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Chapman created the list by examining how many individual copies of the books. Above, christian pilgrims carry wooden crosses along. Unsurprisingly, childrens books and fairy tales dominate the list of the most translated books throughout history. Researchers have collated the figures for the number of editions, translations and copies sold of the worlds most popular books these are the most loved tomes. Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the bible is the world s bestselling and most widely distributed book.
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The second most read book in the world is quotations from chairman mao tsetung. The pilgrims progress is an allegory of a christians journey here represented by a character called christian from the city of destruction to the celestial city. Rowlings harry potter series at fifth place with 450m. Along the way he visits such locations as the slough of despondency, vanity fair, the doubting castle, and the valley of the shadow of death. So some estimates say that quran is the most read book of all time with a whopping 3 billion copies and the king james bible comes to the second spot with 2. How genealogy became almost as popular as porn time. The most popular book of all time christian universities. The bible is easily one of the best selling books of all time, but exact sales numbers are hard to nail down. With thousands of translations, over forty original authors, and a two. Frankly speaking chinese people have the same taste like americans in some sense. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. The holy bible, quotations from chairman mao tsetung, harry potter, the lord of the rings, the alchemist, the da vinci. Researcher james chapman has compiled this look at the top 10 mostread books in the world.
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Researchers have collated the figures for the number of editions, translations and copies sold of the worlds most popular books these are the. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. San joses 2nd most popular book recently was gone girl, the novel that spawned the golden globenominated film. The most popular novel on this list was spanish novel don quixote which came in at fourth place with 500m copies sold, followed by j. However, i just want to point out and i am a majjjjor harry potter lover that. The pilgrims progress is an allegory of a christians journey here represented by a character called. Nov 15, 20 researcher james chapman has compiled this look at the top 10 most read books in the world. Researcher james chapman has compiled this look at the top 10 most read books in the world. Top 100 christian books by worldview institute 225 books. The alltime most popular books in the world revealed stylist. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources.
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