Which author has sold the most?

James Patterson is the world's highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world's best-selling author since 2001. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide, and is most famous for the "Alex Cross" crime novel series.
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Who is the best-selling author alive?

Who Is the Best-Selling Author Alive? Currently, the #1 best-selling author alive is Danielle Steel. Although her books receive mixed feedback from literary critics, her romance novels have sold over 800 million copies and remain incredibly popular.
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What is the most sold book in history?

He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years. "Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung" came in second with 820 million copies sold, and "Harry Potter" came in third with 400 million copies sold.
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Which author sold the most books in 2020?

Here's the full list, from Publishers Weekly:
  • Barack Obama, A Promised Land (2,574,531 copies sold)
  • Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun (1,311,147 copies sold)
  • Dav Pilkey, Dog Man (1,240,277 copies sold)
  • Mary L. ...
  • Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (1,235,099 copies sold)
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Who is the highest paid author of all time?

  • 1.4 8. Paula Hawkins ($ 13 million)
  • 1.5 7. Nora Roberts ($ 14 million)
  • 1.6 6. John Grisham ($ 14 million)
  • 1.7 5. Stephen King ($ 15 million)
  • 1.8 4. Dan Brown ($ 20 million)
  • 1.9 3. Jeff Kinney ($ 21 million)
  • 1.10 2. James Patterson ($ 87 million)
  • 1.11 1. JK Rowling ($ 95 million)
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Top 10 BEST SELLING Books In History



What is the 2nd most read book in the world?

The second most read book in the world is the Holy Quran. As per survey the Quran is not only most read book of the Islamic world, but it also the most recited book of all time. The Third most read book is Quotation from the works of Mao Tse –tung.
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What is the scariest book ever written?

Horror – 13 Most Terrifying Books of All Time
  • 1Pet Sematary. by Stephen King. ...
  • 2The Island of Doctor Moreau. by H. G. Wells. ...
  • 3The Cask of Amontillado. by Edgar Allan Poe. ...
  • 4The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ...
  • 5The Turn of the Screw. by Henry James. ...
  • 6Frankenstein. by Mary Shelley. ...
  • 7The Exorcist. ...
  • 8Something Wicked This Way Comes.
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Has one piece outsold the Bible?

While 454 million copies and counting is a massive achievement, especially when you consider that the first issue was released on Oct. 20, 1999, no, it hasn't outsold the Bible. In fact, it hasn't even come close to touching the Adventures of Jesus and Friends (alternate title, probably.)
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Who are the top 5 authors of all time?

Top 10 Authors by Number of Books Selected
  • William Shakespeare – 11.
  • William Faulkner – 6.
  • Henry James – 6.
  • Jane Austen – 5.
  • Charles Dickens – 5.
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky – 5.
  • Ernest Hemingway – 5.
  • Franz Kafka – 5.
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Who is the most famous author ever?

The Top Ten Famous Authors
  1. William Shakespeare. Ah, The Bard. ...
  2. George Orwell. True, Orwell (whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair) isn't everyone's taste, especially those who do not share his views on totalitarianism. ...
  3. J.K. Rowling. Like her or not, Ms. ...
  4. Kurt Vonnegut. ...
  5. Virginia Woolf. ...
  6. Ernest Hemingway. ...
  7. William Faulkner. ...
  8. Ayn Rand.
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Who is the most famous book?

10 Most Popular Books of All Time
  • Don Quixote. By Miguel de Cervantes. ...
  • Lord of the Rings. By J.R.R. Tolkien. ...
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. By J.K. Rowling. ...
  • And Then There Were None. By Agatha Christie. ...
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll. ...
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. ...
  • Pinocchio. ...
  • Catcher in the Rye.
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Who is the world's #1 best-selling author?

James Patterson is the world's highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world's best-selling author since 2001. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide, and is most famous for the "Alex Cross" crime novel series.
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Who is the most successful novelist?

Heralded as the Queen of Mystery, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time, outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. According to a recent study conducted by Harper Collins, Christie has sold more than 1 billion copies in the English language alone.
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What is the shortest horror story?

The world's shortest horror story was originally published in 1948; it was written by Frederic Brown, and consists of two sentences. It reads: "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room.
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Has Stephen King written any non horror books?

His literary oeuvre includes 61 novels, 5 non-fiction books, and approximately 200 short stories. Even though King is known for his works of horror, his writing talent is not restricted to the particular genre only. He has some non-horror and non-scary books to his name as well that are liked by his fans.
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Who read most books in the world?

Which countries read the most?
  • India, 10:42. With its citizens reading 10 hours and 42 minutes per week on average, India tops our list. ...
  • Thailand, 9:24. Thailand is second on our list, with a time of 9 hours and 24 minutes on average per week. ...
  • China, 8:00. China ranks third with eight hours on average.
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What is the most available book in the world?

The all-time most popular books in the world revealed
  • The Holy Quran (644) - over 3 billion.
  • The King James Bible (1611) - over 2.5 billion.
  • Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (1964) by Mao Zendong - 800 million.
  • Don Quixote (1512) by Miguel de Cervantes - 500 million.
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How many books sold 100000 copies?

The average book in America sells about 500 copies. Those blockbusters are a minute anomaly: only 10 books sold more than a million copies last year, and fewer than 500 sold more than 100,000. So are all the rest of the books simply failed blockbusters? Of course not.
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Is J.K. Rowling richer than the Queen?

So, yeah, J. K. Rowling is rich. In fact, she's richer than the Queen of England. The once beloved and now controversial writer has made an absolute fortune off The Boy Who Lived—she's currently one of the wealthiest authors in the world.
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Who is the richest female author?

Nora Roberts is the queen of romance novels, and the prolific author has an estimated net worth of $400 million. She began her career in the late 1970s, and has since written over 230 books.
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How much does J.K. Rowling make per book?

CNBC estimates that Rowling has earned well over $1 billion from Harry Potter book sales alone, assuming a standard 15% royalty, as well as another $50 million for her books for adults and several Potter spinoffs.
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Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.
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