Best selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or cowritten by an. This article discusses the worlds bestselling books. Over the years, the book industry has remained a massive, greatly influential global consumer market. The book was printed in a total of 750 copies and back in the days it was sold for something between 15 shillings and one pound when it came out.
Best selling books of all time 100 books goodreads. This is a list of best selling fiction authors to date, in any language. Note the caveat at the top about excluding certain books the bible, the quran, maos book. There is, of course, no way to tally sales from the 1600s, so although some sources suggest that this has sold 500 million copies, theres no way anyone could know for certain. 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.
Some books were considered rare not because of the content itself, but because of the owner of this book. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. One group claimed the bible as the worlds bestselling book. List of bestselling video game franchises wikipedia. This debut book by ernest cline was released in 2011 and soon became a. The third highest selling print is quotations from chairman mao tsetung, a book of selected speeches. The trophy that was sold was the oldest of the four that had been made, and had been handed to the winner of the competition ever year between 1896 to 1910. Rowlings harry potter series, which is the most successful movie franchise in the world, ranked third with 400 million copies sold worldwide. Top 10 most expensive banknotes ever sold catawiki. The eighteenth best selling book of all time is harry potter and the goblet of fire. Top 10 most expensive rare books sold topteny magazine. The third group considered it as the mostprinted and mostdistributed book.
The 10 most expensive books in the world flavorwire. He probably could never imagine it would become one of the most expensive vinyl records ever sold. It includes japanese manga, american comic books, and european comics. The collector of the rarest book can tell you as a reader that the word old means very, very old in the world of book collecting. Breaking the two million dollar mark with its astounding cgc rating of 9. Get to know which book has sold how many copies worldwide. Bill gates wants the world to share in the joy of the text, so he puts it on display in a different museum each year. Selling an eyewatering 500 million copies worldwide, don quixote is the bestselling book of all time. 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.
Today, the first folio is one of the most valuable printed books in the world, thing which makes it quite expensive. If you are a horse lover and love to see videos about horses and its breeds then you are at right place. The sale took online bookselling into six figures for the first time. The series are listed according to the highest sales estimates as reported in reliable sources. The bible is the worlds bestselling book, having sold more than five billion copies. The alltime most popular books in the world revealed. 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. Beginner math preschool learning book with number tracing and matching activities for 2, 3 and 4 year olds and kindergarten prep. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, harry potter by j. The third best selling book is a tale of two cities having sold over 200 million copies.
To celebrate, here below we list ten of the best bookrelated world records. Johson released five albums with the paramount label and all are considered collector items. Also, it is worth noting that some religious and political books such as the bible. The book with most sales in 2018 across all formats on, and in amazon books stores was a sciencefiction novel ready player one. According to christians, the bible is the word of god. Weve placed it at this point on the list as a book that has had a great deal of worldwide. It was written by several authors inspired by the holy spirit over a period of time. In case you need a new read, heres a list of the best selling books of all time, including fiction. Evacuations of civilians in britain during world war ii. According to writer james chapman who created a list of the most read books in the world. 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. I am going to show you 10 of the worlds most expensive horses that were ever sold. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book.
Publishers weekly released their list of the topselling books in 2019 so far where the crawdads sing by delia owens topped the list and michelle obamas memoir becoming came in close second owenss book has sold over 907,000 copies in 2019. Is fifty shades of grey really the uks bestselling book. This is a book by naturalist and painter john james audubon that includes a vast array of bird species, 6 of which have become extinct since the time of illustration. Top 15 most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia ever sold. This was the first book in the series to be published in two countries at the same time, the united states and the united kingdom. The new york times best sellers april 19, 2020 authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the united states, sorted by format and genre. Another group upheld it as the worlds mostread books. List of most expensive books and manuscripts wikipedia. A survey by the bible society concluded that around 2. Leading the clan of the worlds highestearning wordsmiths in 2017 is the british queen of letters, joanne rowling.
There are just two copies in the world, which makes it extremely valuable. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. It is safe to say that the bible is the best selling. Many devout christians are quick to assert that the holy bible is. Here are the 10 bestselling books of all time information news. Read on to find out which are the top 10 most expensive banknotes in the world. These lists provide a remarkable insight in the world of rare book collecting and reveal what the big spenders are adding to their libraries. This list includes comic books that have sold at least 100 million copies. Is bible the worlds bestselling or mostread or most.
The best selling books of 2019 from both the new york times and amazon are on everyones reading lists, book club schedules, and even social media feeds. The series follows four siblings as they explore a magical new world. What is the book with the highest number of copies sold in the world, not including the bible, etc wikipedia has a good list of bestselling books. And for more great reads, revisit these 40 books you hated in high school that youll love now. The 20 most expensive comic books ever sold da card world. British newspaper the guardian recently released a rather daunting article stating tha. Bestselling books are ranked by number of copies sold, not my personal ratings. This page provides lists of bestselling comic book series to date. Youngest person to write a published book the youngest commercially published female author is dorothy straight b. Codex leicester is top most expensive book n the world with the total worth about more than 30 million its really huge amount for only one book but more famous all over. Abebooks most expensive sales abebooks periodically publishes a list of the most stunning books recently sold. Here are the top 10 most read books in the world 1 the bible 3. Though the magical idea of the harry potter fantasy series was conceived in 1990, the book did not hit the shelves until 1997.
For proof, these are the bestselling novels of all time. The 21 bestselling books of all time howstuffworks. This is the fourth novel in the series of books and was released on 8, july 2000. With all those caveats in mind and not including ebook sales, here are. All in all, the worlds five highestpaid authors sold more than 18. For the franchises that have generated the most revenue, see the list of highestgrossing video game franchises. Selling an eyewatering 500 million copies worldwide, don quixote is the best selling book of all time. Dinosaurs before dark, the knight at dawn, mummies in the morning, and pirates past noon mary pope osborne 4. The sales figures given below do not include arcade game sales, which can be found at the list of highestgrossing arcade games. Here is the list of top 10 most expensive books in the world 2018. The bible has sold billions of copies and is the best selling book of all time. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The 20 most expensive comic books in the world 2020. What is the book with the highest number of copies sold in.