Who is the best-selling author alive?

Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel

Between 500 and 800 million sales of Danielle’s 120 titles have been sold to date and she is currently the best selling author alive.

Who is the wealthiest author?

Here are the richest authors of all time. According to Most Expensive Thing, Elisabeth Badinter is the world’s most valuable author, with an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion. The French philosopher is known for her books on feminism, including The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women.

What is the #1 best-selling book of all time?

Top 100 best selling books of all time
Rank Title Author
SOURCE: NIELSEN BOOK SCAN
1 Da Vinci Code,The Brown, Dan
2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J.K.
3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Rowling, J.K.

Who is No 1 author in the world?

List
Author Min. estimated sales Number of books
William Shakespeare 2 billion 42
Agatha Christie 2 billion 85
Barbara Cartland 500 million 723
Danielle Steel 500 million 179

Who is No 1 writer in the world?

1. James Patterson — £71.3 million ($95 million) James Patterson is the world’s highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world’s best-selling author since 2001.

Who has sold the most books ever?

Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history.
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More than 100 million copies.
Book The Little Prince
Author(s) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Original language French
First published 1943
Approximate sales 100 million

What is the 2nd most sold book in the world?

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tsung, also known as the “Little Red Book”, is the world’s second best-selling book, having sold around 1.1 billion copies worldwide.

Who has read the most books?

The research found that consumers in the UK and the US read below the global average (just over five hours a week for both), as the below chart by Statista shows. According to the index, India read the most, followed by Thailand and China.

Who wrote the book wonder?

R. J. Palacio
Wonder / Author

In Wonder, R.J. Palacio tells the story of Auggie, a tough, sweet, 10-year-old boy, who was born with distorted facial features — a “craniofacial difference” caused by an anomaly in his DNA. Palacio tells NPR’s Michele Norris that the book was inspired by a real-life encounter with her own kids six years ago.