Despite the fact that USA has witnessed an overall decline in the percentage of American adults who read literature — any novels, short stories, poetry or plays in the last few decades, this nowhere has come to affect the love for literature in the hearts of avid readers. Seeing the increasing number of best-selling books in the market, it is no doubt that the world of reading is not going to be limited by the non-readers. Surfing kids book online, one will find endless literature flowing in. The abundance of novel books, kids books, cookbooks, sci-fi books, etc. flooding the literature world is surely a big sign of enthusiastic readership among people.
Best-selling books are ranked by the number of copies sold, not by my personal ratings.
So here’s a list of recommended best-selling books for all kinds of generations fitting into different genres:
Kids Books:
The kids today grow up reading the stories by Dr. Seuss and J. K. Rowling. Can you even imagine today’s childhood without Harry Potter in it? Here you go with the best kids books online.
1. The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey (1942)
2. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (1902)
3. Tootle by Gertrude Crampton (1945)
Cook Books:
A cookbook will reveal to you so many different things apart from mere recipes that you would want to get lost in them completely. Here are the top-selling cook books in town, have a look.
1. Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Witherspoon
2. Whole 30 by Teresa Welch
3. Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines
Not only these, but there are many other novel books as well which are the best-selling books of all-time. Don Quixote (500 million copies sold) by Miguel de Cervantes, A Tale of Two Cities (200 million copies sold) by Charles Dickens, The Lord of the Rings (150 million copies sold) by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Little Prince (142 million copies sold) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (107 million copies sold) by J.K. Rowling, being the most popular, the most sold books across, are counted as the everlasting memory in the world of literature.
This shows that even in the world of growing e-books and audiobooks, the American readers have still not loosened their grip on the books and the increasing love for books is visible through these top-selling books. Literature is something that will never lose its feet even in the fast-moving world, come what may. So readers, keep enjoying your favorite reading stuff!
