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The ten best-selling books in the world: which one have you read?

2023-03-07T19:42:57.061Z


You know bestseller lists from magazines and newspapers. But which books are the best-selling in the world? We introduce them to you here.


You know bestseller lists from magazines and newspapers.

But which books are the best-selling in the world?

We introduce them to you here.

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You may have guessed which book is the best-selling in the world?

That's right, the Bible.

Now that might have been easy.

The Koran is also among the top ten.

But which books are still on this bestseller list?

And which one did you read?

We present the ten titles to you.

And a little spoiler right away: Harry Potter by JK Rowling is not among the first ten books.

Not even "Reserve" by Prince Harry, that much can be revealed.

1st place: The Bible

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The Bible has sold more than 5 billion copies.

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The Bible (promotional link) has been sold almost five billion times worldwide and thus tops the list.

The Holy Scriptures are the most important collection of texts in Christianity and Judaism.

The Luther Bible, revised in 2017, is one of the qualitatively recognized German-language translations of the Bible.

The Bible is the most printed, most translated and most widely distributed book in the world.

2nd place: "Words of Chairman Mao Tsetung"

The "Words of Chairman Mao Tsetung" (promotional link), the collection of quotations and teachings of the Chinese revolutionary, politician, party leader and dictator, were sold around a billion times.

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3rd place: The Koran

The Holy Scriptures of Islam is among the top 5 best-selling books.

According to Muslim belief, this contains the revelation of God to the Prophet Mohammed.

The book has sold around 800 million copies.

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The most expensive books in the world: works worth millions

4th place: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra "Don Quijote"

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Cervantes "Don Quijote" - The story about a man who wanted to be a knight and lost touch with reality.

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"Don Quixote" (promotional link) is a 17th-century novel by Miguel de Cervantes that tells the story of Alonso Quixano, who set his mind to becoming a knight.

He reads too many books about knights and decides to forge his own armor to go out into the world and experience adventures as a knight.

Within the story he loses touch with reality.

The book has sold more than 500 million copies.

Best-selling books – 5th place: “Communist Party Manifesto”

The Manifesto of the Communist Party was sold around 500 million times.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote the text.

The social theory of Marxism rests on these theories.

6th place: Mao Tsetung "Poems"

Once again in the top ten: "Poems" by Mao Tsetung.

A collection of poems by Mao Tsetung that has sold more than 400 million copies.

7th place in the world's best-selling books: "Xinhua Zidian"

With around 400 million copies sold, the Chinese version of the Duden is the 7th best-selling book in the world.

8th place: Mao Tsetung "Selected Works"

The selected works of Mao reflect the revolutionary path of liberating China from semi-colonial oppression to building socialism.

With the theory of the long-lasting people's war and the new democratic revolution, Mao Tsetung further developed Marxism-Leninism for the special conditions of his country.

His writings in the period of socialist construction are characterized by encouraging people's initiative and vigilance against the danger of capitalism's restoration.

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Three books by Mao Tsetung (promotional link) are in the top ten list of the best-selling books in the world.

9th place: Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities"

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Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is in the top ten best selling books in the world.

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Paris and London during the French Revolution: When the Frenchman Charles Manette is sentenced to death by the revolutionaries in Paris, the young Englishman Sydney saves his life by voluntarily mounting the scaffold.

He sacrifices himself out of love - for the unattainable Lucy Manette, the convict's wife...

Cover text / Insel Verlag

It is Charles Dickens' moving historical novel (promotional link) about the horrors of the French Revolution and an unfulfilled love unto death.

The title has sold around 200 million copies.

10th place in the world's best-selling books: "The Boy Scout Book"

The Boy Scout Book, by the founder of the worldwide Boy Scout movement, was translated into German by Alexander Lion.

This 1908 book has sold more than 150 million copies.

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Source: merkur

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