Ini adalah daftar dinamis, yang mungkin tidak dapat memuaskan standar tertentu untuk kelengkapan. Anda dapat membantu dengan mengembangkannya dengan menambahkan klaim yang diberikan sumber tepercaya.
Berikut dibawah adalah daftar buku dan seri buku terlaris saat ini dan dalam semua bahasa. "terlaris" disini merujuk kepada perkiraan jumlah salinan buku yang terjual, bukan jumlah buku yang tercetak atau yang sekarang dimiliki. Komik dan buku ajar tidak dimasukkan kedalam daftar ini. Buku ini didaftari bedasarkan perkiraan penjualan tertinggi seperti yang dilaporkan pada sumber-sumber independen dan terpercaya.
Seri Perry Rhodan telah terbit lebih dari 1 miliar salinan,[302] tetapi tidak dimasukkan kesini karena jumlah tersebut mencakup majalah, bukan hanya novelnya.[butuh rujukan]Seri Jerry Cotton telah terjual lebih dari 300 juta salinan, tetapi kebanyakan darinya adalah dalam format majalah.[303]
^*"One Good Fact". britannica.com. April 27, 2022. Diakses tanggal April 23, 2024. The best-selling novel of all timeโby farโis Miguel de Cervantes's 1615 work Don Quixote: probably more than 500 million copies have been sold.
"Seven books that made history". bbc.co.uk. September 2018. Diakses tanggal April 23, 2024. The Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes has sold over 500 million copies since its publication.
Hanson, David. "Best-Selling Novels Ever". newwriters.org.uk. Diakses tanggal April 23, 2024. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes โ 500 million. Cited by many as the first novel, and by others as the greatest novel ever written, Don Quixote (or The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, if you prefer) was published in the early 1600s
Owuor Otieno, Mark (December 10, 2020). "The World's Best Selling Novels". worldatlas.com. Diakses tanggal April 23, 2024. Don Quixote, originally named El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, is the best-selling individual book ever made with approximately 500 million sales.
^*"A Tale of Two Cities". broadway.com. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal April 5, 2008. Diakses tanggal April 24, 2008. Since its inaugural publication on August 30, 1859, A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies in several languages, making it one of the most famous books in the history of fictional literature.
"A Tale of Two Cities, King's Head, review". September 28, 2013. According to Adam Spreadbury-Maher, the artistic director of the King's Head Theatre, the prize goes to Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, with sales of more than 200 million copies since its publication in 1859.
^Inman, William H. (March 21, 2011). "Hotelier Saint-Exupรฉry's Princely Instincts". institutionalinvestor.com. Euromoney Institutional Investor. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal November 12, 2020. Diakses tanggal May 12, 2022. The Prince remains a king among books, with more than 200 million copies sold in more than 190 languages, making it one of the bestselling volumes of any kind.
^*Lowne, Cathy. "The Little Prince". britannica.com. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal October 31, 2017. Diakses tanggal April 27, 2022. Translated into hundreds of languages, some 150 million copies of the novella have sold worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books in publishing history.
Lohnes, Kate; Lowne, Cathy (December 27, 2018). "The Little Prince". britannica.com. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal January 22, 2019. Diakses tanggal March 24, 2022. The novella has been translated into hundreds of languages and has sold some 200 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books in publishing history.
^"Betting on The Red Mansions". china.org.cn. China Internet Information Center. December 14, 2005. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal October 17, 2007. Diakses tanggal April 26, 2022. Sun Yuming, the vice director of A Dream of Red Mansions Research Institute...said that the book has sold over 100 million copies worldwide so far.
^Oswald, Godfrey (2017). Library World Records, 3d ed (dalam bahasa Inggris). McFarland. ISBNย 9781476667775. Five other books the [sic] have broken the 100 million barrier are as follows:...Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin...
^Shippey, Thomas (20 September 2012). "The Hobbit: What has made the book such an enduring success?". The Daily Telegraph. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 27 January 2021. Diakses tanggal 29 March 2022. Today The Hobbit has sold 100 million copies and been translated into something like fifty languages, including (two of Tolkien's favourites) Icelandic and West Frisian.
^"Tolkien's Hobbit celebrates 75th anniversary". USA Today. 20 September 2012. Diakses tanggal 29 March 2022. The prelude to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit has been translated in to more than 50 languages and has sold 100 million copies worldwide.
