Best selling books of all time

Top 100 best selling books of all time

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Rank	Title	Author	Volume Sales	Publisher	Genre
SOURCE: NIELSEN BOOK SCAN
1	Da Vinci Code,The	Brown, Dan	5,094,805	Transworld	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
2	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	Rowling, J.K.	4,475,152	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
3	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Rowling, J.K.	4,200,654	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
4	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Rowling, J.K.	4,179,479	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
5	Fifty Shades of Grey	James, E. L.	3,758,936	Random House	Romance & Sagas
6	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Rowling, J.K.	3,583,215	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
7	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Rowling, J.K.	3,484,047	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
8	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Rowling, J.K.	3,377,906	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
9	Angels and Demons	Brown, Dan	3,193,946	Transworld	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
10	Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince:Children's Edition	Rowling, J.K.	2,950,264	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
11	Fifty Shades Darker	James, E. L.	2,479,784	Random House	Romance & Sagas
12	Twilight	Meyer, Stephenie	2,315,405	Little, Brown Book	Young Adult Fiction
13	Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,The:Millennium Trilogy	Larsson, Stieg	2,233,570	Quercus	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
14	Fifty Shades Freed	James, E. L.	2,193,928	Random House	Romance & Sagas
15	Lost Symbol,The	Brown, Dan	2,183,031	Transworld	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
16	New Moon	Meyer, Stephenie	2,152,737	Little, Brown Book	Young Adult Fiction
17	Deception Point	Brown, Dan	2,062,145	Transworld	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
18	Eclipse	Meyer, Stephenie	2,052,876	Little, Brown Book	Young Adult Fiction
19	Lovely Bones,The	Sebold, Alice	2,005,598	Pan Macmillan	General & Literary Fiction
20	Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,The	Haddon, Mark	1,979,552	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
21	Digital Fortress	Brown, Dan	1,928,900	Transworld	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
22	Short History of Nearly Everything,A	Bryson, Bill	1,852,919	Transworld	Popular Science
23	Girl Who Played with Fire,The:Millennium Trilogy	Larsson, Stieg	1,814,784	Quercus	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
24	Breaking Dawn	Meyer, Stephenie	1,787,118	Little, Brown Book	Young Adult Fiction
25	Very Hungry Caterpillar,The:The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Carle, Eric	1,783,535	Penguin	Picture Books
26	Gruffalo,The	Donaldson, Julia	1,781,269	Pan Macmillan	Picture Books
27	Jamie's 30-Minute Meals	Oliver, Jamie	1,743,266	Penguin	Food & Drink: General
28	Kite Runner,The	Hosseini, Khaled	1,629,119	Bloomsbury	General & Literary Fiction
29	One Day	Nicholls, David	1,616,068	Hodder & Stoughton	General & Literary Fiction
30	Thousand Splendid Suns,A	Hosseini, Khaled	1,583,992	Bloomsbury	General & Literary Fiction
31	Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest,The:Millennium Trilogy	Larsson, Stieg	1,555,135	Quercus	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
32	Time Traveler's Wife,The	Niffenegger, Audrey	1,546,886	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
33	Atonement	McEwan, Ian	1,539,428	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
34	Bridget Jones's Diary:A Novel	Fielding, Helen	1,508,205	Pan Macmillan	General & Literary Fiction
35	World According to Clarkson,The	Clarkson, Jeremy	1,489,403	Penguin	Humour: Collections & General
36	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Bernieres, Louis de	1,352,318	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
37	Sound of Laughter,The	Kay, Peter	1,310,207	Random House	Autobiography: General
38	Life of Pi	Martel, Yann	1,310,176	Canongate	General & Literary Fiction
39	Billy Connolly	Stephenson, Pamela	1,231,957	HarperCollins	Biography: The Arts
40	Child Called It,A	Pelzer, Dave	1,217,712	Orion	Autobiography: General
41	Gruffalo's Child,The	Donaldson, Julia	1,208,711	Pan Macmillan	Picture Books
42	Angela's Ashes:A Memoir of a Childhood	McCourt, Frank	1,204,058	HarperCollins	Autobiography: General
43	Birdsong	Faulks, Sebastian	1,184,967	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
44	Northern Lights:His Dark Materials S.	Pullman, Philip	1,181,503	Scholastic Ltd.	Young Adult Fiction
45	Labyrinth	Mosse, Kate	1,181,093	Orion	General & Literary Fiction
46	Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince	Rowling, J.K.	1,153,181	Bloomsbury	Science Fiction & Fantasy
47	Help,The	Stockett, Kathryn	1,132,336	Penguin	General & Literary Fiction
48	Man and Boy	Parsons, Tony	1,130,802	HarperCollins	General & Literary Fiction
