Discover amazons top 100 bestselling products in 2012, 2011, 2010 and beyond. Many devout christians are quick to assert that the holy bible is. The 20 bestselling books of all time updated 2020 wealthy. Thriller became the worlds best selling album in 1984.
However, many more copies have been given away for free, meaning the actual number of bibles in circulation is unknown. Amazons most sold charts rank books according to the number of copies sold and preordered through, amazon books stores, and books read through digital subscription programs once a customer has read a certain percentage roughly the length of a free reading sample. Although written for teenage readers, it is one of those books that can and should crossover into the adult market. Of course, to sell 100 million copies of any book, you have to have marketing, pr, a sales team, and so on. What is the number one best selling book in the world, and. Yes, the bible is still the best seller in the world and it is the only book inspired by god 2peter 1. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. Top 10 most read books in the world based on number of books printed and sold over the last 50 years. On average, this means one in fifteen people in the world owns a harry potter book. Politifact is donald trumps art of the deal the best. Some titles may have had more copies printed than some of these books, but a vast number of those books were. One group claimed the bible as the worlds bestselling book. Is the bible still the bestselling book in the world. 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.
Twenty years ago, readers around the world first discovered the magical story of harry potter, created by j. Most scholars agree that the greatest works of world literature were written by homer, shakespeare, cervantes and goethe. The bible, which ranks as the worlds mostread book, has sold 3. Is bible the worlds bestselling or mostread or most.
Why is the bible the number 1 book sold but least read. View the top 100 best sellers for each year, in amazon books, kindle ebooks, music, mp3 songs and video games. Let our team help engage your audience through unforgettable moments of sheer amazement and wonder, whilst delivering bottomline results. Weve got a 2020 update with seven new books that will change your world view theres no denying the value of a good book. It spent 51 weeks on the new york times bestseller list and, according to some reports, sold. This page includes a list of the 25 bestselling books of alltime as well as the 25 bestselling book series of alltime. Its number one on audible petersons selfnarrated audiobook is the number one most popular book on canadian audible, and the number three.
Researcher james chapman has compiled this look at the top 10 mostread books in the world. With all those caveats in mind and not including ebook sales, here are the 21 bestselling books of all time, as far as we can tell. Here are the top 10 most read books in the world 1 the bible 3. Another group upheld it as the worlds mostread books. At number 6th place we have the iconic agatha christie novel and then. Best selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or cowritten by an author. Sales figures vary, but thriller has exceeded the 66 million mark as interest in the entertainers back catalogue remains strong following his death. We work with leading global brands and businesses to break world records as part of bespoke marketing campaigns. He found that the bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3. It was first published in 1605 and a second edition was released in 1615. 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. We can now reveal that, since that moment, half a billion harry potter books have now been sold. The series follows four siblings as they explore a magical new world. Bestselling books are ranked by number of copies sold, not my personal ratings.
Over the years, the book industry has remained a massive, greatly influential global consumer market. The bible society alone has a world wide distribution of 24 million bibles, 26 million new testaments and 577 million portions of scripture each year. The book is considered one of the most influential pieces of spanish. The book worm in you would, of course, be curious to know which are the most read books in the world and whether you continue reading the most read books in the world. Get to know which book has sold how many copies worldwide. In fact, by the time you finish reading this sentence, a few hundred more harry potters and cat in the hats have been sold.
Why is the bible the number 1 book sold but least read like a novel. The third group considered it as the mostprinted and mostdistributed book. The ipad remains the worlds bestselling tablet, with a 32. Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the bible is the worlds bestselling and most widely distributed book. The art of the deal was a tour of the business world according to mister id, and readers ate it up. The 21 bestselling books of all time howstuffworks. 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. Amazons current annual revenue from book sales, according to one of packers sources. A survey by the bible society concluded that around 2. Why is the bible the most popular book in the world. Its no surprise that this novel has sold so many copiesits practically. Swooping in almost at the last second to win the holy grail issue, the top bidder will now own the most expensive comic book. Is fifty shades of grey really the uks bestselling book. A number of these products continue to dominate their markets.
If you would like to learn more about the bible and its author, jehovah god, i highly encourage you to visit. The data on books published displayed on the worldometer s counter is based on statistics published by unesco united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization below is shown the number of new titles per year, per country, as of the latest year available. Here are the 10 bestselling books of all time information news. Additionally, since the bible is sold worldwide, calculating exact numbers becomes tricky. This list is not as much a measure of how many copies have sold, but a measure of books popularity. But even the best team of marketing geniuses couldnt make. It is estimated to have sold about 500 million copies. Whats the most number of times you have read the same book. Here is a list of 12 novels that, for various reasons, have been considered some of the greatest works of literature ever written.
According to writer james chapman who created a list of the most read books in the world. How to retrieve the number of copies sold for a specific book. Mao is recognized as one of chinas most influential literary figures. Chapman created the list by examining how many individual copies of the books had been printed and sold over the last 50 years. From informational to entertaining, eyeopening to jawdropping, and everything in. One of only eight known surviving copies was sold at sothebys new. Dan browns da vinci code at number one, followed by the harry potter novels. Music video by nirvana performing the man who sold the world unplugged. Go to the next page and thumb through the 20 bestselling childrens books of all time incorporating the sales figures for, shall we say his name. The book is considered one of the most influential pieces of spanish literature of the spanish golden age, and appears among the list of best fiction canonical novels ever published. Number of reference books sold in sweden 20092019 sales revenue of book publishers in sweden 20182019, by distribution channel publisher sales revenue from fiction books in.
First released in november 1982, thriller by michael jackson usa, 19582009 is the worlds bestselling album. Beginner math preschool learning book with number tracing and matching activities for 2, 3 and 4 year olds and kindergarten prep modern kid press 4. What is the number one best selling book in america today. Best selling books in the world top ten at bookseller world. The bible is the number one best selling book in all of history. To kill a mockingbird this book cover is one of many given to harper lees classic work to kill a. The new york times best sellers april 26, 2020 authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the united states, sorted by format and genre. Originally printed in 1794, the first book of urizen is one of the major pieces and some say the most important in blakes series of prophetic works.
Sold is a devastating little book written in free verse. Everything you wanted to know about book sales but were. Similarly, many notable book series that sold very widely are poorly documented or consist of multiple subseries. Why is the united states voluntarily funding the world health organization 60 times.