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20 Best Selling Novels of All Time

I asked an AI platform what the top twenty best selling novels of all time were. This is the list that it fed back. I'm not sure I agree that some of them are even classed as novels, but that's another story. The AI did state, however: "Determining the top twenty best-selling novels of all time is challenging due to variations in sales reporting, translations, and changing publishing practices. However, here's a list of some of the best-selling novels in history, as of my knowledge cutoff date in September 2021."
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
1
Miguel De Cervantes
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
2
Charles Dickens
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
3
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
4
J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
5
J.K. Rowling
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
6
Agatha Christie
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
7
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
8
J.D. Salinger
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
9
Paulo Coelho
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
10
Dan Brown
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
11
Harper Lee
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
12
C.S. Lewis
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
13
Stieg Larsson
Iowa: The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
Iowa: The Bridges of Madison County
14
Robert James Waller
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
15
Eric Carle
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
16
Margaret Mitchell
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
17
L.M. Montgomery
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Sue Townsend)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
18
Sue Townsend
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
19
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
20
Jacqueline Susann
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