Here’s a curated list of some of the top bestselling books of all time across genres and ages. These are not necessarily the exact top 100, as sales data may vary, but they are among the most widely recognized bestsellers globally:
Fiction Classics :

1. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes


2. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens


3. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien


4. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling


6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien


7. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie


8. Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin


9. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger


10. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown



Modern Fiction & Thrillers :

11. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


12. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James


13. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins


14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson


15. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer


16. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


17. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell


18. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown


19. The Help by Kathryn Stockett


20. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin


Science Fiction & Fantasy :

21. Dune by Frank Herbert


22. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card


23. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis


24. Foundation by Isaac Asimov


25. The Shining by Stephen King


26. Neuromancer by William Gibson


27. The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan


28. 1984 by George Orwell


29. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley


30. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury



Romance :

31. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


32. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon


33. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë


34. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


35. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks


36. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn


37. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy


38. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier


39. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green


40. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes



Historical Fiction :

41. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy


42. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak


43. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett


44. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr


45. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah


46. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini


47. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden


48. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini


49. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón


50. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell



Inspirational & Self-Help :

51. The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale


52. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne


53. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill


54. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie


55. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl


56. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey


57. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle


58. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki


59. Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins


60. Atomic Habits by James Clear


Nonfiction & Memoirs

61. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank


62. Becoming by Michelle Obama


63. Educated by Tara Westover


64. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela


65. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls


66. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson


67. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou


68. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert


69. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari


70. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah


Business & Productivity

71. Good to Great by Jim Collins


72. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries


73. Zero to One by Peter Thiel


74. The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss


75. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell


76. The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen


77. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg


78. Start with Why by Simon Sinek


79. The Art of War by Sun Tzu


80. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman



Personal Development & Psychology

81. The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck


82. Grit by Angela Duckworth


83. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman


84. The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown


85. Mindset by Carol S. Dweck


86. Daring Greatly by Brené Brown


87. Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi


88. Drive by Daniel H. Pink


89. The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler


90. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius



Children’s Books

91. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling


92. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle


93. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White


94. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown


95. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak


96. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss


97. Matilda by Roald Dahl


98. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll


99. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery


100. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein



These books are notable not only for their sales figures but also for their cultural impact, timeless storytelling, and universal appeal.