List of best-selling books

== List of best-selling regularly updated books ==
=== More than 100 million copies ===
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!Book !! Author(s) !! Original language !! First published !! Approximate sales
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|新华字典 ([[Xinhua Zidian]] / Xinhua Dictionary) || Chief editor: Wei Jiangong || Chinese || 1957 || 567 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/press-release/2016/4/gwr%20announces%20xinhua%20dictionary/|title=Guinness World Records Announces Xinhua Dictionary as the "Most Popular Dictionary" and the "Best-Selling book (regularly updated)" &#124; Guinness World Records}}</ref>
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|''[[Scouting for Boys]]'' || [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert Baden-Powell]] || English || 1908 || 100–150 million<ref>Extrapolation for global range of other language publications, and related to the number of [[Scouting|Scouts]], make a realistic estimate of 100 to 150 million books.{{cite book | first = Tim | last = Jeal | author-link = Tim Jeal | title = Baden-Powell | year = 1989 | location = London | publisher = [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]] | isbn = 0-09-170670-X}}</ref>
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|''[[The McGuffey Readers]]'' || [[William Holmes McGuffey]] || English || 1853 || 125 million<ref>{{Citation | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BtGzlMatpUUC&q=125-million-copies&pg=PA439 | first = William Joseph | last = Federer | title = America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations | page = 439 | contribution = William Holmes McGuffey | quote = As of 1963, 125 million copies had been sold | year = 1996 | publisher = Amerisearch | isbn = 9781880563052 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170402012202/https://books.google.com/books?id=BtGzlMatpUUC&pg=PA439&dq=125-million-copies&lr=&ei=x4LzR9zABYKWzATf_fHJCw&sig=ZrvbFvcxhs05I1Cs4E1h-ZiGjYo | archive-date = 2017-04-02 }}</ref>
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|''[[Guinness World Records]]'' (published every year)|| Various authors || English || 1955 || 115 million<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.licensing.biz/news/6235/Guinness-World-Records-earmarks-licensing-growth | title = Licensing | contribution = Guinness World Records earmarks licensing growth | quote = The Guinness Book of World Records has been published in 30 languages in more than 100 countries and has sold in excess of 115 million copies, becoming the biggest selling copyright book of all time. | date = 26 October 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101029205237/http://www.licensing.biz/news/6235/Guinness-World-Records-earmarks-licensing-growth | archive-date = 2010-10-29 | access-date = 2010-10-29 }}</ref>
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|六星占術によるあなたの運命 (''Rokusei Senjutsu (Six-Star Astrology) Tells Your Fortune'') || [[Kazuko Hosoki]]<br />[[Kaori Hosoki]]|| Japanese || 1986 || 101.2 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shinbunka.co.jp/news2017/08/170821-03.htm |title=Shinbunka |date=21 August 2017 |publisher=Shinbunka |place=[[Japan|JP]] |access-date=2020-04-14 |archive-date=2020-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009115037/https://www.shinbunka.co.jp/news2017/08/170821-03.htm/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|''[[American Spelling Book]]'' ([[Webster's Dictionary]]) || [[Noah Webster]] || English || 1783 || 100 million<ref name=RussellAsh />
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=== Between 50 million and 100 million copies ===
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|''[[World Almanac]]'' (published every year)|| Various authors || English || 1868–76; 1886–present || 82 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldalmanac.com/world-almanac.aspx |title=Book of Facts |publisher=The World Almanac |date=2008 |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907084441/http://www.worldalmanac.com/world-almanac.aspx |archive-date=2009-09-07 }}</ref><ref>World Almanac 2018, {{ISBN|978-1-60057-213-5}}, page 11: "More than 82 million copies sold since 1868."</ref>
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|[[Betty Crocker Cookbook]] || General Mills staff || English || 1950–2016 (12th edition) || 75 million<ref name="dawson 2016">{{cite news|last1=Dawson|first1=Mackenzie|title=This isn't your mother's Betty Crocker cookbook|url=https://nypost.com/2016/10/12/this-isnt-your-mothers-betty-crocker-cookbook/|access-date=5 January 2018|work=[[New York Post]]|date=12 October 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Tung Shing]] ({{lang-zh|t=通勝}}) || Choi Park Lai's family, among others || Chinese || 1891(Only counting versions published by Choi's family) || >70 million (Only counting version published by Choi)<ref>{{cite news|title=曆法大師逝世‧編寫曆書列文化遺產 蔡伯勵通勝絕|url=https://www.chinapress.com.my/20180727/%E6%9B%86%E6%B3%95%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96%E2%80%A7%E7%B7%A8%E5%AF%AB%E6%9B%86%E6%9B%B8%E5%88%97%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E9%81%BA%E7%94%A2-%E8%94%A1%E4%BC%AF%E5%8B%B5%E9%80%9A%E5%8B%9D%E7%B5%95/|access-date=20 February 2022|work=[[China Press]]|date=27 July 2018}}</ref>
