Next up we have another dame! This time Dame Barbara Cartland.

With over 2 billion book sales worldwide, Agatha Christie is definitely a record-breaking author. She wrote her novels during what was called the ‘ Golden Age of Detective Fiction,’ and she is referred to by book critics and her fans as the ‘Queen of Crime.’Ĭhristie is also known for writing the murder mystery play The Mousetrap, which is the longest-running play in the world and has been performed in London’s West End since 1952. We hope we can help you find your latest book obsession, and this article is a great place to start! The Best-Selling Authors Of All Timeįrom prolific romance and crime authors, to beloved children’s authors who shaped so many generations, let’s see who are indeed the best-selling authors of all time! Agatha Christieĭame Agatha Christie was a prolific English writer, writing 14 short story collections and 66 detective novels, and is best known for her work involving the fictional detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. If you’re joining us from, welcome! We’ve recently acquired the site, and we’re all about recommending books and authors on the basis of comparing them with books you might have read and loved before. In our article today, we’ll be looking at the best-selling novels of all time as well as the best-selling authors of all time, as well as providing some insight on what has made these works so enduring. There are also many celebrated modern classics that we’re sure will be held in the same high esteem as older novels for years to come.īut while there are many celebrated novels we may consider to be the most popular or best-selling of all time, is that the case?

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