Rowling, whose harry potter and the cursed child sold 4. The book has sold over 50 million copies and has been adapted into a film, madefortv movies, and plays. Oct 10, 2017 honoree corder started her writing career as a single mom over a decade ago. The first novel in the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, 9 making it one of the bestselling books of all time. Fiction bestsellers are mostly crime thrillers now. Amazons most sold charts rank books according to the number of copies sold and preordered through, amazon books stores, and books read through digital subscription programs once a customer has read a certain percentage roughly the length of a free reading sample. Seuss works are still selling strong and it wont be long until this one reaches 10 million individual sales. Asked in books and literature, lions, chronicles of.
The last four books of the series have set a record as the fastestselling books ever. The bible societys attempt to calculate the number printed between 1816 and 1975 produced the figure of 2,458,000,000. With 200 million copies sold, it is the most printed original english book, the most printed and among the most famous works of fiction. What famous spanish book has sold more copies than any other book in the world. Starting off the list of the 20 bestselling books of all time is harry potter and the deathly hallows. These top selling books of all time span multiple centuries, covering many genres like horror and. The first book in rowlings fantasy series was published in 1997 and has sold more than 107 million copies to date. Seuss book in history, green eggs and ham is a favorite for all ages. How this selfpublished author sold 800,000 copies of her books. The average number of sales in the first week was 359, but thats because a few books sold far more than most.
One piece is the bestselling comic by a single author and the bestselling manga of all time, having sold the most collected comic book volumes. Rhe book has helped millions of people face tragedy, loss and catastrophe and emerge from it stronger, wiser, and more connected to god and their own families and friends. Excluding religious, political, or ideological texts, this list covers 39 books that have reached this achievement, the overwhelming majority of which are fictional novels featuring stories that capture our imagination or change how we view the world. Once youve done that, you can see how many copies you need to sell either in a one day or one month time period in order to outrank the competition.
The first novel in the series, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, making it one of the bestselling books of all time. Grab your wallet, here are the most expensive books ever sold. Childrens books sell a lot more than we give them credit for. Of course, the bible stills remains the worlds most purchased tome, at 6 billion copies sold, according to guinness world records. Still, to a lot of rowlings fans, all seven harry potter novels are like bibles to them. Chapman created the list by examining how many individual copies of the books had been printed and sold over the last 50 years. Combined uk sales for the trilogy are in excess of 12m copies, with rights to the book sold around the world and published in languages including albanian, chinese, russian, serbian and vietnamese. The book follows the adventure of 11yearold anne shirley as she makes her way through life on the farm.
Dating back to 1830, this volume was used to print the earliest copies of the book of mormon. The following charts compare average copies sold by publishing path selected, using mean and median values as benchmarks. After the bible, which book has sold the most copies. Books that have sold over 50 million copies stacker. Mar 11, 2020 one of the most expensive copies of harry potter to sell at auction, sold for. Jul 29, 2018 amazons most sold charts rank books according to the number of copies sold and preordered through, amazon books stores, and books read through digital subscription programs once a customer has read a certain percentage roughly the length of a free reading sample. In the 1980s and 90s it sold more copies than any book but the bible. The bookscan sales of those books literally ranged from 1,000 to 1.
If we exclude the bible and look at works considered as fiction then a tale of two cities by charles dickens has sold. This list is for comics printed in a traditional book format paperback or hardcover, typically with a similar number of pages as novels. Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the bible is the worlds bestselling and most widely distributed book. Today, she is the author of dozens of selfpublished books, which.
Here are the 10 bestselling books of all time information news. Eiichiro oda one piece has been such a runaway bestseller for the past 25 years that the guinness world record for copies printed for comic by single author is held by oda. For the record, the excluded books have sold an estimated hundreds of millions of copies each several billion, in the bibles case and would have taken most of the top positions on the list. Excluding the bible, business insider did a great chart on this as of 2012 thats unfortunately not quite right, but well get to that in a moment. Stacker explores books that have sold over 50 million copies. Nov 15, 20 researcher james chapman has compiled this look at the top 10 most read books in the world.
Is fifty shades of grey really the uks bestselling book. Rowlings success blew holes in the alltime childrens bestseller list. The bible no one really knows how many copies of the bible have been printed, sold, or distributed. John olivers pencetrolling gaybunny book sold 180,000. First, you can check out the competition and see how many books theyre selling. Writer james chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years he found. There are bestselling authors, and then there are megabestselling authors. As of june 2017, the series has been translated into 80. In 2019, our median title the middle book sold 174 copies in the first week. The last book sold more 11 million copies in the us in about 24 hours. The spanish book was widely read and regarded as a prototype of moder novel and a continuous success. Guinness world records estimates that over five billion copies of the bible have been sold, making it the bestselling book of all time.
