List of best-selling fiction authors
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This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. 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. Numbers given are estimated copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an author. To keep the list manageable, only authors with estimated sales of at least 100 million are included. Authors of comic books are not included unless they have been published in book format (for example, comic albums, manga tankōbon volumes, trade paperbacks, or graphic novels). Some authors, including Jane Austen, Miguel de Cervantes, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Higgins, Isaac Asimov and Leon Uris have not been included in the table because no exact figures could be found, although it is possible that they too have more than 100 million copies of their work in print.
Tables
| Author | Min. estimated sales | Max. estimated sales | Original language | Genre and/or major works | Number of books | Nationality |
| William Shakespeare | 2 billion | 4 billion | English | Plays and poetry, e.g. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet | 42 | British |
| Agatha Christie | 2 billion | 4 billion | English | Whodunits, including the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot series | 86 | British |
| Barbara Cartland | 500 million | 1 billion | English | Romance | 723 | British |
| Danielle Steel | 500 million | 800 million | English | General fiction, romance | 179 | American |
| Harold Robbins | 750 million | 750 million | English | Adventure | 23 | American |
| Georges Simenon | 500 million | 700 million | French | Detectives, Maigret, romans durs | 570 | Belgian |
| J. K. Rowling | 600 million | 650 million | English | Young adult fiction, Harry Potter among other works | 22 | British |
| Eiichiro Oda | 570 million | 578 million | Japanese | Manga, One Piece | 112 | Japanese |
| Enid Blyton | 400 million | 600 million | English | Children's literature, Noddy, The Famous Five, The Secret Seven | 800 | British |
| Jackie Collins | 400 million | 500 million | English | Romance | 32 | British |
| Sidney Sheldon | 300 million | 500 million | English | Suspense | 21 | American |
| Rick Riordan | 190 million | English | Fantasy | 30+ | American | |
| Gilbert Patten | 125 million | 500 million | English | Adolescent adventures | 209 | American |
| Dr. Seuss | 100 million | 500 million | English | Children's literature | 44 | American |
| Akira Toriyama | 298 million | 438 million | Japanese | Manga, Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Super | 66 | Japanese |
| Leo Tolstoy | 413 million | 413 million | Russian | War and Peace, Anna Karenina | 48 | Russian |
| Corín Tellado | 400 million | 400 million | Spanish | Romance | 4,000 | Spanish |
| James Patterson | 400 million | 400 million | English | Thriller, Alex Cross, Maximum Ride | 400+ | American |
| Dean Koontz | 325 million | 400 million | English | Horror, thriller, science fiction, fantasy | 91 | American |
| Stephen King | 300 million | 400 million | English | Horror, science fiction, fantasy, It, The Shining, The Stand, Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, The Green Mile | 77 | American |
| Horatio Alger | 200 million | 400 million | English | Dime novels | 135 | American |
| Nora Roberts | 145 million | 400 million | English | Romance | 200+ | American |
| R. L. Stine | 100 million | 400 million | English | Goosebumps series, Fear Street series, horror, comedy | 430+ | American |
| Alexander Pushkin | 357 million | 357 million | Russian | Plays, poetry, prose, Eugene Onegin | 17 | Russian |
| Paulo Coelho | 225 million | 350 million | Portuguese | The Alchemist | 28 | Brazilian |
| Jirō Akagawa | 300 million | 330 million | Japanese | Mystery | 500+ | Japanese |
| Jeffrey Archer | 250 million | 330 million | English | Saga, thriller, short stories, Kane and Abel, The Clifton Chronicles | 33 | British |
| Louis L'Amour | 230 million | 330 million | English | Western | 101 | American |
| René Goscinny | 325 million | 325 million | French | Franco-Belgian comics, Asterix, Lucky Luke, Iznogoud | 108 | French |
| Erle Stanley Gardner | 100 million | 325 million | English | Mystery, Perry Mason | 140 | American |
| Edgar Wallace | 300 million | 300 million | English | Detective | 175 | British |
| Janet Dailey | 300 million | 300 million | English | Romance | 93 | American |
| Jin Yong | 100 million | 300 million | Chinese | Wuxia | 15 | Chinese |
| Robert Ludlum | 110 million | 290 million | English | Espionage, Jason Bourne | 40 | American |
| Osamu Tezuka | 276 million | 276 million | Japanese | Manga, Astro Boy, Black Jack, Buddha | 62 | Japanese |
| Frédéric Dard | 200 million | 270 million | French | Detective, San Antonio | 300 | French |
| Stan and Jan Berenstain | 200 million | 260 million | English | Berenstain Bears | 300+ | American |
| Roald Dahl | 200 million | 250 million | English | Children's literature | 50 | British |
| Zane Grey | 250 million | 250 million | English | Western | American | |
| Irving Wallace | 250 million | 250 million | English | Suspense | American | |
| Masashi Kishimoto | 250 million | 250 million | Japanese | Manga, Naruto | 72 | Japanese |
| Gosho Aoyama | 250 million | 250 million | Japanese | Manga, Detective Conan | 100 | Japanese |
