What Is The #1 Selling Book Of All Time?

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Rank Title Author SOURCE: NIELSEN BOOK SCAN 1 Da Vinci Code,The Brown , Dan 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J.K. 3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rowling, J.K.

Is the Bible the most sold book of all time?

At the top of the list, unsurprisingly, is the Bible . The Guinness Book of World Records estimates that more than 5 billion copies of the Bible have been printed. Other religious texts are also high on the list: the Quran with 800 million copies, the Book of Mormon with 120 million.

What is the worlds best-selling book of all time?

  • #1 – Don Quixote (500 million copies sold) ...
  • #2 – A Tale of Two Cities (200 million copies sold) ...
  • #3 – The Lord of the Rings (150 million copies sold) ...
  • #4 – The Little Prince (142 million copies sold) ...
  • #5 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (107 million copies sold)

What is the most sold book in the world in 2020?

1. “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama . Former President Barack Obama released his memoir “A Promised Land” in November, which is by far the most popular book we covered this year.

What is the #1 best-selling book 2020?

  • Barack Obama, A Promised Land (2,574,531 copies sold)
  • Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun (1,311,147 copies sold)
  • Dav Pilkey, Dog Man (1,240,277 copies sold)
  • Mary L. ...
  • Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (1,235,099 copies sold)

What's the most read book in the world?

The most read book in the world is the Bible . Writer James Chapman created a list of the most read in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years. He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years.

Which is the best religious book in the world?

  • Kitáb-i-Aqdas – The Most Holy Book.
  • Kitáb-i-Íqán – The Book of Certitude.
  • The Hidden Words.
  • Days of Remembrance.
  • Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.
  • The Four Valleys.
  • Gems of Divine Mysteries.
  • Gleanings.

What is the most sold game in the world?

Rank Title Sales 1 Minecraft 238,000,000 2 Grand Theft Auto V 150,000,000 3 Tetris (EA) 100,000,000 4 Wii Sports 82,900,000

What book took the longest to write?

  • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (10 Years) ...
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (10 Years) ...
  • No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod (13 Years) ...
  • The Lord of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (12-17 Years) ...
  • Sphere by Michael Crichton (20 Years)

What is the most read non religious book in the world?

Le Petit Prince

But whether it's near the top of the list or near the bottom, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella deserves its place because it's thought to be the most translated non-religious work in the world. Guinness World Records reports it has been translated into 382 languages.

What are the top 10 selling books of 2020?

  1. #1. A Promised Land. Barack Obama. ...
  2. #2. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family... Mary L. ...
  3. #3. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. ...
  4. #4. My First Learn to Write Workbook: Practice for... ...
  5. #5. Midnight Sun. ...
  6. #6. Untamed. ...
  7. #7. If Animals Kissed Good Night. ...
  8. #8. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White...

What are the top 10 most read books in the world?

  1. The Bible – 3.9 Billion Copies.
  2. Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung – 820 Million Copies.
  3. Harry Potter – 400 Million Copies.
  4. Lord of the Rings – 103 Million Copies.
  5. The Alchemist – 65 Million Copies.
  6. The Da Vinci Code – 57 Million Copies.

What are the top 10 best selling books right now?

  • Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff; Bon Orthwick (Illustrator) ...
  • Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb. ...
  • The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. ...
  • The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny. ...
  • Matrix by Lauren Groff. ...
  • The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller. ...
  • Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid. ...
  • The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie.

What is the hottest book right now?

  • Insurgent (Divergent, #2) ...
  • Bossypants (Kindle Edition) ...
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) ...
  • Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) ...
  • Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) ...
  • The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) ...
  • Room (Kindle Edition)

What are the 10 best books of 2021?

  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley.
  • The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.
  • The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner.
  • Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton.
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
  • Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen.

What are the top 3 most read books in the world?

  • The Holy Bible.
  • The Holy Quran.
  • The Harry Potter Series: J.K. Rowling.
  • The Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse Tung.
  • The Lord of the Rings.
  • The Alchemist.
  • The Diary of Anne Frank: Anne Frank.
  • The Twilight SagA: Stephenie Meyer.
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