Well, not actually all time – but the past 12 years…
Here’s a list of the top 50 Best Selling books (source : Nielsen).
The quantity sold is listed along with the RRP.
I’ve linked the title & the author to the book on Amazon UK.
How many have you read?
| Position | Title | Author | Qty | RRP |
| 1 | Da Vinci Code,The | Brown, Dan | 4,522,025 | £7.99 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Rowling, J. K. | 3,844,316 | £6.99 |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Rowling, J. K. | 3,184,492 | £6.99 |
| 4 | Angels and Demons | Brown, Dan | 3,096,850 | £7.99 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Rowling, J. K. | 3,043,226 | £16.99 |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince:Children's Edition | Rowling, J. K. | 2,947,565 | £16.99 |
| 7 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Rowling, J. K. | 2,842,059 | £17.99 |
| 8 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Rowling, J. K. | 2,776,314 | £6.99 |
| 9 | Twilight | Meyer, Stephenie | 2,105,862 | £7.99 |
| 10 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rowling, J. K. | 2,057,397 | £8.99 |
| 11 | Deception Point | Brown, Dan | 2,018,264 | £7.99 |
| 12 | New Moon | Meyer, Stephenie | 1,975,659 | £7.99 |
| 13 | Lovely Bones,The | Sebold, Alice | 1,942,042 | £7.99 |
| 14 | Digital Fortress | Brown, Dan | 1,911,943 | £7.99 |
| 15 | Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,The | Haddon, Mark | 1,868,969 | £7.99 |
| 16 | Eclipse | Meyer, Stephenie | 1,846,171 | £7.99 |
| 17 | Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,The:Millennium Trilogy | Larsson, Stieg | 1,697,425 | £7.99 |
| 18 | Kite Runner,The | Hosseini, Khaled | 1,551,953 | £7.99 |
| 19 | Time Traveler's Wife,The | Niffenegger, Audrey | 1,496,081 | £7.99 |
| 20 | World According to Clarkson,The | Clarkson, Jeremy | 1,447,188 | £7.99 |
| 21 | Atonement | McEwan, Ian | 1,396,366 | £7.99 |
| 22 | Lost Symbol,The | Brown, Dan | 1,370,347 | £18.99 |
| 23 | Short History of Nearly Everything,A | Bryson, Bill | 1,334,635 | £9.99 |
| 24 | Breaking Dawn | Meyer, Stephenie | 1,315,685 | £14.99 |
| 25 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rowling, J. K. | 1,297,411 | £17.99 |
| 26 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Rowling, J. K. | 1,283,638 | £17.99 |
| 27 | Girl Who Played With Fire,The:Millennium Trilogy | Larsson, Stieg | 1,265,474 | £7.99 |
| 28 | Child Called It,A | Pelzer, Dave | 1,116,042 | £6.99 |
| 29 | No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency,The:No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency S. | McCall Smith, Alexander | 1,106,219 | £7.99 |
| 30 | You are What You Eat:The Plan That Will Change Your Life | McKeith, Gillian | 1,103,619 | £14.99 |
| 31 | Man and Boy | Parsons, Tony | 1,100,447 | £7.99 |
| 32 | Birdsong | Faulks, Sebastian | 1,078,571 | £7.99 |
| 33 | Labyrinth | Mosse, Kate | 1,065,008 | £7.99 |
| 34 | Island,The | Hislop, Victoria | 1,056,432 | £7.99 |
| 35 | Life of Pi | Martel, Yann | 1,050,090 | £7.99 |
| 36 | Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution:The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss P | Atkins, Robert C. | 1,046,531 | £8.99 |
| 37 | Tales of Beedle the Bard,The | Rowling, J. K. | 1,039,823 | £6.99 |
| 38 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | De Bernieres, Louis | 1,025,664 | £7.99 |
| 39 | Delia's How to Cook:(Bk.1) | Smith, Delia | 1,014,854 | £20.00 |
| 40 | Gruffalo,The | Donaldson, Julia | 1,007,208 | £5.99 |
| 41 | Eats, Shoots and Leaves:The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation | Truss, Lynne | 995,455 | £9.99 |
| 42 | Northern Lights:His Dark Materials | Pullman, Philip | 976,435 | £6.99 |
| 43 | Interpretation of Murder,The | Rubenfeld, Jed | 950,686 | £7.99 |
| 44 | Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest,The:Millennium Trilogy | Larsson, Stieg | 942,103 | £7.99 |
| 45 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Fielding, Helen | 923,429 | £7.99 |
| 46 | Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian,A | Lewycka, Marina | 904,498 | £7.99 |
| 47 | Alchemist,The:A Fable About Following Your Dream | Coelho, Paulo | 903,395 | £7.99 |
| 48 | Notes from a Small Island | Bryson, Bill | 898,388 | £8.99 |
| 49 | Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,The | Boyne, John | 885,450 | £6.99 |
| 50 | Stupid White Men:...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Natio | Moore, Michael | 877,777 | £7.99 |