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In Russell Ash's The Top 10 of Everything 2002, the author provides a list of the 10 bestselling books of all time. That list is provided in the following table. Note that several of the books have been published as annual editions.
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Various | The Holy Bible | c. 1451-55 | More than 6 Billion |
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Mao Tse-Tung | Quotations from Chairman Mao | 1966 | 900,000,000 |
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Noah Webster | The American Spelling Book | 1783 | Up to 100,000,000 |
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Mark C. Young | Guiness Book of World Records | 1955 | More than 90,000,000 |
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World Almanac Editors | World Almanac | 1868 | 73,500,000 |
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William Holmes McGuffey | The McGuffey Readers | 1836 | 60,000,000 |
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Benjamin Spock | The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care | 1946 | More than 50,000,000 |
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Elbert Hubbard | A Message to Garcia | 1899 | More than 40,000,000 |
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Charles Monroe Sheldon | In His Steps, What Would Jesus Do? | 1896 | More than 30.000,000 |
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Jacqueline Susann | Valley of the Dolls | 1966 | More than 30,000,000 |
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