| J. R. R. Tolkien | 200 million | 250 million | English | The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, classical fantasy | 36 | British |
| John Grisham | 100 million | 250 million | English | Legal thriller | 35 | American |
| Karl May | 100 million | 200 million | German | Western, adventure | 80 | German |
| Mickey Spillane | 100 million | 200 million | English | Detective, Mike Hammer | American | |
| C. S. Lewis | 100 million | 200 million | English | The Chronicles of Narnia, fantasy, popular theology | 38 | British |
| Kyotaro Nishimura | 200 million | Japanese | Mystery | 400+ | Japanese | |
| Mitsuru Adachi | 200 million | Japanese | Manga, Touch, H2, Slow Step, Miyuki,Cross Game | Japanese | ||
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- BBC on Robert Ludlum: "The author, who died in 2001, has sold more than 290 million books worldwide." (August 11, 2005)https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4142130.stm
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- The Rocky Mountain Collegian Archived April 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Clive Cussler: "An audit later revealedhttps://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/news/2007/05/03/News/Dispute.Over.Hollywood.Script.sahara.Sent.To.The.Jury-2893268.shtml
- The Telegraph Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Clive Cussler: "His widely popular novels - his new one,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/02/23/ft23.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/02/23/ixtop.html
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- The Hollywood Reporter Archived September 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine on Stephenie Meyer: "the books have sold morehttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephenie-meyer-talks-twilights-10th-833037
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- The Library of Congress Archived February 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine on Norman Bridwell: "Now more than 80 Cliffordhttps://www.loc.gov/bookfest/author/norman_bridwell
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- The National Archived August 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine on David Baldacci: "At last count, David Baldacci had soldhttp://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/books/the-author-david-baldacci-and-the-formula-of-no-formula
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- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/books/tom-clancy-best-selling-novelist-of-military-thrillers-dies-at-66.html
- The Sun Runner on Andrew Neiderman: "Aside from the fact that "The Devil's Advocate" is a film classic featuring Al Pacihttps://web.archive.org/web/20080405030712/http://www.thesunrunner.com/Interviews/V_C_Andrews/v_c_andrews.html
- Authors' Den Archived July 22, 2012, at archive.today on Andrew Neiderman: "Neiderman has over 100 million books in prinhttp://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=21877&id=23547
- The New York Times Archived December 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Ed McBain: "Ms. Gelfman, his agent, estimated thttps://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/07/books/07hunter.html?pagewanted=2
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- The Independent Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine on Roger Hargreaves: "The popularity of the original chttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/mr-rude-and-mr-cool-join-mr-men-ensemble-602442.html
- News Australia Archived February 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Roger Hargreaves: "The popular series featured charhttp://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23193363-5013016,00.html
- Variety Archived April 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Robin Cook: "Cook, who with more than 100 million books in prhttps://www.variety.com/review/VE1117906241.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
- Wesleyan University Archived November 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine on Robin Cook: "He has sold more than 100 millionhttp://www.wesleyan.edu/rc/2007/program-friday.html
- The Telegraph[dead link] on Wilbur Smith: "Translated into 26 languages, they have sold more than 80 million copies worlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/04/28/smworld28.xml
- The Herald Archived April 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Wilbur Smith: "He is the author of 25 best-sellers and clahttp://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2002/05/21/news/n16_21052002.htm
- Augusta Chronicle Archived February 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine on Erskine Caldwell: "Mr. Caldwell's books have solhttp://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/021107/met_116151.shtml
- The New York Times Archived April 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Erskine Caldwell: "More than 100 million copies ofhttps://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A15F93B5D0C728CDDAB0994DA484D81
- The New York Times Archived September 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine on Judith Krantz: "Judith Krantz, Whose Tales ofhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/obituaries/judith-krantz-dead.html
