Top 10 best-selling books in the world, latest update 2022

If you are looking for a new book to read, below is a list of the 10 best-selling books in the world. From classic novels to famous books mentioned in this list has been compiled based on the number of publications worldwide. Please refer and choose for yourself a good and suitable book.

1. Don Quixote - 500 million copies

Opening the list of the world's best-selling books is a classic novel by writer Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote. The work was first published in 1605 and is considered one of the best and most influential novels in Spanish and Western literature. The content of the book is about the poor nobleman Quixada who is paranoid, addicted to popular knightly novels and changes his name to knight Don Quixote of Mancha to set out to eliminate evil. After many battles with imaginary enemies, he was finally exhausted, sad, and realized the meaninglessness of his fabricated adventures. This is a work created during the Renaissance with the purpose of criticizing feudalism and the blind knightly ideal. Although the content is outdated, the work still carries profound humanitarian values ​​about equality, freedom, criticism of luxury, dignity and parasitism.

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2. The Little Prince - 200 million copies

The book was written by writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for children but still brings many lessons to ponder for readers of other ages. The content of the work is the story of a little prince living on a tiny meteorite and how he solves the problems of loneliness, love, friendship and loss.

The book has become author Exupéry's most famous work and is one of the best-selling books published in many languages ​​around the world.

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3. The Lord of the Rings - 150 million copies

“The Lord of the Rings” is one of the most successful novels by writer J.R.R Tolkien. The original novel series consists of 3 parts: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

The story is about the journey against the Dark Lord Sauron of the species: Normal People, Hobbits, Elves, Goblins, Orcs,... in a land called Middle Earth or Middle Earth.

The book opens up a wonderful fantasy world with vivid, elaborately built characters. This is a great literary work compiled by the author from a long period of research on Northern European history. At the same time, in the process of composing, he also created his own new languages. The Lord of the Rings is also a work that helped pave the way for the future fantasy novel genre. The novel carries many different meaningful values, praising friendship, fighting for justice, belief in oneself,...

To date, this book has sold more than 150 million copies and was honored as the best British novel of all time in BBC's The Big Read magazine in 2003.

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4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 120 million copies

The Harry Potter stories were published in 1997 and this first volume quickly reached the top of the world's best-selling books with more than 120 million copies sold. The content of the story is about the young wizard Harry Potter and his close friends fighting together against dangerous dark forces.

The book has won countless awards both in the UK and the US and until now this is still the best-selling book and is read by the most readers.
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5. The Hobbit - 100 million copies

Next is a work by writer J. R. R. Tolkien called "The Hobbit". This children's novel was published in 1937 and was quickly nominated for the Carnegie Medal and won the award for best novel for young people by the New York Herald Tribune. The story "The Hobbit" is about a guy who lives in a hole in the ground, which is his home and where he eats and sleeps every day. With a humorous and intelligent narrative voice, the book is both like a fairy tale and reaches the level of a work of fantasy literature that attracts readers of all time.
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6. Dream of the Red Chamber - 100 million copies

"Dream of the Red Chamber" by writer Cao Xueqin is a literary work of romance and tragedy written in the early 1750s. The content of this work is about the ups and downs of a famous family. Qing dynasty clan. The novel has received a lot of praise and is always known as one of the four great Chinese books (next to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West). To date, the book has sold more than 100 million copies and become the world's best-selling novel written in Chinese.
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7. Ten Little Negroes – 100 million copies

This is a detective novel by writer Agatha Christie. The content is about mysterious murder cases where traces cannot be found and the presence of the perpetrator on Soldier Island. “Ten Little Black Men” is considered the best and most popular graphic novel by writer Agatha Christie. This work has always earned itself a place on the list of best-selling books of all time with more than 100 million books published worldwide.
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8. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – 85 million copies

“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is a fantasy novel for children by writer C.S. Lewis first published in 1950. The novel's content is set during World War II, telling about children with different destinies but accidentally discovering a way to reach Narnia - the magical world. magical water.

According to surveys, up to now this novel has sold more than 85 million copies worldwide.

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9. The Da Vinci Code – 80 million copies

The Da Vinci Code is a very good detective novel by author Dan Brown, first published in 2003. The book's content is about the war of Religion, about the search for and protection of the Holy Grail. Each chapter of the book contains fascinating, dramatic but no less interesting details that make readers unable to put them down. On the other hand, the book also provides readers with useful information about Religion and Science, etc.

This novel quickly reached the top of the best-selling books of all time with more than 80 million copies sold around the world. This is also the book ranked 4th in the 100 best detective crime stories of all time.
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10. The Adventures of Pinocchio - 80 million copies

For more than 100 years, since its inception, Carlo Collodi's "The Adventures of Pinocchio" has been a favorite book of many generations of children around the world. The book's interesting story is about a disobedient wooden boy who gets caught up in many dangerous adventures. The story not only brings relaxing reading moments to children, but even adults can receive meaningful educational messages.

“The Adventures of Pinocchio” is a book that is always in the top best-selling books of all time. This is definitely a good book worth buying and can be a gift for all ages.
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