From the Bible and the Quran to the Hobbit and Harry Potter, here’s a list of some of the best-selling books of all time!
Data: deseret.com
Sales: Over 100 million
Published: 1937
Written by JRR Tolkien, ‘The Hobbit’ follows the journey of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins across the fantastical realm of Middle Earth.
Sales: Over 120 million
Published: 1997
Authored by JK Rowling, ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ is the first book in the Harry Potter series.
Sales: 140 million (estimated)
Published: 1943
The children’s classic, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, fables the life of a “little prince” as he leaves his planet to explore the universe.
Sales: 200 million (estimated)
Published: 1830
The Book of Mormon gives a pivotal account of Jesus Christ and is the foundational text of the Latter-Day Saint movement.
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Sales: Over 200 million
Published: 1859
Set in London and Paris, against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this book is Charles Dickens’ best-known work of historical fiction.
Sales: Over 500 million
Published: 1605 (Part 1), 1615 (Part 2)
Penned by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, this Spanish book is considered to be the “first modern novel”.
Sales: Over 567 million
Published: 1953
Xinhua Zidian is a Chinese dictionary that is considered a must-have for both native and non-native speakers.
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Sales: Over 800 million
Published: 1537-38 AD (printed)
The Quran was first printed in Arabic in the 1500s, though its origins date back to about 609-632 AD. Some reports suggest that sales could be as high as 3 billion copies.
Sales: Over 1 billion*
Published: 1964
This book contains the quotes of Mao Zedong, the former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, and is a quintessential book of Chinese communism.
*Source: BBC
Sales: 5-7 billion
Published: circa 1450 AD (printed)
As per some estimates, an average of 6.4 Bibles are sold every second, with about 20 million copies being sold each year.*
*Source: wordsrated.com
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