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The Best-Selling Books of all Time at a Glance
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1. The Bible 2-3 billion
  • Bible is the most sold and distributed book since
    it was first printed almost 600 years back. Moses
    is credited with writing the first five books
    that now are a part of the Bible.

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2. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung 1-1.5
bn
  • Being the second most best selling book of all
    time, it consists of speeches and writings by
    Chairman of the communist Party of China, Mao
    Zedong. It was first published in 1964 and has
    been widely distributed since then.

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3. The Quran 800 million
  • Muhammad wrote the Quran orated by Jibril and was
    originally revealed by god. It was written about
    1400 years back

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4. Don Quixote 500 million
  • Don Quixote was written by the Spanish writer
    Miguel de Cervantes and was published in 1605.

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4. The Communist Manifesto 500 million
  • It was the manifesto of the communist party that
    was published in 1848. It was written by
    communist philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich
    Engels

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5. The Poems of Mao Zedong 400 million
  • The Poems of Mao Zedong was published in 1966. It
    contains the poems written by Mao Zedong, the
    Chairman of the communist party of China.

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5. Xinhua Zidian 400 million
  • Xinhua Zidian is a Chinese dictionary published
    in 1953. This book helped the world to connect
    with China.

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6. Mao Tse-tung Selected Works 252 million
  • This book contains the writings of Mao Tse-tung
    and was published in. It contains Mao Tse-tungs
    thoughts on the Chinese Society.

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7. The Tale of Two Cities 200 million
  • The tale of two cities was written by Charles
    Dickens and was published in 1859. It combines
    both political and personal events.

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8. Boy Scout Handbook- 150 million
  • It was a book published by the Boy Scouts of
    America in 1910. There have been several editions
    of the book since then.

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8. The Lord of the Rings 150 million
  • It was out of this book that the movie of the
    same name was adapted from. It was written by J.
    R. R. Tolkien and was first published in 1954.

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9. The Little Prince 140 million
  • The Little Prince was written by the french
    novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and was first
    published in 1943. All of the authors works
    including The Little Prince was banned by the
    Vichy Regime back in the 1940s.

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10. Book of Mormon 120 million
  • Book of Mormon is the compilation of the ancient
    writings by prophets between 2200 BC to 421 AD.
    It was published in 1830.

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