All-Time Best-Selling Books

[OSUsushichic]

1. The Bible (6.7 billion copies)
2. Quotations from Chairman Mao, Mao Tse-Tung (900 million)
3. The Qur?an (800 million)
4. Xinhua Zidian (400 million ? a Chinese dictionary, first published in 1953)
5. The Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmer
6. Pilgrim?s Progress, John Bunyan
7. Foxe?s Book of Martyrs, John Foxe
8. The Book of Mormon, Joseph J. Smith, Jr. (123 million)
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer?s Stone, J.K. Rowling (107 million ? UK title was ?and the Philosopher?s Stone)
10. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (100 million)
11. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (100 million)
12. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling (65 million)
13. The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown (65 million)
14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling (60 million)
15. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (60 million)



http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5886

 

[OCBucksFan]

Interesting, religious interests and Harry Potter... I am actually surprised that "The Joy Of Sex" isn't in there considering how many people I have known who had that book. It's also interesting that J.K. Rowling has outsold most of the more classic authors.

 

[BB73]

1. The Bible (6.7 billion copies)

Current world population: Approximately 6.7 billion

 

[ImFrigginFly]

Harry Potter is garbage.

 

[BayBuck]

Harry Potter is garbage.

Riddikulus! :tongue2:

 

[OSUsushichic]

Harry Potter is garbage.

 

[kinch]

10. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (100 million)

Hmm, I seem to remeber this book having a different name (or two). :)

Now you can even get it as "Ten Little Soldiers," its fourth title, by my count.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Hmm, I seem to remeber this book having a different name (or two). :)

Now you can even get it as "Ten Little Soldiers," its fourth title, by my count.

Ten Small indigenous peoples?

 

[endzoneBucki]

I never enjoyed the Lord of the rings.
Too bad the classics are disappearing. Hemmingway etc.

 

[scooter1369]

Harry Potter is garbage.

it appears that 232+ million people disagree...

 

[ImFrigginFly]

it appears that 232+ million people disagree...

Indeed.

It is literally like a cult.

 

[scooter1369]

Indeed.

It is literally like a cult.

My oldest daughter has been reading OotP since Christmas. She read the first four in about 5 months. OotP is a long boring read until the last two chapters. HBP was much better.

Can we get a vbet on the suicide rate among 8-15 year olds if Harry buys the farm?

 

[Buckeye86]

I wonder how many trees this list accounts for.

 

[scooter1369]

I wonder how many trees this list accounts for.

ummmm.... seven?

 

[kinch]

ummmm.... seven?

Not a bad guess, but even though pieces of paper are cut very thin from the tree, there are billions of books on that list.

I guess 32.