^*"Waiting for Leo". Time Magazine. September 17, 1965. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal March 12, 2008. Diakses tanggal August 22, 2008. Since then it has sold 83 million copies in 44 languages.
Fowler, Christopher (January 10, 2016). "Invisible Ink no 309: Henry Rider Haggard". The Independent. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2016-01-29. His next novel, She, about a beautiful ageless sorceress, was a smashing success, and by 1965 had sold 83 million copies.
^San Josรฉ Mercury NewsDiarsipkan 2012-01-13 di Wayback Machine. on The Da Vinci Code: "That earlier book has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, was adapted into a movie and made hits out of Brown's previous novels, including "Angels & Demons," whose film version is now in theaters." (5 June 2009)
^HypableDiarsipkan 2013-10-15 di Archive.is on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: "As of 2012, the book has sold 77 million copies worldwide and been translated into 72 languages." (April 2012)
^ abcdeFanSidedDiarsipkan 2017-08-24 di Wayback Machine. on Harry Potter: "The success of the books โ every one of which has sold over 65 million copies โ and the films โ which have done billions of dollars worth of box office sales worldwide โ is perhaps the easiest way to demonstrate the sheer size of the Harry Potter fandom." (November 2016)
^"Archived copy". The Economist. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 2017-09-06. Diakses tanggal 2017-09-03. Pemeliharaan CS1: Salinan terarsip sebagai judul (link) April 26, 2014
^Woudhuysen, H. R.; Suarez, Michael F., ed. (2010). The Oxford Companion to the Book: D-Z. Oxford University Press. hlm.ย 892. ISBNย 978-0-19-860653-6. Diakses tanggal May 11, 2022. A landmark 20th-century novel, Lolita sold over 50 million copies by 2007.
^ABC AustraliaDiarsipkan 2014-04-26 di Wayback Machine. on Heidi: "Johanna Spyri's story has been translated into fifty languages and sold fifty million copies, but the marketing juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down โ fat from it. Heidi now has her own theme park." (5 August 2002)
^ReutersDiarsipkan 2010-01-13 di Wayback Machine. on Anne of Green Gables: ""Anne of Green Gables" has sold more than 50 million copies and been translated into 20 languages, according to Penguin." (19 March 2008)
^The TimesDiarsipkan 2008-07-18 di Wayback Machine. on Black Beauty: "Fifty million copies of Black Beauty have been sold in the years since Anna Sewell's publisher paid her ยฃ20 for the story." (29 February 2008)
^Pocono RecordDiarsipkan 2014-01-21 di Wayback Machine. on Charlotte's Web: " It has sold over 50 million copies, been translated into 23 languages, and shown in three major movie versions." (06 July 2007)
^Sunday WorldDiarsipkan 2014-01-18 di Archive.is on The Ginger Man: "Donleavy, who lives near Mullingar, has previously rejected repeated attempts by Hollywood to make a film version of his book, which has sold 50 million copies worldwide and been translated into 18 languages." (5 August 2008)
^Fleming, Michael (20 April 2009). "Columbia moves on 'Symbol'". Variety Online. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 24 April 2009. Diakses tanggal 1 November 2009.
^"Carlo Collodi, il papร del burattino piรน conformista della letteratura". artspecialday (dalam bahasa Italia). October 26, 2017. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal April 3, 2018. Diakses tanggal April 3, 2018. Il resto, รจ storia nota: allo stato attuale delle cose, รจ inutile elencare le lingue in cui รจ stato tradotto Pinocchio ed รจ praticamente impossibile calcolare il numero delle copie vendute nel mondo โ alcune fonti riportano 35 milioni, altre 80, ma รจ soltanto un modo, anche abbastanza ozioso, di quantificare un successo inquantificabile.
^"Le avventure di Pinocchio". la Repubblica Letteraria Italiana (dalam bahasa Italia). July 1, 2001. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal January 27, 2006. Diakses tanggal February 4, 2010. Con i suoi trentacinque milioni di copie, Le Avventure di Pinocchio รจ il nostro romanzo piรน letto e piรน tradotto, dopo I promessi sposi.
