Most Read Book In The World :
All of us love to read a good
book, but could you name the 10 most read books in the world? Over the last half
century hundreds thousands of book have been produced, but only a select few
have become the most popular and most read books in the world. Here i will
discover some of the greatest pieces of literary work by highly talented
authors.
This is a list of the 10 most read books in
the world over the fifty years. The figures shot in numbers of books printed
and sold but does not take into account multiple readings of the same book.
There are few book titles that
have had more copies printed than some of these books, but vast number of those
books are not sold, which of course means that they did not get read.
10.Diary of a young girl by Anna
frank- 27 million copies
The dairy of a young girl is the English
version book that is based on the writings from a diary, which was in hiding
for two years with her family during the nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
The book is now considered one of the key texts of the twentieth century.
9.Think and grow rich by
napoleon hill-30 million copies
Think and grow rich is motivational book written by napoleon hill. It is
a personal development and self improvement novel that was inspired by
suggestion that he received from Scottish-american billionaire Andrew Carnegie.
8.Gone with the wind by
Margaret Mitchell-33 million copies
Gone with the wind, a romantic drama by Margaret Mitchell. It is a set
in Gerogia during the American civil war and follows the life of scarlett
o’hara, the daughter of an irish immigrant plantation owner.
The novel won the coveted pulitzer
prize and was adapted into a film of the same name that won an academy award
7.Twilight-the saga by
Stephanie myer-43 million copies
Twilight is the first book in an extremely popular young adult series
written by Stephenie meyer. The story is about a young girl who falls in love
with a vampire. This is a saga that is full of romance and action.
She says ‘first, he was a vampire, second, there was a part of him that
thirsted for my blood and third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love
with him’
6.The da vinci code by dan
brown-57 million copies
The da vinci code is fiction novel written by American author dan brown.
The story follows the investigations of Robert Langdon after a murder in the
louvre musem in paris .
He discovers an intriguing
possibility that jesus Christ may have been married to Magdalene and fathered a
child with her. The da vinci code has been made onto movie starring to hanks.
It is about a secret society made
to protect the Holy Grail.
5.The alchemist by Paulo
Coelho-65 million copies
The alchemist was published in 1987 and became a Brazilian best seller, it
has gone on to sell 65 million copies world –wide, becoming one of the bestselling
books in history. The alchemist has been translated onto more than 67
languages, winning the guinness world records for most translated book
by a living author.
4.Lord the rings by j.r.r
tolkein-103 million copies
The lord of the rings is an epic fantasy story
written by the philologist j.r.r Tolkien. The novel started out as a sequel to
his earlier, far less complex children fantasy story the hobbit, but evolved
into a much larger work.
The lord of the ring has been
made into a film trilogy that consists of three live action fantasy epic films
the fellowship of the ring, the two towers and the return of the king.
3.Harry potter by J.K Rowling-
400 million copies
The harry potter books are a fantasy series of seven novels by British
writer J.K. Rowling the majority of which have been made into action packed
movies.
Children and adults alike have
been fascinated by this fiction character and cannot get enough of the young
hero adventures
2.Quotations from the works
of Tse-Tung by Mao Tse-Tung -820 million
copies
The quotations from the works of Mao Tse-Tung,
or as it was commonly called, the little red book of Mao Tse-Tung, was a
personal explanation to the people of china of the ideology of the Chinese’s
communist party.
1.The Holy Bible- 3.9 billion
copies
The bible still remains at the
top as the most read book in the world.
The bible is the account of God
action in the world and purpose with all creation. The writing of the bible was
accomplished over sixteen centuries and is a quite amazing collection of sixty
six books containing the messages of God.