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Top 5 best-selling single-volume books of all time

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Estimated worldwide sales (single volume)

Snapshot · 2026-08-09

  1. 1

    Don Quixote — Miguel de Cervantes

    ~500M

  2. 2

    A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens

    ~200M

  3. 3

    The Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. Tolkien

    ~150M

  4. 4

    The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    ~140M

  5. 5

    Dream of the Red Chamber — Cao Xueqin

    ~100M