1.
Book: A Tale of Two Cities
Author : Charles Dickens
Original Language: English
First Published : 1859
Approximate Sales : 200 million
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralised by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several characters through these events.Purchase Through Amazon
2.
Book: The Lord of the Rings
(sometimes considered a series)
Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Original Language: English
First Published : 1954–1955
Approximate Sales : 150 million
The title of the novel refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron,[note 1] who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across northwest Middle-earth, following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters, the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck and Peregrin "Pippin" Took, but also the hobbits' chief allies and travelling companions: the Men Aragorn, a Ranger of the North and Boromir, a Captain of Gondor; Gimli, a Dwarf warrior; Legolas, an Elven prince; and Gandalf, a Wizard.Purchase Through Amazon
3.
Book: Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)
Author : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Original Language: French
First Published : 1943
Approximate Sales : 140 million
The Little Prince is a poetic tale, with watercolour illustrations by the author, in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid. The story is philosophical and includes social criticism, remarking on the strangeness of the adult world. It was written during a dark, restless, but productive period for Saint-Exupéry after he fled to North America subsequent to the Fall of France during the Second World War, witnessed first hand by the author and captured in his memoir Flight to Arras.[11] The adult fable, as described in one review, is actually "...an allegory of Saint-Exupéry's own life—his search for childhood certainties and interior peace, his mysticism, his belief in human courage and brotherhood....", plus his enduring love for his wife Consuelo "but also an allusion to the tortured nature of their relationship.Purchase Through Amazon
4.
Book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Author : J. K. Rowling
Original Language: English
First Published : 1997
Approximate Sales : 107 million
The plot follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage, as he makes close friends and a few enemies in his first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just one year old.Purchase Through Amazon
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