The list for the best selling books of all time has been revealed. Website lovereading.co.uk collated the figures for the number of editions, translations and copies sold of the world’s most popular books, including fiction and non-fiction.
The Holy Quran came out on top with over 3 billion prints, followed by The King James Bible with over 2.5 billion copies sold.
To make for easy reading we’ve ranked the most popular novels below.
(Numbers indicate number of copies sold or printed)
1. The Holy Quran (644) – over 3 billion
2. The King James Bible (1611) – over 2.5 billion
3. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (1964) by Mao Zendong – 800 million
4. Don Quixote (1512) by Miguel de Cervantes – 500 million
5. Harry Potter series (1997-2007) by J.K.Rowling – 450 million
6. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens – 200 million
7. The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien – 150 million
8. Le Petit Prince (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – 140 million
9. Alice in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Caroll – 100 million
Dream of the Red Chamber (1754) by Cao Xueqin – 100 million
And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie – 100 million
The Hobbit (1937) J. R. R. Tolkien – 100 million
10. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) by C.S. Lewis – 85 million
2 Comments
Fatima
December 5, 2015 at 4:52 pmWhy would you even put Harry Potter in the category of Holy Quran. That is discusting.
Mehedi Islam
May 29, 2016 at 6:15 pmBut the fact is it is one of the most popular books in the world. Do you prefer to misinform people (or lie)?