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|''[[Webster's Dictionary|Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary]]'' || [[Merriam-Webster]] || English || 1898 || 55 million<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/pr/eleventh.htm | edition = 11th | publisher = Merriam-Webster | title = Collegiate Dictionary | year = 2003 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090421055719/http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/pr/eleventh.htm | archive-date = 2009-04-21 }}</ref>
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=== Between 30 million and 50 million copies ===
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|''[[Roget's Thesaurus]]'' || [[Peter Mark Roget]] || English || 1852– || 40 million<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/25/entertainment/e124825D83.DTL | newspaper = The San Francisco Chronicle | title = Peter Mark Roget | quote = More than 40 million copies have been sold | date = 25 March 2008 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100914073427/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2008%2F03%2F25%2Fentertainment%2Fe124825D83.DTL | archive-date = 14 September 2010 }}</ref>
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|できるシリーズ (''Dekiru Series'') || {{ill|Impress|ja|インプレス|vertical-align=sup}} Dekiru Series Editorial Desk || Japanese || 1994–present || 40 million<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.news2u.net/releases/43884 | title = News2u | date = 6 February 2009 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005213920/http://www.news2u.net/releases/43884 | archive-date = 5 October 2011 }}</ref>
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|''[[Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book]]'' || Various authors || English || 1930– || 38 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72940&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=970136&highlight= |title=Meredith Corporation |publisher=Nasdaq Investor Relations |access-date=2009-08-31}}</ref>
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|''[[The Art of Mathematics]]''<br /> (''[[The Art of Mathematics (series)|The Art of Mathematics]]'') || [[Hong Sung-dae]] || Korean || 1966–present|| 37 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?Total_ID=2432384 |title='정석' 40년 3700만 권 팔려 … 에베레스트 125개 높이 |publisher=Joongang Daily|access-date=2010-09-11}}</ref><br />~ 40 million<ref>[http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2005011053091&ltype=1&nid=102&sid=01191026&page=6 한국경제(The Korean Financial Newspaper)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011902/http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2005011053091&ltype=1&nid=102&sid=01191026&page=6 |date=2007-09-27 }} (10 January 2005)</ref>
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|''[[Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary]]'' || [[A. S. Hornby]] || English || 1948 || 30 million<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/03/06/boll.xml The Telegraph] {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} on the ''Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary'': "Thirty million copies of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary have been sold since it was first published in 1948. " (3 June 2005)</ref>
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|''Le guide Michelin France'' (''[[Michelin Guide|The Michelin Guide]] France'') (published every year)|| Various authors || French || 1900–present || 30 million<ref>[http://www.maptrade.org/docs/mapreport/2004-05-MapReport.pdf Map Repoat May 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923085621/https://www.maptrade.org/docs/mapreport/2004-05-mapreport.pdf |date=2006-09-23 }} "The Michelin Guide France 2004 Celebrates Its. 30 Millionth Copy", p.20</ref>
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=== Between 20 million and 30 million copies ===
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!Book !! Author(s) !! Original language !! First published !! Approximate sales
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|超図解シリーズ (''Cho-Zukai series'') || {{ill|X media|ja|エクスメディア|vertical-align=sup}} || Japanese || 1996–2007 || 25 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.junkudo.co.jp/detail2.jsp?ID=0106947626 |title=Junkdo Shoten |publisher=Junkudo.co.jp |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005105039/http://www.junkudo.co.jp/detail2.jsp?ID=0106947626 |archive-date=2011-10-05 }}</ref>
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|{{ill|自由自在|ja|自由自在 (参考書)|vertical-align=sup}} (''Jiyu Jizai'') || Various authors || Japanese || 1953–present || 24 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoshindo.co.jp/Gakusan/syoudocA.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212104619/http://www.zoshindo.co.jp/Gakusan/syoudocA.htm|url-status= dead|title=Zoshindo|archive-date=February 12, 2008}}</ref>
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|新明解国語辞典 (''[[Shin Meikai kokugo jiten]]'') || [[Tadao Yamada]]|| Japanese || 1972 || 20.4 million<ref name=asashi2008>[http://book.asahi.com/clip/TKY200801160127.html Asahi Shimbun] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401153841/http://book.asahi.com/clip/TKY200801160127.html |date=2008-04-01 }} 16 January 2008</ref>
