@@jo_el_ MOST Christians? Christians avoiding reading their holy book has been a running joke for some time. My cousin teaches Sunday school and she hasn't even read the whole thing.
It’s hard to really know because the Bible has been distributed far longer than any of the other books, and figuring out what is a sold copy and a given copy isn’t as easy as it sounds.
@@rubyanddelilahandnaniyou liking something doesn’t mean ppl are hating on it to be cool, many people, like me, just genuinely hate the writing. It’s fine if you like it, but don’t act like it’s a bandwagon with zero basis for reasoning.
Most read and most sold is not the same thing. I imagine some of Agatha Christie's and Catherine Cookson's would be amongst the most read, as they are frequently borrowed from libraries.
The Bible is also one of the oldest books in the world. Also being the first book to ever be printed. In fact the printing press was made for the purpose of printing the Bible but of course other uses came along the way. So not only is it one of the most sold. But most sold across a very long time frame.
I'd be surprised at that, as printing technology was first developed in China, before being brought to Europe. It seems the first reliably-dated printed book is the Diamond Sutra from 868.
Anyway read LOTR please. It’s a lovely book about war, the dangers of neutrality, the wrong in right, the right in wrong. the reason of war, and why war shouldn’t be… YALL PLEASE READ IT ❤️❤️❤️. 🥰
@@roshill2010 I feel like those resting periods made it feel even more real. To me I think those long walking parts represent a slow comprehension of all the danger ahead. Also the walking scenes are just gorgeous. :) the 400FT tall pine tree’s, The mountain with a healing waterfall. I’m so sorry you don’t like it.
@@chrono9503 really? Here in Argentina it's pretty much obligatory to read it in every middle school, and everyone loves that book. I thought it was like a worldwide thing, huh
He cracked the shit out of the LOTR spine, criminal imo. Also the way he gagged at twilight, i thought we were past hating on things like this which isnt even offensive and someone's effort
"LOTR is the greatest book of all time." *creases the book spine* Edit: You do you with your books, whether you prefer it partially damaged to show that you've read it a lot or if you prefer it in pristine condition no matter what, that's up to you. Me not liking to crease books is passed down from my sister who has various books, some just as thick as LOTR, that have no creases whatsoever yet they've been used for over 20 years. Every time she felt like I was about to crease a spine or page, she would lecture me for it hard. Just something hardwired into me at this point. My whole family does the same with every book they read. As for the argument that they are for reading, not displaying, is it wrong to strive to want both? Books that can be read frequently without compromising its appearance as an ornament. That's how I like my books.
i am also from India brother...we muslims also do the same thing... it's like good deed charity...i never bought Quran in my whole life...my teachers gave it to me as a gift...but I have memorized it... The most beautiful thing i have ever seen...
Stephen King left the chat Watching him mistreating these books makes me fucking cry itsqcp: Don’t mess around with the book covers in a library. Leave that poor little Betch alone!!!
@@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kvwell this video is incorrect but the reason those didn’t sell much is because they are so short they are included in books and not often read on there own. But this guys list is wrong also I feel bible and quaran shouldn’t count considering we were counting books for everyone to read for fun and not a book talking about a certain religion.
@@some_icedtea5205 The art of war while a very quoted book is surprisingly not that read worldwide. It is alright. If you are into that kinda stuff it is incredible
Christianity and Islam make more than 50% of the world. Hindus are concentrated only in India and Nepal. It's obvious why bibke and Quran are sold more
Most sold and most read are two different things. I’ve read the majority of my books through the library. Also, people lend books to friends. Some people never read the books they buy. Or they could read the same book 10 times over.
I don't think that makes a difference to the list though. Both are indirect measures of popularity. If a book is bought a lot its read a lot and vice versa.
@@edojaalexander That’s a valid point, except for the fact that the list isn’t about popularity. The list is on the most read books, not the most bought or the most popular.
@@reesespieces5386 there’s no other more effective way to record how many times a book has been read. It’s give or take. Someone could buy a book and not read it once; someone else could’ve read it 10 times. Someone could borrow from a friend or the library, while someone else could own multiple editions of a book. Also there’s more interest in knowing how a book performs commercially than how many times some random person has read one book.
@@edojaalexander But the first and second place are good examples of often sold but rarely read or at least read completely books. Where I am from almost every house has one or even two Bibles, however I only know of two people, who actually read them fully. Most just read small passages or just use the Bible to pray with, but don't actually know what it says. That goes for most Christians, as they often just repeat what they were taught, without ever reading it. Same applies in many cases to Muslims and even to Jews. Also the Mao book, had to be bought in China once for political reasons, but most people didn't or couldn't even read it. Another example is Hitlers "Mein Kampf". During the Nazi regime in Germany it was mandatory to own a copy, but nobody ever read it. So it was the most sold book in Germany back them, but most definitely not the most read.
