[STEAM] 10 best-selling fiction book series of all time

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Published between 1983 and 2003, the Sweet Valley High series was never one of my particular favorites, but it’s hard to argue with 250 million copies sold to date. During those 20 years, 400 books (if you include the long list of spinoff series) were published thanks to an entire team of ghostwriters working under Francine Pascal. 





These books are definitely aimed at teenage girls, and the drama within very much reflects the target audience, with stories that very much reflect the torture that is high school. With inspiration pulled from a myriad of literary genres, including

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, detective fiction, and even sci-fi, there is at least some variation in the mountain of titles. 

6. Choose Your Own Adventure (250 million+)

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As an adult with a love of horror movies and the macabre, I wholly blame R.L. Stine for shaping my childhood with the

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and the subsequent TV adaptations of the 62 books in the original series. It’s like an introduction to the most traditional horror concepts, done in a way that both scares you but also somehow doesn’t give you nightmares. 





The first Goosebumps book was published back in 1992, so many people in my generation grew up reading them, making the entire series a trip down a very creepy, nostalgic lane. There have been multiple spin-off book series within the Goosebumps franchise, and Disney recently rebooted the whole series with two more grown-up series that are perfect for nostalgic 30-somethings.

1. Harry Potter (600 million+)

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If you’ve worked your way through this list and somehow didn’t see this coming, then I’ve got no idea what to tell you. The world of Harry Potter is a cultural phenomenon and, regardless of your personal feelings towards J.K. Rowling (trust me, I get it), you have to agree that Harry Potter has become a figurehead in the world of young adult fantasy.





Sure, none of the concepts are original, with some of them being outright questionable, and the writing is simplistic, but none of that matters somehow. The books and the Wizarding World as a whole are a gateway to the wider world of fantasy, and to anyone who read them growing up, the world offers a huge amount of comfort. 





With the multi-billion dollar movie series and the upcoming (admittedly worrying) reboot in the works, the world of Harry Potter shows no signs of being knocked off the top spot.



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