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Best-selling Books of All Time

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

Valley of the Dolls
by Jacqueline Susann
Age: 18+
Year: 1966
Pages: 442
Word count: 159,806
Sales (millions): 30
Betty Crocker’s Cookbook
by Betty Crocker
Age: 13+
Year: 1957
Sales (millions): 27
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Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
Age: 12+
Year: 1998
Pages: 96
Word count: 11,112
Sales (millions): 26
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1984
by George Orwell
Age: 16+
Year: 1948
Pages: 328
Word count: 88,942
Sales (millions): 25
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Age: 14+
Year: 1925
Word count: 47,094
Sales (millions): 25
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Age: 16+
Year: 1595
Word count: 35,226
Sales (millions): 25
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
Age: 7+
Year: 1908
Pages: 224
Word count: 58,428
Sales (millions): 25
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
Age: 14+
Year: 1989
Pages: 381
Word count: 104,750
Unique word count: 6,900
Sales (millions): 25
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Virgin Soil Upturned
by Mikhail Sholokhov
Age: 17+
Year: 1935
Pages: 333
Sales (millions): 24
The Hunger Games (Book 1)
by Suzanne Collins
Age: 12+
Year: 2008
Sales (millions): 23
The Celestine Prophecy
by James Redfield
Age: 16+
Year: 1993
Word count: 83,787
Sales (millions): 23
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The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
Age: 18+
Year: 1969
Pages: 576
Word count: 173,187
Sales (millions): 21
Love Story
by Erich Segal
Age: 18+
Year: 1970
Pages: 131
Word count: 28,065
Sales (millions): 21
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
Age: 14+
Year: 1813
Word count: 120,697
Sales (millions): 20
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Age: 12+
Year: 1884
Word count: 112,737
Sales (millions): 20
Dune
by Frank Herbert
Age: 14+
Year: 1965
Word count: 185,723
Sales (millions): 20
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Age: 6+
Year: 1964
Pages: 192
Word count: 31,000
Unique word count: 3,245
Sales (millions): 20
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Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Age: 4+
Year: 1963
Pages: 40
Word count: 332
Unique word count: 135
Sales (millions): 20
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting
by Heidi Murkoff
Age: 18+
Year: 1984
Pages: 351
Sales (millions): 20
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The Power of Positive Thinking
by Norman Vincent Peale
Age: 14+
Year: 1952
Pages: 160
Sales (millions): 20

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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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