Have you ever wondered what the best-selling book of all time is? Many literary and historical scholars have investigated this question. They have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to answer! Because of the long and varied history of publishing, sales of works such as Don Quixote and The Bible are much harder to pinpoint. For the purpose of this list, we will only list works that can be positively verified.
1. Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities - 200 million copies sold
2. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - 150 million copies sold
3. Antione de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince - 140 million copies sold
4. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit - 100 million copies sold
5. Cao Xueqin's The Story of the Stone - 100 million copies sold
6. Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None - 85 million copies sold
7. H. Rider Haggard's She - 83 million copies sold
8. Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code - 80 million copies sold
9. Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich - 70 million copies sold
10. J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye - 65 million copies sold
How many of these books have you read? Join the discussion below!
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