This has to just be English copies, because I could’ve sworn that Anne Frank’s diary is up in the top ten most purchased books since it’s been translated into so many different languages and it’s historically significant, the Bible and Quran also being up there for the same reasons and also because of how common those religions are Edit for a few things: first, I apologize, I thought Anne Frank’s diary was up in the top ten. I misremembered something we were told in eighth grade. It’s around number 15 for copies sold and 16 for most translated books. Still pretty high up there but not top ten like I thought. I apologize for not double checking that before commenting. Second, there was someone who misunderstood something that I said and apparently it was cleared up for them but I’ll also say this here to avoid further confusion. I was not trying to say that the Bible and Quran were the same or similar books, I was trying to say that they were both very popular because they are both from huge religions with lots of people following and practicing them, and both have been translated into many languages. Islam and Christianity are very different and I’m well aware of that. Third, there’s some replies saying hateful things about Muslim people. It’s awful and it sucks that there’s still ignorant people trying to spread their ignorance and hatred, but these people are unlikely to change their beliefs based on something that a group of people in the replies to a comment online say. Save your breath, don’t bother arguing with them. Half of them are just begging for attention anyway and it will take a lot more than just a few corrections or criticisms for these people to change their ways.
Seeing as your counting it as a “series” like counting all the Harry Potter books as one book, I wonder how this figure affects more serialized stories. If I recall one piece has about the same as Harry Potter, but one could argue that the amount of volumes inflated it (though most fans are anime only and don’t buy the volumes)
The reason why lord of the ring is so low is because they don't really care so they don't keep track. They can only prove on record they sold 100 million. When ask the family about sales they said they definitely pass 600 million.
One Piece I think is 10 mil less from what I believe? Not 100% sure but it’s definitely close enough to be on this list. Only probably is that it’s a manga, a more visual novel, than a normal book. We’d have to include Batman and like Superman if we’d include One Piece.
I disagree with your claim that most one piece fans are anime only, specially considering how awful the pacing is on the anime and in some arcs the animation is just bad sometimes they don't even stick to the source material which is why toei used to get a lot of backlash e.g. doflamingo finale and grizzly magnum with caesar. If you said most consumed the manga illegally then i would agree.
@@calebwilcott9699YA has books like HP and Warrior Cats, which are aimed at middle-schoolers. I don't think the erotic fanfic of Twilight should be YA.
Hold on, with a lot of these books you added up the total of books sold in the series, but that doesnt really count. Harry potter and the philosophers stone was the most sold harry potter book, with only 107 million sold last i checked.
Fun fact: the Quran is the most memorized book in history. More than 10 million people have memorized the whole book at any given time in history after the 7th century. Today it's estimated to be over a 100 million.
@@leanhoven there is only ONE copy of the Quran. All exactly the same (unlike the bible). The translation however could be different and I guess you have to do your own research depending on which language you need it in. But I’m Arabic it’s all the same down to the the dot.
Mind officially blown! These '10 Most Read Books of All Time' just rewrote the narrative of literary classics in my mind. From timeless tales to unexpected modern entries, this list is a literary rollercoaster. Who would've thought that some of these books garnered such massive readership? Kudos for curating such an intriguing and surprising list!
@@samielgo1 Muslim believe that when people benefit from your charity you gain reward (be it here or in the afterlife) that’s why they are more common to be gifted
Same with the Bible. Our school is just outside of a church. Every beginning of a school year and before school break, that Catholic Church and the protestant church beside works together to hand out free bibles for every children. I still have mine. 7 of them actually
The best novels I read are: "Stranger" by Camus, "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky, "Castle" by Kafka, "Martin Kačur" by Cankar (written by a razor ...) and since I am from Bosnia I have to mention the marvelous " Death and the Dervish" by Meša Selimović (Mesha Selimovich).
@@oopiumosmo1062 I didn't get much out of it either. I think its all to do with his philosophy that's all about everything being absurd. At the end with the priest I felt he was trying to be profound but I got nothing out of it.
@@oopiumosmo1062 The most sensible theory about stranger I read is that the whole novel are protagonist's thoughts during his cell time... It's a long time since I read it. I was captivated by style and philosophy. It would take long to even begin ... The Stranger was actually a must read in my highschool.
