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Best-selling Books of All Time

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

Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Age: 16+
Year: 2002
Pages: 544
Word count: 195,000
Sales (millions): 3
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Age: 11+
Year: 1911
Word count: 80,398
Sales (millions): 3
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
Age: 8+
Year: 1961
Pages: 255
Word count: 42,156
Sales (millions): 3
The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
Age: 3+
Year: 1930
Pages: 48
Word count: 1,167
Sales (millions): 3
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 4+
Year: 2000
Pages: 69
Word count: 1,359
Sales (millions): 3
Go, Dog. Go!
by P.D. Eastman
Age: 3+
Year: 1961
Pages: 72
Word count: 515
Sales (millions): 3
Fox in Socks
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 3+
Year: 1965
Pages: 62
Word count: 795
Sales (millions): 3
The Real Mother Goose
by Blanche Fisher Wright
Age: 4+
Year: 1916
Pages: 32
Word count: 13,392
Sales (millions): 3
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan B Peterson
Age: 14+
Year: 2018
Pages: 448
Sales (millions): 3
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Possum Magic
by Mem Fox
Age: 4+
Year: 1983
Pages: 32
Word count: 495
Sales (millions): 3
Falling Up
by Shel Silverstein
Age: 6+
Year: 1996
Pages: 184
Word count: 10,942
Sales (millions): 2
The 4-Hour Workweek
by Timothy Ferriss
Age: 15+
Year: 2007
Pages: 308
Sales (millions): 2
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The Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
Age: 2+
Year: 1942
Pages: 48
Word count: 369
Unique word count: 85
Sales (millions): 2
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr.
Age: 2+
Year: 1989
Pages: 36
Word count: 212
Unique word count: 110
Sales (millions): 1
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The Grouchy Ladybug
by Eric Carle
Age: 3+
Year: 1977
Pages: 44
Word count: 865
Sales (millions): 1
Flat Stanley
by Jeff Brown
Age: 4+
Year: 1964
Pages: 96
Word count: 4,247
Sales (millions): 1
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The Very Busy Spider
by Eric Carle
Age: 2+
Year: 1984
Pages: 32
Word count: 249
Unique word count: 102
Sales (millions): 1
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Tikki Tikki Tembo
by Arlene Mosel
Age: 4+
Year: 1968
Pages: 48
Word count: 1,303
Sales (millions): 1
Moo, Baa, La La La!
by Sandra Boynton
Age: 2+
Year: 1983
Pages: 14
Word count: 71
Unique word count: 47
Sales (millions): 1
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The Very Quiet Cricket
by Eric Carle
Age: 2+
Year: 1980
Pages: 24
Word count: 269
Sales (millions): 1

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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
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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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