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According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best sold book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1] Sales estimates for other printed religious texts include at least 800 million copies for the Qur'an and 190 million copies for the Book of Mormon. [2]
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
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- Don Quixote. Author: Miguel de Cervantes. Year published: 1605. Approximate sales: 500 million. Taking top honor with over 500 million copies sold is Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s "Don Quixote."
- A Tale of Two Cities. Author: Charles Dickens. Year published: 1859. Approximate sales: 200 million. This classic piece of literature tells the story of a French doctor who is imprisoned during the French Revolution and the struggle he faces upon his subsequent release.
- The Lord of the Rings. Author: J. R. R. Tolkien. Year published: 1954–1955. Approximate sales: 150 million. The sequel to "The Hobbit’s" blockbuster success, "The Lord of The Rings" is a monumental work.
- Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Year Published: 1943. Approximate Sales: 140 million. Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote "The Little Prince" while living in North America as a refugee of the Second World War.
Traditionally published books sell around 3,000 copies on average, with only 250 of those sales in the first year. It's rare that books sell over 100,000 copies and even rarer to sell more than a million.
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Sep 13, 2017 · Charts comes out once a week, tracking the books that have sold the most copies in any format (on Amazon, and in its Kindle store, Audible store, and brick-and-mortar storefronts), and the most...
Dec 10, 2020 · The World's Best Selling Novels. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is one of the most recent books to sell over 100 million copies. Don Quixote is the bestselling novel in history.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Not only are sales numbers impossible to verify, but these types of books are often given out to followers or handed out in public places. Comparing their sales numbers to the works of Charles Dickens or J.K. Rowling is like comparing apples to oranges.