49	Memoirs of a Geisha	Golden, Arthur	1,126,337	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
50	No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency,The:No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency S.	McCall Smith, Alexander	1,115,549	Little, Brown Book	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
51	Island,The	Hislop, Victoria	1,108,328	Headline	General & Literary Fiction
52	PS, I Love You	Ahern, Cecelia	1,107,379	HarperCollins	General & Literary Fiction
53	You are What You Eat:The Plan That Will Change Your Life	McKeith, Gillian	1,104,403	Penguin	Fitness & Diet
54	Shadow of the Wind,The	Zafon, Carlos Ruiz	1,092,349	Orion	General & Literary Fiction
55	Tales of Beedle the Bard,The	Rowling, J.K.	1,090,847	Bloomsbury	Children's Fiction
56	Broker,The	Grisham, John	1,087,262	Random House	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
57	Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution:The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss P	Atkins, Robert C.	1,054,196	Random House	Fitness & Diet
58	Subtle Knife,The:His Dark Materials S.	Pullman, Philip	1,037,160	Scholastic Ltd.	Young Adult Fiction
59	Eats, Shoots and Leaves:The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation	Truss, Lynne	1,023,688	Profile Books Group	Usage & Writing Guides
60	Delia's How to Cook:(Bk.1)	Smith, Delia	1,015,956	Random House	Food & Drink: General
61	Chocolat	Harris, Joanne	1,009,873	Transworld	General & Literary Fiction
62	Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,The	Boyne, John	1,004,414	Random House Childrens Books G	Young Adult Fiction
63	My Sister's Keeper	Picoult, Jodi	1,003,780	Hodder & Stoughton	General & Literary Fiction
64	Amber Spyglass,The:His Dark Materials S.	Pullman, Philip	1,002,314	Scholastic Ltd.	Young Adult Fiction
65	To Kill a Mockingbird	Lee, Harper	998,213	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
66	Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus:A Practical Guide for Improvin	Gray, John	992,846	HarperCollins	Popular Culture & Media: General Interest
67	Dear Fatty	French, Dawn	986,753	Random House	Autobiography: The Arts
68	Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian,A	Lewycka, Marina	986,115	Penguin	General & Literary Fiction
69	Hannibal	Harris, Thomas	970,509	Random House	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
70	Lord of the Rings,The	Tolkien, J. R. R.	967,466	HarperCollins	Science Fiction & Fantasy
71	Stupid White Men:...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Natio	Moore, Michael	963,353	Penguin	Current Affairs & Issues
72	Interpretation of Murder,The	Rubenfeld, Jed	962,515	Headline	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
73	Sharon Osbourne Extreme:My Autobiography	Osbourne, Sharon	959,496	Little, Brown Book	Autobiography: The Arts
74	Alchemist,The:A Fable About Following Your Dream	Coelho, Paulo	956,114	HarperCollins	General & Literary Fiction
75	At My Mother's Knee ...:and Other Low Joints	O'Grady, Paul	945,640	Transworld	Autobiography: The Arts
76	Notes from a Small Island	Bryson, Bill	931,312	Transworld	Travel Writing
77	Return of the Naked Chef,The	Oliver, Jamie	925,425	Penguin	Food & Drink: General
78	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Fielding, Helen	924,695	Pan Macmillan	General & Literary Fiction
79	Jamie's Italy	Oliver, Jamie	906,968	Penguin	National & Regional Cuisine
80	I Can Make You Thin	McKenna, Paul	905,086	Transworld	Fitness & Diet
81	Down Under	Bryson, Bill	890,847	Transworld	Travel Writing
82	Summons,The	Grisham, John	869,671	Random House	Crime, Thriller & Adventure
83	Small Island	Levy, Andrea	869,659	Headline	General & Literary Fiction
84	Nigella Express	Lawson, Nigella	862,602	Random House	Food & Drink: General
85	Brick Lane	Ali, Monica	856,540	Transworld	General & Literary Fiction
86	Memory Keeper's Daughter,The	Edwards, Kim	845,858	Penguin	General & Literary Fiction
87	Room on the Broom	Donaldson, Julia	842,535	Pan Macmillan	Picture Books
88	About a Boy	Hornby, Nick	828,215	Penguin	General & Literary Fiction
89	My Booky Wook	Brand, Russell	820,563	Hodder & Stoughton	Autobiography: The Arts
90	God Delusion,The	Dawkins, Richard	816,907	Transworld	Popular Science
91	"Beano" Annual,The	0	816,585	D.C. Thomson	Children's Annuals
92	White Teeth	Smith, Zadie	815,586	Penguin	General & Literary Fiction
93	House at Riverton,The	Morton, Kate	814,370	Pan Macmillan	General & Literary Fiction
94	Book Thief,The	Zusak, Markus	809,641	Transworld	General & Literary Fiction
95	Nights of Rain and Stars	Binchy, Maeve	808,900	Orion	General & Literary Fiction
96	Ghost,The	Harris, Robert	807,311	Random House	General & Literary Fiction
97	Happy Days with the Naked Chef	Oliver, Jamie	794,201	Penguin	Food & Drink: General
98	Hunger Games,The:Hunger Games Trilogy	Collins, Suzanne	792,187	Scholastic Ltd.	Young Adult Fiction
99	Lost Boy,The:A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family	Pelzer, Dave	791,507	Orion	Biography: General
100	Jamie's Ministry of Food:Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours	Oliver, Jamie	791,095	Penguin	Food & Drink: General