20 best-selling books — the most read in history

The term best seller is used in the literary world to catalog a book that has broken sales records. The 20 books written in our selection today were published at different times and are of different genres. However, millions of fans continue to buy them despite the passage of time. Don’t miss our bonus at the end of the post, where you’ll find information about the best-selling book in history.

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One hundred years of Solitude is part of the list of the “100 best books of the 20th century”, created by the French newspaper Le Monde🇧🇷 Published in 1967, the book was written by the Colombian Gabriel García Márquez, who also received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. The novel is considered a masterpiece of Latin American and universal literature and, with more than 50 million copies soldhas been translated into over 35 languages.

The work of French Jules Verne, Twenty thousand Leagues Under the Sea, was initially published in two parts. The first came out in 1869 and the second in 1870. The novel narrates the expedition of a French professor who is captured by Captain Nemo and taken by submarine across the oceans. The book sold 60 million units.

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 detective stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. First published in 1892, the protagonist of the writings is the famous Sherlock Holmes, who has a desire to solve the social injustices that come his way. The stories of this man and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, were bought by 60 million readers all around the world.

Madison’s Bridges it is the most successful novel of all time. It narrates the adventures of a woman married to a man who spent four days in the city, in the 1960s. Written by the American Robert James Waller, sold 60 million copies since its publication in 1992.

the children’s book Heidi it was written by the Swiss author Johanna Spyri, in 1880. It tells the adventures of an orphan girl who from a very young age lived with different families. The novel is one of the most read in Swiss literature and sold 60 million units🇧🇷

The catcher in the ryewritten by the American J. D. Salinger, was published in 1951. It caused controversy because of its provocative language and for addressing issues such as sexuality and anxiety in adolescence. The book sold 65 million copies.

The Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho published his most famous literary work, The Alchemistin 1988. It has been translated into 63 languages, published in over 150 countries and sold a total of 65 million copies🇧🇷 The book explores the world of dreams and how to achieve them.

Written by Italian Carlo Collodi, As Adventures of Pinocchio It is one of the most read literary works of all time. It has been translated into over 250 languages ​​and published for the first time in the newspaper Giornale per i bambiniin 1882. Since then, 80 million fans bought the book🇧🇷

American Dan Brown is the author of the suspense novel The Da Vinci Code, the literary work that captivated the world by combining the mystery genre with the detective work done by the main character, Robert Langdon, who must decipher different conspiracy theories. Since the book was published in 2003, about 80 million copies have been sold worldwide🇧🇷

Writer Henry Rider Haggard is considered the creator of the fantasy subgenre “the lost world”. his romance, she the sorceress is an adventure story in which the protagonist is an immortal woman who has lived for several centuries in Africa. The work was published in 1887 and surpassed 83 million copies sold.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel published in 1950, written by English author C. S. Lewis. It is the first book in a series of 7 copies known as The Chronicles of Narnia. The first edition in Portuguese was published in 1982 and, worldwide, 85 million copies were sold.

Alice in Wonderland, as it is commonly known, was a book written by the Englishman Lewis Carroll, in 1865. It is a fantasy novel where the protagonist falls into a hole and has adventures with some peculiar friends. The work features some of the most recognizable literary figures in history, such as the White Rabbit and the Laughing Cat. 100 million copies were sold worldwide.

red chamber dream is considered the equivalent of Don Quixote de la Mancha in Asian culture. Furthermore, it is one of the 4 Chinese Classic Novels. The author, Cao Xueqin, wrote the first 80 chapters before his death, and his editor completed the work several years later. Published in the mid-18th century, sold over 100 million copies🇧🇷

The case of the ten niggers It is the best-selling mystery novel of all time. Written by British Agatha Christie in 1939, it tells the story of 10 people who receive an invitation to spend a weekend on an island, but what they all had in common was that they had participated in a murder in the past. The novel sold 100 million copies.

J. R. R. Tolkien first appears on this list with The Hobbit🇧🇷 The author began writing the story with the intention of entertaining his younger children, however, after the writing happened by chance to publishers George Allen & Unwin, he decided to publish it. The work is the first installment that explores the mythological world of Bilbo Baggins, and which would be set in depth in the trilogy. Lord of the Rings🇧🇷 Since it was published in 1937, has sold over 100 million copies🇧🇷

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stonepublished in 1997, is the first part of the saga created by the British writer J. K. Rowling, a work that sold 120 million copies🇧🇷 Literary heptalogy made the Englishwoman one of the most read writers of all time. The seven books belonging to the wizarding world of Harry Potter have sold more than 500 million copies, and all have entered the list of the 20 best-selling works of all time.

In 2007, the last book of the saga was published, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, culminating in the series that began 10 years earlier. The seventh book was released simultaneously in 93 different countries, and in the United States alone it sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours.

The little Prince became the most read French book in the world since it was published in 1943 and since then sold 140 million copies🇧🇷 The author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, created the poetic tale with a theme that addresses the true meaning of friendship as well as lessons about life, all seen through the innocent eyes of a child.

Initially, the British writer J. R. R. Tolkien had planned for this work to be a continuation of his first book, The Hobbit (see number 6 in this list). However, the writing ended up becoming the first installment in the trilogy that would transport readers into the magical world of the Third Age of Middle-earth. The work, which tells the adventures of Frodo, sold 150 million copies since entering the market in 1937.

A tale of two citiesby the British writer Charles Dickens, has already sold over 200 million copies since its publication in 1859. The book has a different theme from the author’s other works, which used to narrate ironic stories about children and highlight the social inequalities in England during this period. However, this writing talks about life in the period of the French Revolution, comparing the cities of Paris and London.

At the top of the list is the Don Quixote de la Mancha, published in 1605. This work was written by the Spaniard Miguel de Cervantes and is the most read non-religious book in the world. It is estimated to have sold around 500 million copies and has been published 690 editions in different languages.

The Bible is a compilation of writings by various authors that form a set of canonical books of Judaism and Christianity. It is divided into two parts: the Old and New Testaments, and the texts are estimated to have been written over 1,000 years. 21 million copies were produced over 21 centuries and 100 million units are sold per year🇧🇷 In addition, the Bible has been translated into 2,454 different languages.

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