- Deadline Archived September 14, 2019, at the Wayback Machine on Judith Krantz: "Judith Krantz Dies: Best-Selling Authorhttps://deadline.com/2019/06/judith-krantz-dies-best-selling-author-91-obituary-1202636830/
- The Independent Archived September 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine on Eleanor Hibbert: "She sold staggering amounts, inhttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/forgotten-authors-no-7-victoria-holt-942323.html
- The New York Times on Eleanor Hibbert: "Eleanor Hibbert, a prolific and popular novelist whose books, written under thehttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DA1F39F932A15752C0A965958260
- The New York Times Archived April 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Lewis Carroll: "Over 100 million copies of Carrollhttps://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A14FA3A5C0C7B8DDDAD0894DD484D81
- Miami Herald Archived October 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine on Denise Robins: "Miss Robins' novels, translated into 15http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3627965F9BBB0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- China.org Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Cao Xueqin: "Sun said that the book has sold over 100 millihttp://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/151884.htm
- The Times of India Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine on Ian Fleming: "Faulks took up where Fleming lefthttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Pune_Times/Bond_with_novelty/articleshow/2198813.cms
- The New Zealand Herald on Ian Fleming: "Faulks took up where Fleming left off in 1966 with Octopussy and the Living Daylhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10450944
- Eckhard Bernstein in Culture and Customs of Germany page 101 on Hermann Hesse: "Over 100 million copies of his works havhttps://books.google.com/books?id=R4RM-WIC6rEC&dq=100-million-copies&pg=PA101
- The International Herald Tribune Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Hermann Hesse: "Hesse's novels appeahttp://www.iht.com/articles/1999/10/28/gbooks.2.t.php
- The Washington Post Archived March 8, 2021, at the Wayback Machine on Rex Stout: "he substituted pleasure for pain and phttps://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2farchive%2fentertainment%2fbooks%2f1977%2f11%2f20%2fwhos-afraid-of-nero-wolfe%2f2a7eb331-8868-4938-b272-0cbb0a3d82c2%2f%3f
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Archived October 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine on Rex Stout: "Readers have snapped up more thttp://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29BF546BBBFDB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- Screening Difference: How Hollywood's Blockbuster Films Imagine Race, Ethnicity and Culture, Dr. Jaap van Ginneken, pagehttps://books.google.com/books?id=kd8WqdD7qIUC&dq=100-million-copies&pg=PA124
- The Age Archived April 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on Anne Golon: "Somehow, despite her books having sold more thanhttp://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/12/1100227564436.html
- Kevin McCarthy's The Book Lover's Guide to Florida Archived March 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine on Frank G. Slaughterhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm2329727/bio
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- Bret E. Carroll in American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia, page 449, on Edgar Rice Burroughs: "The twenty-fivhttps://books.google.com/books?id=E0R9lLtv8i8C&dq=100-million-copies&pg=PA449
- Neil Shulman e.a. in Get Between the Covers: Leave a Legacy by Writing a Book, page 225, on John Creasey: "Over his lifehttps://books.google.com/books?id=uG6Ei0Ix00EC&dq=100-million-copies&pg=PA225
- Thomas D. Hamm in The Quakers in America page 208, on James Michener: "Michener produced a steady stream of books for thhttps://books.google.com/books?id=gtytTEbrf6QC&dq=%22james+michener%22+%22100+million%22&pg=PA208
- Books from Japan Archived September 17, 2018, at the Wayback Machine on Yasuo Uchida: "Yasuo Uchida (1934–) is a populahttp://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/cjw/item/138-yasuo-uchida
- Deseret News Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine on Mary Higgins Clark: "Mary Higgins Clark has been on The Nehttp://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705293354,00.html
- Forbes Archived September 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine on Mary Higgins Clark: "Sales:100 million books sold" (June 6,https://www.forbes.com/sites/avrildavid/2011/06/06/the-10-most-powerful-women-authors/2/
- The Telegraph Archived December 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine on Penny Jordan: "selling more than 90 million copies ohttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9026164/Penny-Jordan.html
- The Washington Post Archived September 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine on Penny Jordan: "sold more than 100 million copihttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/penny-jordan-author-of-200-romance-novels-dies-at-65/2012/01/20/gIQAfcJuGQ_story.html
- The Christian Science Monitor Archived February 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine on Patricia Cornwell: "Cornwell's bookshttps://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0221/Patricia-Cornwell-wins-lawsuit-against-financial-firm