Weve put together this list of the top 20 most sold books worldwide, with the number of copies theyve sold. Sep 07, 2010 the huffington post article actually named 16 books that have sold the most copies worldwide, noting that the bible is the top seller in the world. Top 20 alltime best selling childrens books amreading. Thats why we dont like to use the calculated average as a target.
If you total up sales of all seven books in the series, j. Scifi, fantasy and romance arent popular genres for print bestsellers. This page includes a list of the 25 bestselling books of alltime as well as the 25 bestselling book series of alltime. Go ask alice it said on the cover that it sold over 5 million copies which one sold the most. The 21 bestselling books of all time howstuffworks. With all those caveats in mind and not including ebook sales, here are. Alltime bestselling childrens books a listing of hardcovers that have sold 750,000 copies and paperbacks that have topped the one million copy mark over the years. The huffington post article actually named 16 books that have sold the most copies worldwide, noting that the bible is the top seller in the world. Harry potter and the philosophers stone this rare first. The bible has sold billions of copies and is the best selling book of all time.
The bible tops the list of the most read books in the world. Today, she is the author of dozens of selfpublished books, which have collectively sold more than 800,000 copies. The books are listed according to the highest sales. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were. Top selling biographies and autobiographies since 2001. Researcher james chapman has compiled this look at the top 10 mostread books in the world. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. An author selling a book to a noadvance paying traditional publishing house can expect to sell about as many copies as if they had selfpublished. Because religious texts are often translated into many foreign languages and distributed widely by churches, however, precise figures are hard to come by. The years five bestselling leadership books, and why theyre. The prices that such books can bring are staggering and you may be surprised to learn how much book enthusiasts were willing to pay at auction for the worlds most expensive books ever sold. As you can see from the graphic below created by designer jared fanning, the bible leads the countdown by a large margin.
Michelle obamas book has sold almost 10 million copies. The years five bestselling leadership books, and why they. The book sold nearly 400,000 copies in the first week and later got its own hbo miniseries, thus showing all of us that she could appeal to anyone intent on enjoying a good story, no matter what age. Thousands of books are written, published and distributed every day. Also, it is worth noting that some religious and political books such as the bible, quran, and quotations from chairman mao are believed to. The book is based the lives during and before the french.
Alltime bestselling childrens books publishers weekly. Quotations of mao zedong little red book 5,000,000,000 copies sold 3. Bestselling books are ranked by number of copies sold, not my personal ratings. Tootle by gertrude crampton 1945 yet another little golden book, tootle is. In my version of the the list, the bible remained the top seller in the world, with sales figures ranging. It is interesting to note that by may of 20, the books had sold half a billion copies worldwide thus rising to be the bestselling book sequence. Get to know which book has sold how many copies worldwide. This was the last book that was published before dr. With all those caveats in mind and not including ebook sales, here are the 21 bestselling books of all time, as far as we can tell. Harry potter becomes bestselling book series in history. The magazine, publishers weekly, was the last to catalog the best childrens books in 2001. One piece is the bestselling comic by a single author and. Save an extra 10% on each and every order by receiving 300 wordspage instead of 275 wordspage offered by most of the essay writing. How this selfpublished author sold 800,000 copies of her.
A survey by the bible society concluded that around 2. That 75k number is pretty skewed by the existence of anthony doerrs runaway literary hit, all the light we cannot see, which sold over 1. Selfpublishing childrens books a look at the numbers. The 20 bestselling books of all time updated 2020 wealthy. The bible is often considered to be the book that has sold the most copies. K rowling, the deathly hallows is the seventh instalment in the harry potter series the book was released on 21, july 2007 by bloomsbury publishing in the united kingdom and scholastic in the united states. Amazons most read charts rank titles by the average. There are a lot of ways you can use this sales rank data to help if youre an author or publisher.
Meet the elite group of authors who sell 100 million books. Michelle obamas publisher said that her book becoming has sold almost 10 million copies and could be the most successful memoir in history, bloomberg reported tuesday the success of. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, harry potter by j. Its no surprise that this novel has sold so many copiesits practically mandatory on curriculum. Apr 21, 2017 10 of the topselling selfhelp books of all time.
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