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Best-selling Books of All Time

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

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Age: 8+
Year: 1870
Pages: 256
Word count: 135,607
Sales (millions): 60
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 14+
Year: 1927
Word count: 111,922
Sales (millions): 60
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
by J.K. Rowling
Age: 9+
Year: 1998
Word count: 106,821
Sales (millions): 57
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
by J.K. Rowling
Age: 10+
Year: 2000
Word count: 190,858
Sales (millions): 56
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
by J.K. Rowling
Age: 10+
Year: 2003
Word count: 257,154
Sales (millions): 55
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
by J.K. Rowling
Age: 12+
Year: 2007
Word count: 198,227
Sales (millions): 55
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Age: 14+
Year: 1967
Word count: 146,663
Sales (millions): 50
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
Age: 18+
Year: 1955
Word count: 12,473
Sales (millions): 50
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
Age: 7+
Year: 1952
Word count: 31,938
Sales (millions): 50
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
Age: 12+
Year: 1972
Pages: 476
Word count: 156,154
Sales (millions): 50
Anne of Green Gables (Anne Book 1)
by L.M. Montgomery
Age: 7+
Year: 1908
Word count: 114,355
Sales (millions): 50
The Eagle Has Landed
by Jack Higgins
Age: 0+
Year: 1975
Pages: 365
Sales (millions): 50
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
Age: 18+
Year: 1980
Pages: 592
Sales (millions): 50
The Bridges of Madison County
by Robert James Waller
Age: 18+
Year: 1992
Pages: 192
Word count: 36,000
Sales (millions): 50
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
Age: 9+
Year: 1877
Pages: 192
Word count: 59,635
Sales (millions): 50
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
Age: 10+
Year: 1881
Word count: 88,845
Unique word count: 3,776
Sales (millions): 50
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
by Benjamin Spock
Age: 18+
Year: 1946
Sales (millions): 50
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
by Lew Wallace
Age: 0+
Year: 1880
Pages: 432
Word count: 198,906
Sales (millions): 50
The Ginger Man
by J. P. Donleavy
Age: 18+
Year: 1955
Sales (millions): 50
The Mark of Zorro
by Johnston McCulley
Age: 9+
Year: 1924
Pages: 311
Word count: 67,341
Sales (millions): 50

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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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