^PlaybillDiarsipkan 2017-03-08 di Wayback Machine. on The Kite Runner: "The Kite Runner, which has been published in 70 countries, selling 31.5 million copies in 60 languages." (2 September 2016)
^Winnipeg Free PressDiarsipkan 2010-05-13 di Wayback Machine. on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: "The first book sold 30 million copies and is available in 44 languages." (15 April 2010)
^The Columbus Dispatch on The Wind in the Willows: "More than 25 million copies of the book have been sold in 70 countries since 1908, according to the Copyrights Group, which is presently promoting a new edition." (4 May 2008)
^ForbesDiarsipkan 2017-03-29 di Wayback Machine. on Covey: "Stephen Covey will be remembered most as the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which sold over 25 million copies." (16 July 2012)
^The AgeDiarsipkan 2008-12-05 di Wayback Machine. on The Celestine Prophecy: "it has sold in the vicinity of 23 million copies since its publication in 1993" (22 March 2008)
^The Toronto StarDiarsipkan 2012-11-05 di Wayback Machine. on Mario Puzo: "According to the Official Mario Puzo Library website, the book sold 21 million copies in hardback and paper by 1997." (21 July 2007)
^PlaybillDiarsipkan 2010-07-26 di Wayback Machine. on Love Story: "Erich Segal's best-selling novel, which has sold 21 million copies worldwide in 33 languages[...]" (23 July 2010)
^"Things Fall Apart". Penguin Random House. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 2017-10-19. Diakses tanggal 2017-06-01.
^The Financial TimesDiarsipkan 2008-05-19 di Wayback Machine. on Wolf Totem: "Since it first appeared in 2004, Jiang Rong's Wolf Totem has sold as many as 20 million copies." (15 March 2008)
^The Philadelphia InquirerDiarsipkan 2008-06-29 di Wayback Machine. on The Happy Hooker: "He said he found it fascinating that her book, which has sold 20 million copies to date, is still being picked up today." (26 June 2008)
^The TimesDiarsipkan 2007-03-09 di Wayback Machine. on Jaws: "Jaws stayed for 40 weeks in the bestseller charts of The New York Times, eventually selling 20 million copies [...]" (13 February 2006)
^The Huntsville Forester on Love You Forever: "The children's classic Love You Forever has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and is in its 65th printing." (29 October 2008)
^CBCDiarsipkan 2009-05-08 di Wayback Machine. on The Women's Room: "It sold 20 million copies and was widely translated, despite poor reviews." (5 May 2009)
^The AustralianDiarsipkan 2012-01-09 di Wayback Machine. on What to Expect When You're Expecting: "What to Expect When You're Expecting, in its fourth edition, was first published in 1984 and has sold more than 20 million copies." (27 October 2010)
^New York Times UpfrontDiarsipkan 2013-11-05 di Wayback Machine. on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: "This year marks the 125th anniversary of the publication of Huckleberry Finn in the U.S., and the book is still sellingโmore than 20 million copies worldwide to dateโand still generating controversy." (10 March 2010)
^"The Guardian view on Jane Austen: pride not prejudice". The Guardian. August 13, 2017. Diakses tanggal November 21, 2018. Pride and Prejudice is the novel that simply will not die. Twenty million copies on, Mr Darcy has become so synonymous with the romantic hero that when researchers found a pheromone in male mouse urine irresistible to female mice, they named it "darcin".