Idk I find "the stranger" somewhat overrated, but that could also be, because it's main character isn't as much of a shock anymore,as amoral / disconnected protagonists have accoured more after it's release. It's still a great book, but it didn't shock me to the core like "the fall" or to a fewer degree "the plague" did.
@common_ studio's unless you’re talking about the few versions made that no true Christian accepts, no it hasn’t changed. The most common (and best) translations are all from the original text. KJV is good and still very common but the English is old so not everyone likes it. ESV is really accurate, down to each word, and the one I like to use, although I like NIV too. NIV is probably the most popular recently because it is accurate (it translates more in sentences if that makes sense) but also fairly easy to read. The Bible hasn’t ever changed, unless you are talking about the different translations, which only exist because the Bible is so old that the English language has changed a lot since it was first translated, and it would be very hard to understand. Plus, a lot of people use old Bibles, so it’s really impossible to change because any small change would be noticed by millions of people who still have an old Bible. Someone at my church has a Dutch Bible that is huge from the 1600s! Obviously that didn’t change, and I think that is the version they still use today.
@@jadongrifhorst6221 No there are version with chapters added in, taken away, changed, this isn’t translation, it has been physically changed. And this is facts
@@hassanmazza1831 that doesn’t mean the origins true version hasn’t been changed; it just means there are other versions, which I would believe to be bad, as you can’t subtract or add anything to scripture. Sadly, many have done that. One reason I’m not a Catholic is that they add a few books (maybe add isn’t the right word: they include books we don’t). Also singular chapters haven’t been added unless we discovered a more complete manuscript or something like that. Keep in mind it’s really old and the Old Testament especially has a lot of copies. We can trust those copies because of how much attention was payed by the Jewish people in replicating exactly what the original manuscript said, but it is a problem as it is with all historical documents, although the Bible is probably better than most. As for the New Testament, everyone has the same New Testament. Another reason the Old Testament may differ is that Protestants use the Jewish Scriptures, Catholics think a few more books should be included. Also, the translators/historians/scholars/theologians were very careful in their selection of what was biblical canon and what was not.
@@jadongrifhorst6221 Why do the early church fathers make references and quote from the deuterocanonical books than if they were added later? These books were quoted in the Didache and early fathers like Polycarp, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Clement I, Hippolytus, Barnabas, Augustine. They were also included in the earliest listings of canon scripture. The early Christians did consider them canon.
It used to be very common for devout Christians to have multiple copies of the Bible. There's different translations, editing, annotations, formats, pocket edition, study edition, young adult edition, etc., etc.
Somewhere behind Lord of the Rings there should have been And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie which has sold upto 100 million copies worldwide. (Due to me commenting a long time after the video was uploaded, my statistics may not be correct in context witht the video.)
I think I read somewhere that the reason the Quran isn't the most sold book is because Islam doesn't monetise the religion by selling the Holy Book, insead they give it away for free 😊
I discovered I bought the alchemist by mistake in a traffic jam some years back I forgot it on my book shelf fr 2 yrs and mistakely picked it up once. Whe I finished the book I drove to a multiple book stores tk buy every single paulo coelho book I could find 😂😂 absolutely wonderful read
Another thing to consider is how much is resold as well. As someone who works at a thrift store, I cannot count the amount of times Twilight comes in. It's a small thrift store, but we have six books in the series out right now. And there are always more coming in. It just keeps on being sold and resold. Many of the others have come in as well, but none as much as this
Doesn't necessarily mean people don't like it though. I mean, I donated a paperback copy of Twilight because I had the rest of the series in hardback and I finally got myself a Twilight hardback to match.
@@CassTeaElle definitely! And even if they didn't like it, it doesn't mean it's a bad book. Maybe they just have different tastes, or they don't want to keep books around the house
Just to reiterate, the Quran is supposed to be donated and handed down, we are not supposed to sell the Quran. It is not considered right It's like "profiting from faith." Which is not good
Who the hell cares man? Quran's main objective is to produce more of your type. All it teaches is to convert everyone into Islam because it's a 'superior' religion. Islam is the worst religion there is. Y'all have 0 humanity, look at the Taliban who are the ones who are doing as the Quran real says. No women's rights, no care about other humans.
@@mehullee6384 wait till you learn the first university was established by a Muslim women, so was hundreds of mosques and our prophets wife was a businesswomen
@@mehullee6384 how about you do some of your own research instead of just believing what you hear islam-haters say. The taliban and those who you believe to be muslim "terrorists" do not follow islam to its true meaning and teachings. They are extremists! There is a reason why islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.. Nobody is forced to become muslim. They do their own research and they agree with the true meaning and teachings of islam. I pray that God guides you!
