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Best-Selling Non-Fiction Books Of All Time
This list features the non-fiction books that have sold the most copies in history.
RANK | BOOK | AUTHOR | SALES | YEAR | GENRE |
1 | The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care | Benjamin Spock | 50 million | 1946 | Manual |
2 | The Hite Report | Shere Hite | 50 million | 1976 | Sexology |
3 | Cosmos | Carl Sagan | 40 million | 1980 | Science |
4 | Alcoholics Anonymous | William Griffith Wilson | 37 million | 1939 | Self-Help |
5 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Anne Frank | 35 million | 1947 | Autobiography |
6 | Your Erroneous Zones | Wayne Dyer | 35 million | 1976 | Self-Help |
7 | How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | 30 million | 1936 | Self-Help |
8 | Who Moved My Cheese? | Spencer Johnson | 30 million | 1998 | Self-Help |
9 | A Brief History of Time | Stephen Hawking | 25 million | 1988 | Science |
10 | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen R. Covey | 25 million | 1989 | Self-Help |
References
Goodreads, (n.d.). Best Selling Books of All Time. [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/33934.Best_Selling_Books_of_All_Time [Accessed 1 December 2025].
The Guardian, (2012). Best-selling books of all time: Fifty Shades of Grey and more. [online] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/aug/09/best-selling-books-all-time-fifty-shades-grey-compare[Accessed 1 December 2025].
Penguin Random House, (n.d.). The bestselling books of all time. [online] Available at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/the-bestselling-books-of-all-time/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Clear, J., (n.d.). Best-selling books. [online] Available at: https://jamesclear.com/best-books/best-selling [Accessed 1 December 2025].
IGN, (n.d.). Best-selling books of all time. [online] Available at: https://www.ign.com/articles/best-selling-books-of-all-time [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Wikipedia contributors, (2024). List of best-selling books. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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