10 best-selling books

10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• number of copies sold: 77,000,000
• author: J. K. Rowling
• first edition: July 2, 1998 (Great Britain)
• original language: English
• genre: fantasy

9. The Da Vinci Code

• number of copies sold: 80,000,000
• author: Dan Brown
• first edition: March 18, 2003 (USA)
• original language: Italian
• genre: sensation

8. The Adventures of Pinocchio

• number of copies sold: 80,000,000
• author: Carlo Collodi
• first edition: 1881 (Italy)
• original language: English
• genre: fantasy

7. She: A History of Adventure

• number of copies sold: 83,000,000
• author: H. Rider Haggard
• first edition: 1887 (Great Britain)
• original language: English
• genre: novel

6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

• number of copies sold: 85,000,000
• author: C. S. Lewis
• first edition: October 16, 1950 (Great Britain)
• original language: English
• genre: fantasy

5. And Then There Were None

• number of copies sold: 100,000,000
• author: Agatha Christie
• first edition: November 6, 1939 (Great Britain)
• original language: English
• genre: criminal story

4. Dream of the Red Chamber

• number of copies sold: 100,000,000
• author: Cao Xueqin
• first edition: mid 18th century (China)
• original language: Chinese
• genre: novel

3. The Little Prince

• number of copies sold: 100,000,000
• author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• first edition: April 6, 1943 (New York)
• original language: French
• genre: a philosophical tale

2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

• number of copies sold: 120,000,000
• author: J. K. Rowling
• first edition: June 26, 1997 (Wialka Kingdom)
• original language: English
• genre: fantasy

1. The Hobbit

• number of copies sold: 140,600,000
• author: J. R. R. Tolkien
• first edition: 1937 (Great Britain)
• original language: English
• genre: fantasy