The best-selling books of all time
When it comes to reading, we all have different tastes and preferences but have you ever wondered what the best-selling books around the world are? Have a look at this ranking… you might get some ideas for your next readings!
According to Mark Menson, these are the first 15 best-selling books with the approximate number of copies sold:
- The Bible (5 billion)
- The Quran (3 billion)
- The Little Red Book: Quotations from Chairman Mao (900 million)
- Don Quixote (500 million) by Miguel De Cervantes
- Selected Articles of Chairman Mao (450 million)
- A Tale of Two Cities (200 million) by Charles Dickens
- The Lord of the Rings (150 million) by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Scouting for Boys: An Instruction in Good Citizenship (150 million) by Robert Baden-Powell
- The Book of Mormon (150 million) by Joseph Smith Jr.
- The Little Prince (140 million) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (120 million) by J. K. Rowling
- The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life (107 million)
- Alice in Wonderland (100 million) by Lewis Carroll
- Dream of the Red Chamber (100 million) by Cao Xueqin
- The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (85 million) by C. S. Lewis
How many of the above have you read? What titles would you like to see in this list in the future? Are there any underestimated books which would deserve to be in this ranking?
Despite all rankings and positions, we know that a great read will always be our best life companion, whether it is a book coming from a small publishing house with very few readers or a manuscript selling thousands of copies every year!