The 21 Best-selling Books of All Time


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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – 107 million
J.K. Rowling, author of &quot;Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,&quot; reads the book to eager children at the 2010 White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington, D.C.
J.K. Rowling, author of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," reads the book to eager children at the 2010 White House Easter Egg Roll in Washington, D.C.
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The first volume in J.K. Rowling's blockbuster series about young wizards living in a magical modern world is a perfect example of the difficulties in finding exact numbers for a list of this nature. It was first published in 1997, fully subject to modern sales tracking methods. However, with different publishers for different nations, and various publishers reporting seemingly exaggerated numbers, it's more accurate to say, "107 million, give or take 20 million or so."

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