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Since these are the bestselling novels of all time, you will not find any non-fiction, religious, or political books, like The Holy Quran, The King James Bible, and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. If we were to include them, they would be the top three in the order that they are listed.

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10. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown: 80+ Million
9. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis: 85+ Million
8. Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin: 100+ Million
7. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie: 100+ Million
6. The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien: 100+ Million
5. Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling: 107+ Million
4. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: 140+ Million
3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: 150+ Million
2. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: 200+ Million
1. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: 500+ million

Source/Further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_The_Da_Vinci_Code
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-books-danbrown-idUSTRE58E5Q720090917
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one
http://www.biography.com/people/cs-lewis-9380969#the-chronicles-of-narnia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/7545438/The-20-greatest-childrens-books-ever.html
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/15/156143707/in-red-chamber-a-love-triangle-for-the-ages
http://www.biography.com/people/agatha-christie-9247405#synopsis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon2/mystery1/poem.html
http://www.biography.com/people/jrr-tolkien-9508428#career-as-a-scholar-and-writer
http://www.biography.com/people/jk-rowling-40998#early-struggles
http://www.biography.com/news/jk-rowling-harry-potter-facts
http://www.snopes.com/j-k-rowling-drops-off-forbes-billionaires-list/
http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/31/because-its-his-birthday-harry-potter-by-the-numbers/
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E3DE1E3FF930A35757C0A9639C8B63&pagewanted=all
http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahprime/The-Book-That-Changed-Pharrell-Williams-Life-Video_1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhjFDkdRmJI
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/the-alchemist-paulo-coelho-oprah_n_5762092.html
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/21/charles-dickens-george-eliot-a-tale-of-two-cities
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/dec/13/classics.miguelcervantes
http://blog.lovereading.co.uk/special-features/08/the-most-popular-books-of-all-time/#.WG2GohsrLtR
http://www.stylist.co.uk/books/the-all-time-most-popular-books-in-the-world-revealed#art