List of best-selling books

=== Between 10 million and 20 million copies ===
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!Book !! Author(s) !! Original language !! First published !! Approximate sales
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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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