^John J. Miller on Thor Heyerdahl on National Review OnlineDiarsipkan 2013-06-15 di Wayback Machine. on Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft: ""Our intention was to test the performance and quality of the Inca raft, its seaworthiness and loading capacity, and to ascertain whether the elements would really propel it across the sea to Polynesia with its crew still on board," he wrote in Kon-Tiki, a book that has sold 20 million copies." (April 19, 2002)
^USA TodayDiarsipkan 2016-04-14 di Wayback Machine. on Where the Wild Things are: "More than 20 million copies have been sold in 32 languages." (November 21, 2013)
^The New York TimesDiarsipkan 2017-08-03 di Wayback Machine. on The Power of Positive Thinking: "Ruth Stafford Peale, the author's widow (he died last Christmas Eve) feels that the book is as viable today as it was 20 million copies ago." (May 31, 1994)
^Belfast Telegraph on The Secret: "Publishers Simon & Schuster expect sales to be on a par with โ if not bigger than โ 'The Secret', which has so far notched up 20 million copies in 46 languages." (19 August 2010)
^Washington PostDiarsipkan 2014-04-26 di Wayback Machine. on Fear of Flying: "It has been 40 years since "Fear" and its glamorous author landed like feminist blonde bombshells on American culture, selling 20 million copies here and abroad." (7 October 2013)
^ ab"Frank Herbert". Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2016-01-12. Diakses tanggal 2015-02-06.Macmillan on Dune: "Today the novel is more popular than ever, with new readers continually discovering it and telling their friends to pick up a copy. It has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold almost 20 million copies;"
^OBITUARY: Michael Ende โ People โ News โ The IndependentDiarsipkan 2017-08-15 di Wayback Machine. on The Neverending Story: "Translated into 30 languages and selling over 16 million copies, it starts when 10-year-old Bastian, overweight and undervalued, decides he will read a fantastic book rather than endure another day's bullying at school." (Friday 01 September 1995)
^CBSDiarsipkan 2008-04-13 di Wayback Machine. on Ken Follett: "But since it was published in 1989, "The Pillars of the Earth" has become an international sensation, selling 15 million copies worldwide." (7 October 2007)
^The Patriot Ledger[pranala nonaktif permanen] on Perfume: "Yet the scene, like the movie, is so daring, so challenging, you cannot help but respect Tykwer's unerring desire to remain true to the source novel, a book that has sold 15 million copies and has been credited with inspiring Kurt Cobain to write the Nirvana classic โโScentless Apprentice.โโ" (5 January 2007)
^Irish TimesDiarsipkan 2012-01-05 di Wayback Machine. on The Shadow of the Wind: "[...]his novel The Shadow of the Wind has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, writes Arminta Wallace" (13 June 2009)
^USA TodayDiarsipkan 2012-01-05 di Wayback Machine. on Tuesdays with Morrie: "The book has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide since 1997 and became an Oprah Winfrey-produced TV movie. " (8 April 2008)
^The International Herald Tribune on Follow Your Heart: "But Susanna Tamaro's "Follow Your Heart," the biggest selling Italian postwar novel, with more than 14 million copies sold, according to its publisher, Baldini Castoldi, as it was known then, sold barely 25,000 copies in the United States." (3 August 2008)
^The Wall Street JournalDiarsipkan 2017-03-08 di Wayback Machine. on A Wrinkle in Time: "Madeleine LโEngle's โA Wrinkle in Timeโ has sold 14 million copies since its publication in 1962." (16 April 2015)
^The Toronto StarDiarsipkan 2012-11-05 di Wayback Machine. on Grace Metalious: "It sold 100,000 copies in its first month and went on to sell another 12 million copies, was made into a film and eventually into a prime-time television series that made the young Mia Farrow a star." (21 July 2007)
^Associated PressDiarsipkan 2010-09-06 di Wayback Machine. on Norwegian Wood: "More than 10 million copies of the book have been sold in Japan alone, with 2.6 million more sold in another 33 languages." (2 September 2010)
^China ViewDiarsipkan 2009-01-10 di Wayback Machine. on La Peste: "Translated into 28 languages, the book has sold more than 12 million copies around the world." (9 April 2008)
^The AustralianDiarsipkan 2012-01-09 di Wayback Machine. on Man's Search for Meaning: "It's the 75th edition of a book that has sold 12 million copies and is one of the most read Holocaust texts." (14 May 2011)
^The Wall Street Journal on The Exorcist: "Back in the 1970s, those smaller, rack-sized paperbacks were the blockbusters of the business, led by such best sellers as William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist" (11 million copies sold); Peter Benchley's "Jaws" (more than nine million copies), and Sidney Sheldon's "The Other Side of Midnight" (six million copies plus)." (14 September 2007)
^The TelegraphDiarsipkan 2010-04-06 di Wayback Machine. on The Gruffalo: "The Gruffalo has sold more than 10.5 million copies, been adapted for stage in both the West End and Broadway, and in 2009 was made into a 30-minute animated film" (3 April 2010)
^TVNZDiarsipkan 2009-09-25 di Wayback Machine. on The Lovely Bones: "Published in 2002, Lovely Bones is the second novel by Alice Sebold, and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, remaining on the New York Times hardback bestseller list for over a year." (5 May 2007)
^The Telegraph on Wild Swans: "Selling more than 10 million copies and topping the "most borrowed historical biography" chart in British libraries year after year, it proved a publishing phenomenon" (21 July 2007)
^BritannicaDiarsipkan 2007-08-31 di Wayback Machine. on Santa Evita: "Martรญnez was best known as the author of two classics of Argentine and Latin American literature: La novela de Perรณn (1985, The Perรณn Novel, 1988) and Santa Evita (1995, Eng. trans., 1995); the latter was translated into 30 languages and sold more than 10 million copies." (22 November 2007)
^The New York TimesDiarsipkan 2017-09-04 di Wayback Machine. on Night: "Indeed, since it appeared in 1960, "Night" has sold an estimated 10 million copies โ three million of them since Winfrey chose the book in January 2006 (and traveled with Wiesel to Auschwitz)." (20 January 2008)
^ABC NewsDiarsipkan 2008-04-16 di Wayback Machine. on The Total Woman: "One of the first books to address the issue was Marabel Morgan's "The Total Woman," which sold more than 10 million copies to women of all religious persuasions, making it the best-selling nonfiction book of 1974." (15 April 2008)
^"Waseda University". Waseda.jp. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2011-06-05. Diakses tanggal 2009-08-31.