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|''[[An Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar|English Grammar]]'' || [[Lindley Murray]] || English || 1795 || 20 million<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/books/review/09DERESIE.html The New York Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430221634/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/books/review/09DERESIE.html |date=2013-04-30 }} (9 January 2005)</ref>
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=== Between 10 million and 20 million copies ===
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|''[[The Joy of Cooking]]'' || Various authors || English || 1936 || 18 million<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/dining/01joy.html New York Times] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706130659/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/dining/01joy.html |date=2017-07-06 }} 1 November 2006</ref>
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|スーパーマップル (''Super Mapple'') || Various authors || Japanese || 1991–present || 18 million<ref>[http://www.mapple.co.jp/publ/sm.html Shobunsha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410193837/http://www.mapple.co.jp/publ/sm.html |date=2008-04-10 }} (2007)</ref>
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|{{ill|チャート式|ja|vertical-align=sup}} (Chart Shiki) || Various authors || Japanese || 1927–present || 17.44 million, only for the first grade of high-school<ref name=NKS2005 />
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|英語基本単語集 (''Eigo Kihon Tangoshu'') "Compilation of basic English vocabulary" || [[Yoshio Akao]]|| Japanese, English || 1942 || 17.2 million<ref name=NKS2005>[[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]] morning edition, 10 January 2005.</ref>
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|''Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary''
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| English
| (Up to 1975)
| 15.11 million<ref>{{Cite book| title=80 Years of Best Sellers| author=Alice Payne Hackett and James Henry Burke| page=54| date=1977| location=New York, London| publisher=R. R. Bowker}}</ref>
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|試験に出る英単語 (''Siken Ni Deru Eitango'') "English vocabulary in examinations" || [[Ichiro Mori]]|| Japanese, English || 1967 || 15 million<ref>[http://www.okwave.co.jp/news/press_log/2006/1006.html OK Wave] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331184157/http://www.okwave.co.jp/news/press_log/2006/1006.html |date=2008-03-31 }} (6 October 2006)</ref>
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|新英和中辞典 (''Shin Eiwa Chu Jiten'') "New English-Japanese Dictionary" || [[Shigeru Takebayashi]]|| Japanese, English || 1967 || 12 million<ref>[http://www.technocraft.co.jp/press/2006/0210_yakushi.html Techno Craft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122063800/http://www.technocraft.co.jp/press/2006/0210_yakushi.html |date=2008-01-22 }} (10 February 2006)</ref>
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|広辞苑 (''[[Kōjien]]'') || [[Izuru Shinmura]] || Japanese || 1955 || 11.9 million<ref>[https://www.bunkanews.jp/news/news.php?id=17996 The Bunka News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011703/https://www.bunkanews.jp/news/news.php?id=17996 |date=2018-10-20 }} (25 October 2017)</ref>
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|旺文社古語辞典 (''Obunsha Kogo Jiten'') "Obunsha Dictionary of Archaisms" || [[Akira Matsumura]]|| Japanese || 1960 || 11 million<ref>[http://www.obunsha.co.jp/service/jisho-2007/kogo/kogo_35.html Obunsha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329231911/http://www.obunsha.co.jp/service/jisho-2007/kogo/kogo_35.html |date=2008-03-29 }} (2007)</ref>
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| Hammond's ''Pocket Atlas''
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| English
| (Up to 1965)
| 11 million<ref>{{Cite book|title=70 Years of Best Sellers|page=12,40,79|date=1967|author=Alice Payne Hackett|location=New York, London|publisher=R. R. Bowker}}</ref>
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|三省堂国語辞典 (''[[Sanseido Kokugo Jiten]]'') "Sanseido Dictionary of the Japanese Language" || [[Kenbō Hidetoshi]]|| Japanese || 1960 || 10 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanseido-publ.co.jp/publ/dicts/fuku_meikoku.html |title=Sanseido |publisher=Sanseido-publ.co.jp |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026233852/http://www.sanseido-publ.co.jp/publ/dicts/fuku_meikoku.html |archive-date=2009-10-26 }}</ref>
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|家庭に於ける実際的看護の秘訣 (''Katei Ni Okeru Jissaiteki Kango No Hiketsu'') "Key to Practical Personal Care at Home" || [[Takichi Tsukuda]]|| Japanese || 1925 || 10 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ne.jp/asahi/matsukinpapa/ucd/tukudaT1.html |title=Tsukuda Takichi Akahon No Page |publisher=Ne.jp |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110064707/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/matsukinpapa/ucd/tukudaT1.html |archive-date=2009-01-10 }}</ref>
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|''C程序设计'' (''C Program Design'') || [[Tan, Haoqiang]]|| Chinese || 1991 || 10 million<ref>[http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2009-06/29/content_284606.htm Paper.people.com.cn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182044/http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2009-06/29/content_284606.htm |date=2011-07-21 }} (June 29, 2009)</ref>
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