Who Has Sold The Most Books Of All Time?

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Book The Little Prince Author(s) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Original language French First published 1943 Genre Novella

Who are the top 5 best-selling authors of all time?

  • J.K Rowling– 400 million copies.
  • Leo Tolstoy – 413 Million copies.
  • Gilbert Pattern(William George Gilbert Pattern) – 500 Million copies.
  • Dr. …
  • Danielle Steel – 570 million copies.
  • Enid Blyton– 600 million copies.
  • Georges Simenon– 700 million copies.

Who is the best selling author of all time?

Author Min. estimated sales Number of
William Shakespeare

2 billion 42
Agatha Christie 2 billion 85 Barbara Cartland 500 million 723 Danielle Steel 500 million 179

Who is the best-selling American author of all time?

  • William Shakespeare is a legend. …
  • Agatha Christie is the queen of mystery. …
  • Barbara Cartland tops nearly everyone with sheer number of books. …
  • Harold Robbins has been noticed by Hollywood. …
  • Georges Simenon made his mark with detective fiction.

What is the most sold game in the world?

Rank Title Sales 1

Minecraft

238,000,000
2 Grand Theft Auto V 150,000,000 3 Tetris (EA) 100,000,000 4 Wii Sports 82,900,000

What is the most sold book in the world?

The most read book in the world is

the Bible

. Writer James Chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years. He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years.

Who is the best-selling author of the 20th century?

  • Danielle Steel.
  • Stephen King.
  • James A. Michener.
  • Sidney Sheldon.
  • Mary Higgins Clark.
  • Robert Ludlum.
  • Lloyd C. Douglas.
  • Sinclair Lewis.

Who is the best author ever?

  • William Shakespeare – 11.
  • William Faulkner – 6.
  • Henry James – 6.
  • Jane Austen – 5.
  • Charles Dickens – 5.
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky – 5.
  • Ernest Hemingway – 5.
  • Franz Kafka – 5.

Who is the best writer in the world?

  • William Shakespeare — 11.
  • William Faulkner — 6.
  • Henry James — 6.
  • Jane Austen — 5.
  • Charles Dickens — 5.
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky — 5.
  • Ernest Hemingway — 5.
  • Franz Kafka — 5.

Who is the most famous female author?

  • Enheduanna. Enheduanna was born in 2285 BCE. …
  • Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was born in 1928 in Missouri. …
  • Beverly Cleary. Beverly Cleary grew up on a farm in Oregon before moving to Portland. …
  • Willa Cather. …
  • Sandra Cisneros. …
  • Virginia Woolf. …
  • Louisa May Alcott. …
  • Toni Morrison.

What is Stephen King's most sold book?

Stephen King's top-selling novel is

The Shining

. The novel was first published in 1977, or 44 years ago (as of 2021). When you multiply 44 by the yearly book sales (15,732), you get 692,208 copies sold.

Who is the most famous American author?

  • Herman Melville (1819-1891) …
  • Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) …
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) …
  • J.D. Salinger (1919-2010) …
  • John Steinbeck (1902-1968) …
  • Henry David Thoreau(1817-1862) …
  • Mark Twain (1835-1910) …
  • Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

What is the #1 game in the world?

Game title Publisher 1.

Minecraft

Mojang
2. League of Legends Riot Games 3. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Valve Corporation 4. Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Games

What is the most sold game in 2020?

Rank 2020 Top 20 Games (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales 1

Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

What game sold the most copies 2020?

  • Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
  • Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare.
  • Animal Crossinig: New Horizons*
  • Madden NFL 21.
  • The Last Of Us Part 2.
  • Ghost Of Tsushima.
  • Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
  • Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

What is the #1 best-selling book?

Rank Title Author SOURCE: NIELSEN BOOK SCAN 1

Da Vinci Code,The


Brown

, Dan
2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J.K. 3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rowling, J.K.
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