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Best-selling Books of All Time

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

The Odyssey
by Homer
Age: 14+
Year: -700
Word count: 121,845
Sales (millions): 45
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
Age: 3+
Year: 1902
Pages: 72
Word count: 975
Unique word count: 383
Sales (millions): 45
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
Age: 12+
Year: 1970
Pages: 144
Word count: 7,500
Sales (millions): 44
Sophie’s World
by Jostein Gaarder
Age: 14+
Year: 1991
Pages: 544
Word count: 165,947
Sales (millions): 40
Flowers in the Attic
by V. C. Andrews
Age: 18+
Year: 1979
Pages: 400
Word count: 174,131
Sales (millions): 40
A Message to Garcia
by Elbert Hubbard
Age: 17+
Year: 1899
Pages: 42
Word count: 5,570
Unique word count: 1,650
Sales (millions): 40
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Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown
Age: 14+
Year: 2000
Pages: 616
Word count: 150,000
Sales (millions): 39
How the Steel Was Tempered
by Nikolai Ostrovsky
Age: 18+
Year: 1936
Pages: 380
Sales (millions): 37
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Age: 14+
Year: 1869
Pages: 1,296
Word count: 591,554
Sales (millions): 36
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
Age: 2+
Year: 1969
Pages: 26
Word count: 227
Unique word count: 106
Sales (millions): 35
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
Age: 8+
Year: 1883
Pages: 94
Word count: 39,180
Sales (millions): 35
Kane and Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
Age: 0+
Year: 1979
Pages: 656
Sales (millions): 34
Rich Dad Poor Dad
by Robert Kiyosaki
Age: 16+
Year: 1997
Pages: 207
Sales (millions): 32
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Age: 12+
Year: 1960
Pages: 281
Word count: 99,121
Sales (millions): 30
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Age: 18+
Year: 2005
Pages: 672
Word count: 144,000
Sales (millions): 30
Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
Age: 16+
Year: 1936
Pages: 960
Word count: 418,053
Sales (millions): 30
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
Age: 18+
Year: 2009
Pages: 656
Word count: 159,352
Sales (millions): 30
The Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren
Age: 12+
Year: 2002
Pages: 368
Sales (millions): 30
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Age: 11+
Year: 1947
Word count: 82,762
Sales (millions): 30
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
Age: 0+
Year: 1977
Pages: 692
Sales (millions): 30

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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?
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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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