Sales (millions): 135
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1)
by J.K. Rowling
Age: 8+
Year: 1997
Word count: 77,325
Sales (millions): 120
McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers
by William Holmes McGuffey
Age: 3+
Year: 1836
Sales (millions): 120
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The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
Age: 13+
Year: 1988
Pages: 163
Word count: 38,342
Unique word count: 3,440
Sales (millions): 110
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The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Age: 9+
Year: 1937
Pages: 300
Word count: 95,022
Sales (millions): 105
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Age: 16+
Year: 1939
Pages: 272
Word count: 52,656
Sales (millions): 100
Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin
Age: 16+
Year: 1791
Pages: 2,550
Word count: 845,000
Sales (millions): 100
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
Age: 9+
Year: 1865
Pages: 108
Word count: 28,423
Sales (millions): 95
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia Book 1)
by C. S. Lewis
Age: 8+
Year: 1950
Word count: 36,363
Sales (millions): 85
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
Age: 14+
Year: 1859
Word count: 135,420
Sales (millions): 85
She: A History of Adventure
by H. Rider Haggard
Age: 14+
Year: 1887
Pages: 298
Word count: 111,776
Sales (millions): 83
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
Age: 15+
Year: 2003
Pages: 597
Word count: 175,000
Sales (millions): 80
Aesop’s Fables
by Aesop
Age: 6+
Year: -570
Pages: 120
Word count: 38,500
Unique word count: 4,100
Sales (millions): 80
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Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
Age: 15+
Year: 1937
Pages: 238
Word count: 76,429
Sales (millions): 70
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
by J.K. Rowling
Age: 11+
Year: 2005
Word count: 169,441
Sales (millions): 67
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
Age: 14+
Year: 1951
Pages: 214
Word count: 70,544
Sales (millions): 65
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Age: 10+
Year: 1615
Word count: 415,800
Sales (millions): 65
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
by J.K. Rowling
Age: 8+
Year: 1998
Word count: 84,799
Sales (millions): 60

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Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
More...

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