According to The Top Ten of Everything, these are the Bestselling English-language authors OF ALL TIME.Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare tied!
How is that even possible? Purportedly they've each had sales of 4,000,000,000. Kind of makes J. K. Rowling look like a piker with her measly 400,000,000.
Enid Blyton ???????? (British children's book writer; published 8 in 1986 alone.)
Dr. SeussAha! There is a caveat next to the list. Apparently the numbers are estimates, especially for the older books. The records on Shakespeare's book sales from the 18th-19th centuries probably aren't too accurate. This may also explain how dear sweet Barbara Cartland wound up on the list. However, most of her books were published as inexpensive paperbacks and goodness knows she was prolific. Romance readers, here's a little validation. There you go.
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