Best Selling Authors Ever
|
Author |
Min. estimated sales |
Max. estimated sales |
Original language |
Genre or title |
Number of books |
Citizenship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 billion |
4 billion |
English |
Plays and poetry |
English |
||
|
2 billion |
4 billion |
British |
Whodunits including the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot series |
85 |
British |
|
|
500 million |
1 billion |
English |
Romance |
723 |
British |
|
|
500 million |
800 million |
English |
Romance |
120 |
American |
|
|
750 million |
750 million |
English |
Adventure |
23 |
American |
|
|
500 million |
700 million |
French |
Detectives, Maigret |
570 |
Belgian |
|
|
370 million |
600 million |
English |
Suspense |
21 |
American |
|
|
300 million |
600 million |
English |
Children's literature, Noddy, The Famous Five |
800 |
British |
|
|
100 million |
500 million |
English |
Children's literature |
44 |
American |
|
|
125 million |
500 million |
English |
Adolescent adventures |
209 |
American |
Sources: Wikipedia.org