^U.S. News & World ReportDiarsipkan 2009-05-08 di Wayback Machine. on What Color is Your Parachute: "Today, Parachute is one of the all-time bestselling careers books, with more than 10 million copies of 37 editions snapped up since 1970. " (1 October 2008)
^The Toronto StarDiarsipkan 2012-10-24 di Wayback Machine. on The Dukan Diet: "The book has sold 10 million copies worldwide, but didn't really make an impression on North America until [...]" (18 April 2011)
^BBC MagazineDiarsipkan 2011-10-26 di Wayback Machine. on The Joy of Sex: "The Joy of Sex ended up selling more than 10 million copies around the world โ more than five million in the United States alone, where it stayed in the New York Times best-seller list for a decade." (26 October 2011).
^Author Examines Gay AthletesDiarsipkan 2016-02-16 di Wayback Machine. on The Front Runner: "The Front Runner long ago leapt from the shelves of so-called 'gay fiction' to become one of the best-selling novels of recent times, selling 10 million copies in eight languages."
^Books ApartDiarsipkan 2017-08-19 di Wayback Machine. on The Goal: "The Goal is one of the best selling business novels. It has sold around 10 million copies and has been translated in over 35 languages."
^VarietyDiarsipkan 2008-04-13 di Wayback Machine. on the Berenstain Bears: "The company also is offering a new animated series based on the Berenstain Bears, the hugely popular children's brand that has sold more than 260 million books worldwide." (7 April 2002)
^The Globe and Mail on Choose Your Own Adventure: "The Choose Your Own Adventure DVD movies are adaptations of the original books, which sold more than 250 million copies. " (22 August 2006)
^ForbesDiarsipkan 2017-08-12 di Wayback Machine. on Sweet Valley High: "But despite 250 million copies in print, in 25 languages, Sweet Valley's sugar rush has been on the decline. " (28 October 2002)
^USA TodayDiarsipkan 2012-01-05 di Wayback Machine. on Nancy Drew: "The series is still in print and has sold over 200 million books in 17 languages." (29 May 2002)
^Keslassy, Elsa (20 February 2012). "AB lines up 'Waterloo' miniseries: English-lingo battle drama to cost up to $15 million". Chicago Tribune. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 31 July 2012. Diakses tanggal 12 March 2012. Published between 1949 and 2001, the San Antonio anthology is one of the best-selling French novel series of all times, having sold an estimated 200 million copies.
^"Archived copy"(PDF) (dalam bahasa Italian). Diarsipkan dari asli(PDF) tanggal 14 December 2010. Diakses tanggal 17 June 2015. Pemeliharaan CS1: Bahasa yang tidak diketahui (link) Pemeliharaan CS1: Salinan terarsip sebagai judul (link)
^"Stephenie Meyer". Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 2017-08-16. Diakses tanggal 2017-07-18. on Twilight: "Stephanie Meyer dwarfed the success of Brown's work with the Twilight series, selling over 120 million copies in less than seven years." (26 April 2012)
^The Wall Street Journal on the Star Wars books: "According to a Random House spokesman, the publisher has more than 160 million copies of "Star Wars" books in print." (1 April 2005)
^Mercer Mayer, HarperCollins, diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 24 October 2014, diakses tanggal 24 October 2014, His most recognized character, the lovable and charismatic Little Critterยฎ, was born in 1975 in the book Just for You. Mercer's Little Critter has since starred in more than two hundred books, which have sold over one hundred and fifty million copies.
