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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. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of 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).
William Shakespeare 2 billion[1] 4 billion[2] English Plays and poetry 42 English
Agatha Christie 2 billion[3] 4 billion[2] English Whodunits including the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot series 85 English
Barbara Cartland 500 million[4] 1 billion[5] English Romance 723 English
Danielle Steel 500 million[6] 800 million[7] English Romance 179 American
Harold Robbins 750 million[8] 750 million[9] English Adventure 23 American
Georges Simenon 500 million[10] 700 million[11] French Detectives, Maigret, romans dur 570 Belgian
Enid Blyton 600 million[12] English Children's literature, Noddy, The Famous Five, The Secret Seven 800 English
Sidney Sheldon 370 million[13] 600 million[14] English Suspense 21 American
J. K. Rowling 500 million[15] English Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 15 British
Gilbert Patten 125 million[16] 500 million[17] English Adolescent adventures 209 American
Dr. Seuss 100 million[18] 500 million[19] English Children's literature 44 American
Eiichiro Oda 470 million[20] 473 million[d] Japanese Manga, One Piece 96 Japanese
Leo Tolstoy 413 million[34] Russian War and Peace, Anna Karenina 48 Russian
Corín Tellado 400 million[35] 400 million[36] Spanish Romance 4,000 Spanish
Jackie Collins 250 million[37] 400 million[38] English Romance 25 English
Horatio Alger 200 million[39] 400 million[40] English Dime novels 135 American
R. L. Stine 100 million[41] 400 million[42] English Goosebumps series, Fear Street series, horror, comedy 430+ American
Dean Koontz 325 million[43] 400 million[44] English Horror, thriller, science fiction, fantasy 91 American
Nora Roberts 145 million[45] 400 million[46] English Romance 200+ American
Alexander Pushkin 357 million[34] Russian Plays, poetry, prose, Eugene Onegin 17 Russian
Stephen King 300 million[47] 350 million[48] English Horror, science fiction, fantasy, It, The Shining, The Stand, Bag of Bones, Needful Things, The Green Mile 70 American
Paulo Coelho 225 million[49] 350 million[50] Portuguese The Alchemist 28 Brazilian
Jeffrey Archer 250 million[51] 330 million[52] English Saga, thriller, short stories, Kane and Abel, The Clifton Chronicles 33 English
Louis L'Amour 230 million[53] 330 million[54] English Western 101 American
Jirō Akagawa 300 million[55] 330 million[56] Japanese Mystery 500+ Japanese
René Goscinny 325 million[57] French Franco-Belgian comics, Asterix, Lucky Luke, Iznogoud 108 French
Erle Stanley Gardner 100 million[58] 325 million[59] English Mystery, Perry Mason 140 American
Edgar Wallace 300 million[60] English Detective 175 English
Jin Yong 100 million[61] 300 million[62][63] Chinese Wuxia 15 Chinese
Janet Dailey 300 million[64] 300 million[65] English Romance 93 American
Robert Ludlum 110 million[66] 290 million[67] English Espionage, Jason Bourne 40 American
Akira Toriyama 287 million[f] Japanese Manga, Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Super 66 Japanese
Osamu Tezuka 276 million[80] Japanese Manga, Astro Boy, Black Jack, Buddha 62 Japanese
James Patterson 150 million[81] 275 million[82] English Thriller, Alex Cross 98 American
Frédéric Dard 200 million[83] 270 million[84] French Detective, San Antonio 300 Swiss
Stan and Jan Berenstain 200 million[85] 260 million[86] English Berenstain Bears 300+ American
Roald Dahl 200 million[87] 250 million[88] English Children's literature 50 British
John Grisham 100 million[89] 250 million[90] English Legal thriller 22 American
Zane Grey 250 million[91] English Western American
Irving Wallace 250 million[92] English Suspense American
ller 11 British/Canadian
Gérard de Villiers 150 million[114] French Detectives, SAS 170 French
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