Top sold books with more than 100 million copies
10.And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by English writer Agatha Christie, widely considered her masterpiece and described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as Ten Little Niggers, after the British blackface song, which serves as a major plot point. The US edition was not released until December 1939; its American reprints and adaptations were all retitled And Then There Were None, the last five words in the nursery rhyme ("Ten Little Indians").
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Author : Agatha Christie
Original title : Ten Little Niggers
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
Genre : Mystery, Crime, Psychological Thriller
Publisher : Collins Crime Club
Publication date : 6 November 1939
Pages : 272
9.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and J. K. Rowling's debut novel, first published in 1997 by Bloomsbury. It was published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Scholastic Corporation in 1998. The plot follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage as he makes close friends and a few enemies in his first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just a year old.
The novel won most of the British book awards that were judged by children and other awards in the US. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999 and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into at least sixty-seven other languages and has been made into a feature-length film of the same name, as have all six of its sequels.
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Author : J. K. Rowling
Illustrator : Thomas Taylor (UK Edition)
Jonny Duddle (2014 UK Edition)
Mary GrandPré (US Edition)
Kazu Kibuishi (2013 US Edition)
Series : Harry Potter
Release number : 1st in series
Genre : Fantasy
Publisher : Bloomsbury (UK) (Canada 2010–present)
Arthur A. Levine/
Scholastic (US)
Raincoast (Canada 1998–2010)
Publication date : 26 June 1997 (UK)
1 September 1998 (US)
Pages : 223 (UK Edition)
332 (2014 UK Edition)
309 (US Edition)
336 (2013 US Edition) 256(Illustrated Edition)
8.The Return of the King
The Return of the King is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, following The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. The story begins in the kingdom of Gondor, which is soon to be attacked by the Dark Lord Sauron.
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First edition
Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
Genre : Fantasy
Publisher : George Allen & Unwin
Publication date : 20 October 1955
7.The Little Prince
The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince; French pronunciation: [lə pəti pʁɛ̃s]), first published in 1943, is a novella, the most famous work of French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944).
The novella is the fourth most-translated book in the world and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. Translated into more than 250 languages and dialects (as well as Braille), selling nearly two million copies annually with sales totaling over 140 million copies worldwide, it has become one of the best-selling books ever published.
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Author : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Original title : Le Petit Prince
Translator : (English editions)
Katherine Woods
T.V.F. Cuffe
Irene Testot-Ferry
Alan Wakeman
Richard Howard
David Wilkinson
Illustrator : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Cover artist : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Country : France
Language : French
Publisher : Reynal & Hitchcock (U.S.)
: Gallimard (France)
Publication date : September 1943 (U.S.: English & French) (France, French, 1945)
6.The Hobbit
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in children's literature.
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Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator : J. R. R. Tolkien
Cover artist : J. R. R. Tolkien
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
Genre : High fantasy
Juvenile fantasy
Publisher : George Allen & Unwin (UK)
Publication date : 21 September 1937
5.The Alchemist (novel)
The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it has been translated into at least 69 languages as of December 2016.An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there.
The book is an international bestseller. According to AFP, it has sold more than 150 million copies in 70 different languages, becoming one of the best-selling books in history and setting the Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author.
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Author : Paulo Coelho
Original title : O Alquimista
Country : Brazil
Language : Portuguese
Genre : Quest, adventure, fantasy
Publisher : HarperTorch (English translation)
Publication date : 1988
Published in English : 1993
Media type : Print (hardback, paperback and iTunes)
Pages : 163 pp (first English edition, hardcover)
208 pages(25th Anniversary Edition)
4.The Two Towers
The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It is preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring and followed by The Return of the King.
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Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
Genre : Fantasy
Publisher : George Allen & Unwin
Publication date : 11 November 1954
3.The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It is followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King. It takes place in the fictional universe of Middle-earth. It was originally published on 29 July 1954 in the United Kingdom. The volume consists of a prologue titled "Concerning Hobbits, and other matters" followed by Book I and Book II.
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Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
Genre : Fantasy
Publisher : George Allen & Unwin
Publication date : 29 July 1954
2.A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period.
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Author : Charles Dickens
Illustrator : Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)
Cover artist : Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)
Country : United Kingdom
Language : English
Genre : Historical novel
Published : 1859
Publisher : London: Chapman & Hall
Pages : 341 Pages (Paperback)
1.Don Quixote
Don Quixote (/ˌdɒn kiːˈhoʊti/ or /ˌdɒn ˈkwɪksoʊt/; Spanish: [doŋ kiˈxote] formerly [doŋ kiˈʃote]),[citation needed] fully titled The history of the valorous and wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha (Spanish: El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [el iŋxeˈnjoso iˈðalɣo ðoŋ kiˈxote ðe la ˈmantʃa]), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published, such as the Bokklubben World Library collection that cites Don Quixote as authors' choice for the "best literary work ever written".
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Author : Miguel de Cervantes
Original title : El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
Country : Spain
Language : Early Modern Spanish
Genre : Novel
Publisher : Francisco de Robles
Publication date : 1605 (Part One)
1615 (Part Two)
Published in English : 1612 (Part One)
1620 (Part Two)
Media type : Print
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