Books that have sold over 50 million copies stacker. Best selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. All time number of star trek books sold the trek bbs. Copies in print copies sold but it does give you an upper limit. Over the years, the number of books sold in the united kingdom uk has decreased significantly, dropping to roughly 191 million books as of 2018. So to that end, ive hunted around to find out how many copies the below books sold in the twelve months following their publications. Hundreds of authors participated and the results for young adult, middle grade, and picture books categories painted a detailed picture of the life and livelihoods of childrens authors. However, sales numbers for these books are nearly impossible to track. And that does not necessarily define them as successful. How many copies did famous books sell in the first year. Here they are, the bestselling books of all time, according to wikipedia. Selfpublishing childrens books a look at the numbers.
The fact that a tale of two cities sits at the top of this list is fantastic and astounding and unbelieveble and gives me hope for the human race. The total number of copies sold in the united states alone. The number of books sold in the united states just since the trailer was released on november 14, 2011. That 75k number is pretty skewed by the existence of anthony doerrs runaway literary hit, all the light we cannot see, which sold over 1. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. It has sold 111,803 copies in the uk according to nielsen bookscan. Scrambler books has published 16 poetry books out of a total of 19 published books since 2008. This page includes a list of the 25 bestselling books of alltime as well as the 25 bestselling book series of alltime. Michelle obamas becoming sold 2 million copies in its first 15 days, according to her publishers, penguin random house. Henry holt, a division of macmillan, announced wednesday that it has sold 1.
Hararis sapiens hits one million mark the bookseller. Once youve done that, you can see how many copies you need to sell either in a one day or one month time period in order to outrank the competition. The most popular harry potter book according to sales. Can you tell how many copies of a book have been sold by. Hardcover frontlist nonfiction publishers weekly bestseller lists. As a result, the nonfiction market is all over the place. Thats a huge number, even though the limited media coverage of the genre can often undersell how popular childrens books really are. While it only sold as many copies as four of its predecessors, it reached those sales numbers faster than any of the books before it.
Some books sell a ton of copies, and some hardly sell any. Twenty years ago, readers around the world first discovered the magical story of harry potter, created by j. Contant, who said he had sold 36 copies of the book since march a number most contemporary writers would envy keeps his copies in a case near the information desk, so they can be. As for amazon, one investigation from publishers weekly estimates a book would need to sell almost 1,100 copies every day to land a spot on the sites top five. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. First, you can check out the competition and see how many books theyre selling. Firefight sold the most of a single edition, with mistborn 1 selling a little more if you add up the paperback, paperback box set which sells slightly more copies than the individual paperback, and ya trade paperback version. If you have more than one book in your bibliography, the sales info tab defaults to an all books view, which displays the total number of copies of your entire bibliography sold. It is a harsh truth about poetry publishing, but not one that most unpublished poets know. Yes, you can, but its expensive and not 100% reliable. Converts amazon sales rank but if you would like to learn more about i. Youd need access to a similar sample to calculate copies sold. How to retrieve the number of copies sold for a specific book.
The total number of copies print, ebook and audio sold by author helen bryan, whose two historical novels, war brides and the sisterhood, were put. If you just want the free tool that does it, then here you go. Bestselling books are ranked by number of copies sold, not my personal ratings. Even if it were, there are two sales numbers that can be used. As for individual book numbers, those arent public, but i can give highlights from 2015 in the us, print versions only. This page provides lists of bestselling individual books and book series to date and in any language. To see copies sold for an individual book, click the orange triangle next to the all books heading and select an individual book. Stacker explores books that have sold over 50 million copies.
But before i get into the numbers, im going to tell you something very counterintuitive. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. Excluding religious, political, or ideological texts, this list covers 39 books that have reached this achievement, the overwhelming majority of which are fictional novels featuring stories that capture our imagination or change how we view the world. There are currently 20,211 listings for star trek under books. Martin has sold more than 70m copies of his a song of ice and fire novels around the world. Over the years, the book industry has remained a massive, greatly influential global consumer market. Having sold 15 million of its 65 million copies in the first day alone, harry potter and the deathly hallows holds the world record for fastestselling book in history. Also, it is worth noting that some religious and political books such as the bible, quran, and quotations from chairman mao are believed to. Seuss books had been translated into 17 languages and had sold 650 million copies in 95 countries, according to the washington post. Potter has hit a huge milestone this year, with more than 500 million books sold all over the world, in 80 languages. The bookscan sales of those books literally ranged from 1,000 to 1. Freys book ranks second among oprahs bookclub bestsellers.
Publishers, in the interest of looking good, are more than likely going to supply the first number, since. This is how much a book needs to sell to be considered a bestseller. It sounds like the list should be a basic ranking based on the numbers the vendors give. Numbers are in millions of copies sold there are so many interesting things to note here. Bestseller lists, such as the new york times bestseller lists, are extrapolations from the sales of a representative selection of book sellers. First and foremostamong political books, but also among pretty much all bookswas hillary clintons memoir, what happened, which sold 167,000 copies.
How many copies does a bestseller book need to sell. The book is the first part of the 7 books series and has also been made into blockbuster film with the title the chronicles of narnia. The book was first published in 1950 and has sold 85 million copies worldwide. Best selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or cowritten by an. There are a lot of ways you can use this sales rank data to help if youre an author or publisher. This is a list of bestselling fiction authors to date, in any language. The alltime most popular books in the world revealed. The description of the enemy of the people on amazon says it is a firsthand account of the dangers acosta faces reporting on the current white house. Homo deus has now been a sunday times top five bestselling nonfiction paperback since. On the road at 50 jack kerouac books the new york times. Books that have sold 50 million copies or more include the da vinci code by dan brown, catcher in the rye by j. Publishers weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were afraid.
The total number of weeks that the hunger games books. There were about 5 million adult nonfiction print books sold in the united states per week during october and november of 2019. Obviously, most of the numbers are approximate its pretty clear when theyre not, and of course i havent mentioned every book on on the spectrum because that would just be. Selfpublishing childrens books a look at the numbers last year, i ran an anonymous survey for traditionally published childrens authors. Book sales are not a good way to measure the success of a nonfiction book.
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