^E.L. James has a new 'Fifty Shades': 'Darker' from Christian's point of view |date=2017-10-10 on Fifty Shades of Grey: "The "Fifty Shades" trilogy, which began with the 2011 novel "Fifty Shades of Grey," has been a publishing phenomenon. The books have sold more than 150 million copies and have spawned two film adaptations, with a third one slated for release next year." (4 February 2018)
^"Our Story". American Girl. Diakses tanggal 2022-10-28.
^CityWire on Chicken Soup: "His Chicken Soup for the Soul series, co-authored with Jack Canfield, has sold over 130 million copies in 54 languages and spans 105 different titles." (17 August 2008)
^BBC NewsDiarsipkan 2011-08-11 di Wayback Machine. on Mr. Men: "The famous books have gone on to sell 120 million copies and have been translated into 15 different languages. " (11 August 2011)
^RTBFDiarsipkan 2011-01-24 di Wayback Machine. on Martine: "Soixante albums de "Martine" ont รฉtรฉ publiรฉs dans la collection "Farandole" et 100 millions d'exemplaires vendus dans le monde." (21 January 2011)
^USA TodayDiarsipkan 2016-06-10 di Wayback Machine. on James Patterson's Alex Cross by the numbers: "81 million: Copies sold of series, starting with Along Came a Spider in 1993.""with Alex, it just seems to come together so naturally that I've kept him for myself. I suppose you could say Alex is the co-author." (27 November 2013)
^The Los AngelesDaily NewsDiarsipkan 2009-02-24 di Wayback Machine. on OSS 117: "Jean Bruce wrote 265 OSS 117 novels, selling some 75 million copies and spawning seven movies between 1956 and 1970." (1 August 2008)
^Lexington Herald-Leader[pranala nonaktif] on the Magic Tree House series: "The series has sold 70 million copies in North America and has been translated into 28 different languages in 31 countries." (25 November 2010)
^Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (2001-09-11). "Home". Left Behind. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 2009-08-30. Diakses tanggal 2009-08-31.
^The Globe and Mail[pranala nonaktif] on A Series of Unfortunate Events: "whose 13 "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books for children have sold an astonishing 65 million copies." (10 January 2012)
^The Green Bay Press Gazette[pranala nonaktif permanen] on Little House on the Prairie: "If there was any doubt that a love for Little House is an everlasting one, consider not only that 60 million copies of the Wisconsin-born Wilder's books have been sold since 1932[...]" (24 July 2010)
^The Irish Times on the All Creatures Great and Small series: "...in the evenings, writing under the pen name James Herriot, he [Alf Wight] chronicled his experiences, both past and present. The resulting eight books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and inspired multiple film and television adaptations" (1 March 2021)
^The Belfast Telegraph on the Jack Reacher books: "2012 marks a landmark year for Lee Child, whose Jack Reacher thrillers have now sold in excess of 60 million copies worldwide." (7 September 2012)
^Two Decades of Fun and Learning on the Magic School Bus. "Launched in 1986, this spirited science series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen encompasses 131 titles over a variety of formats and has sold more than 58 million copies." (27 July 2006)
^VarietyDiarsipkan 2011-11-09 di Wayback Machine. on Where's Waldo: "The books have sold more than 55 million copies in more than 38 countries and been translated into more than 30 languages" (7 November 2011)
^The StarDiarsipkan 2011-05-21 di Wayback Machine. on the Mars Venus series: " You must be from another planet if you have not heard of Gray and his Mars Venus universe. Fifty million of his books have been sold in 40 different languages." (24 February 2008)
^The Alameda SunDiarsipkan 2008-09-18 di Wayback Machine. on Junie B. Jones: "The series, launched in 1992, offers 27 books and an interactive journal, and has sold 44 million copies around the world." (27 June 2008)
^The Irish Independent on Harry Bosch: "Crime writer Michael Connelly's Hieronymous 'Harry' Bosch thrillers have sold 42 million copies, [...]" (5 November 2011)
^The Anniston StarDiarsipkan 2011-10-08 di Wayback Machine. on Harry Hole: "The series has been translated into 40 languages and has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide." (29 July 2011)
^Kidscreen on Erin Hunter: "Created by Coolabi Group's company Working Partners, the Warriors fantasy book series has sold more than 40 million copies around the world." (7 January 2019)
^Michael Bond, Creator of Paddington Bear, Smithsonian Magazine: ""The author's stories about a plucky, marmalade-loving bear sold more than 35 million copies worldwide."
