There's something to be said about cracking open a good book. But what makes a book really good? Millions of people around the global have read the following books—making them the five best-selling tomes of all time.
Now what are you waiting for? Go grab yourself a copy—everybody else has, after all!

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#5: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
First published in 1997
Copies sold: 120 million
#4: The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
First published in 1943
Copies sold: 140 million
#3: The Lord of the Rings
First published in 1954
Copies sold: 150 million
#2: A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
First published in 1859
Copies sold: 200 million
#1: Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes
First published in 1605
Copies sold: 500 million