Top 10 best selling novels in the world worldlistz. Researchers have collated the figures for the number of editions, translations and copies sold of the world s most popular books these are the most loved tomes. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, harry potter by j. The holy quran came out on top with over 3 billion prints, followed by the king james bible with over 2. The first novel in the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, making it one of the best selling books of all time. Lithub compiled their list of the best selling books. The most expensive books in the world readers digest.
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From the papyrus scrolls used in the ancient egypt and the manuscripts in the monasteries of the middle ages, books evolved into what we know today and even appeared more and more in digital form. Top 5 best selling book series in the world subscribe my. Browse amazons best sellers of 2012 so far list to find the most popular products throughout the year based on sales, updated hourly. These are the 12 most popular books of all time indy100. Just to remind some of the commentators, this is number of books sold in all time according to sources of wikipedia. The bible tops the list of the most read books in the world.
Chapman created the list by examining how many individual copies of the books had been printed and sold over the last 50 years. Discover amazons top 100 best selling products in 2012, 2011, 2010 and beyond. With all those caveats in mind and not including e book sales, here are the 21 bestselling books. Some titles may have had more copies printed than some of these books, but a vast number of those books were not sold, so well assume that they did not get read. The top 10 most expensive books ever sold used since hundreds of years ago, books are probably the most important step in mankinds evolution. Rowling is the best selling book series in history. These are the books that inspired thousands of individuals worldwide to become the best they can be. Writer james chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years he found. William shakespeare is one of the most, if not the most, famous author of all time. The 31 most influential books about business business.
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Rowlings harry potter series, which is the most successful movie franchise in the world, ranked third with 400 million copies sold worldwide. Starting off the list of the 20 best selling books of all time is harry potter and the deathly hallows. Have you ever wondered who the best selling authors of all time are. For the record, the excluded books have sold an estimated hundreds of millions of copies each several billion, in the bibles case and would have taken most of the top positions on the list. A survey by the bible society concluded that around 2. Herein, weve rounded up the 30 best selling novels of all time, according to various expert counters at the guardian and the new york times. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Top 10 most read books in the world based on number of books printed and sold over the last 50 years. Heres our handpicked selection of the best 33 motivational books of all time. This is a list of the five all time best selling authors based on estimated sales. The first novel in the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, 9 making it one of the bestselling books of all time. This is a list of best selling fiction authors to date, in any language. British newspaper the guardian recently released a rather daunting article stating tha.
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