^ORICON NEWS: Light novel light novel "Toaru Majutsu no Index" series published in 2004 by Dengeki Bunko has exceeded the cumulative issue number of 30 million copies, [...] (9 June 2018)
^ABC NewsDiarsipkan 2010-09-15 di Wayback Machine. on Ramona: "The film is adapted from Beverly Cleary's series of "Ramona" books, which go back more than 50 years and have sold 30 million copies." (23 July 2010)
^[1] Library of Congress, 2018 National Book Festival. "Rachel Renee Russell has sold over 30 million copies of the New York Times best selling series, Dork Diaries," Monica Valentine. (10 October 2018)
^The GuardianDiarsipkan 2016-04-13 di Wayback Machine. on Wallander: "[...] the crime novels by Swedish author Henning Mankell, which have sold 25 million copies worldwide." (21 September 2008)
^The Miami Herald on the South Beach Diet books: "The South Beach Diet became a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller and the six books in the series have sold 22 million copies." (15 January 2008)
^VarietyDiarsipkan 2017-08-16 di Wayback Machine. on Artemis Fowl: "The "Artemis Fowl" books have sold more than 21 million copies in print in 44 languages worldwide." (29 July 2013)
^However further 'Foundation' books were written by Asimov from 1982, extending the direct series to seven books, however these four further novels tell two largely independent stories. Ultimately many of Asimov's works join to form a single time line encompassing 20,000 years of future-history. To further add the extent of the series, a 'Second Foundation Trilogy' of books by contemporary Sci-Fi writers also explicitly join with the series.
^The StageDiarsipkan 2011-06-12 di Wayback Machine. on Horrible Histories: "[...] based on the hugely successful (20 million copies sold worldwide) series of children's books by Terry Deary, who also wrote this adaptation." (1 October 2008)
^Brandeton.com[pranala nonaktif permanen] on Rainbow Magic: "A publishing phenomenon, "Rainbow Magic" has sold 20+ million copies in 31 languages worldwide, including over 6 million books in print in the U.S." (23 November 2010)
^The TelegraphDiarsipkan 2008-05-31 di Wayback Machine. on Erast Fandorin: "The two authors share a quality that has seen Akunin shift 18 million copies of his Fandorin stories" (25 February 2007)
^BBCDiarsipkan 2008-09-20 di Wayback Machine. on The Hitchhiker's Guide: "About 16 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide" (17 September 2008)
^The New York TimesDiarsipkan 2017-09-04 di Wayback Machine. on His Dark Materials: "His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman's trilogy inspired by Paradise Lost, has sold 15 million copies worldwide, while the film version of the first volume, The Golden Compass, has earned more than $150 million." (13 January 2008)
^BBCDiarsipkan 2008-03-13 di Wayback Machine. on Alexander McCall Smith: "His books, featuring the unconventional No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, have sold 15 million copies in English, not counting the 42 languages they've been published in elsewhere." 7 March 2008
^Extrapolation for global range of other language publications, and related to the number of Scouts, make a realistic estimate of 100 to 150 million books.Jeal, Tim (1989). Baden-Powell. London: Hutchinson. ISBNย 0-09-170670-X.
^"Guinness World Records earmarks licensing growth", Licensing, 26 October 2010, diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2010-10-29, diakses tanggal 2010-10-29, The Guinness Book of World Records has been published in 30 languages in more than 100 countries and has sold in excess of 115 million copies, becoming the biggest selling copyright book of all time.
^"Shinbunka". JP: Shinbunka. 21 August 2017. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2020-10-09. Diakses tanggal 2020-04-14.
^"Book of Facts". The World Almanac. 2008. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 2009-09-07. Diakses tanggal 2009-08-31.
^World Almanac 2018, ISBN978-1-60057-213-5, page 11: "More than 82 million copies sold since 1868."
^"Peter Mark Roget", The San Francisco Chronicle, 25 March 2008, diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 14 September 2010, More than 40 million copies have been sold
^News2u, 6 February 2009, diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 5 October 2011
^The Telegraph[pranala nonaktif] on the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary: "Thirty million copies of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary have been sold since it was first published in 1948. " (3 June 2005)