@@ridwaandawood4038 The reason you guys are growing fast is because you marry many baby producing machines as a contract, isn't it? Come on, I have read Quran. Marriage is considered as a contract, its clearly written there.
Suggestion: Instead of the all-famous Harry Potter (series of books, which I repeat is a series of books) which have been sold 500 million times, you could have gone for one book sold over 500 million times called Don Quixote. The book that you said which was Harry Potter is not a book but a series of books, and the title said 10 books, moreover Don Quixote is a literary classic which is 400 years old.
Add a feeling once you got up to Harry Potter I had a feeling number one was going to be the Bible Except if you're talking about the Christian Bible the jewish Bible was actually created first therefore it was read a lot more
@@sherlockholmes5714that’s literally what surveys are for. Where you think they got the numbers of the sales. Push them down their ass? Use your manatee brain. It’s not that difficult
The gag while mentioning Twilight was so cringe and unnecessary. Any book that brings young people to read should be praised. Also, Stephenie Meyer is a good writer. But what can you expect from someone who thinks The Lord Of The Rings is the best book ever written, lol.
@D S reading fucking game of thrones isn't improving shit. Stop trying to pretend reading *any* book is superior to playing video games. Fantasy novels are for the most part just as useful for productivity as playing video games.
@@shivanshu6204 Games can do more good things than books (except some research but internet exists so it doesnt matter). The amount of ways people can learn and train their brain is astonishing. Training your deduction skills was never so easy as it was with games. Even learing games mechanics of a few games can make you better at math and quick thinking.
@@henrynutsy Games are not learning tools, and they are not nearly as enriching as books If you play Assassins Creed and end up reading lot about history, then great. Games helped you. But if you just play Assassins Creed and consider yourself some sort of "history buff", dream on because video games are only holding you back
Technically, the physical Mushafs (A book with the Quran written in it) have, like the mayjority of other books, been sold at mass after the printing press. But realistically speaking, the actual Quran itself was being recited and memorised in its entirety, from chapter 1 to 114, by Muslims since the Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace. So if you include the many many Muslims who have been memorising the Quran throughout History, it may well be the most read book due to it being the most memorised one.
Fifty shades in the young adult section is very disturbing because nothing in that book is appropriate for young adult (teenagers is my interpretation of that label). Readers are often much younger than the label so I know for a fact that young girls are reading fifty shades and that is scary. The sex is explicit and very messed up. The relationship is the definition of toxic. I hope they put a therapy book next to it.
Notice those who reads the Quran from the comment section, are bashing those for reading a bible. So much for “most welcoming” religion, yet shaming another religion. 😬😬
@@AlphaCrystal21 it is about the murder of a pope in the Vatican museum, before he died, he wrote down a cipher on the floor using his blood, which included the name Doctor Langdon [a Symbologist]. Cus of this, the police suspected Langdon for the murder of the pope. Him and Sophie [grandaughter of Pope] work together to break the case, which have many references to ancient times, Mary Magdalene and the Holy Chalice. It was such a good book it was even made into a movie! You would love it if you are interested in decrypting codes, mystery and Christ.
@@AlphaCrystal21 The Davinchi Code is the second book of a somewhat series. I suggest you start with Angels and Demons. Either way I don't think it'll be too hard to start with Davinchi Code though
@@emilmullerv3519 I gotta say that I read the book when I was a teen and didnt even knew it was "self help" at the moment, but then I finished it and got like: so this was supposed to be a metaphor? XDDDD
Everyone knows The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the most read book in history.
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I am from spain, and even here we read that to little children
Yeah
I know that book! I read that when I was in Primary school. #SouthEastAsia
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I’m crying right now… he cracked the spine of that book and just left it lying there on the shelf to die
He's a freak
@Azriel Ackerman and a murderer
I saw it to 😭
Omg I know right! Something died inside me when he did that.
He’s been jokerfied. Just going around bookstores cracking spines
Im offended that this man disrespected twilight.
Me too. Keep your opinions to yourself bro
Simpletons.
It's quite shocking how few people know about the forbidden books on Borlest
What are those?
I promise there is a big difference between the number of books sold and the number of books actually read on most of these books.
Exactly
U hit the nail right on the head mate
quran is the most read and mass memorised book in the world !
I was a Christian before I read the Bible 🤣🤣
@@projectv8542 did you leave christianity ?
“Name 10 books”
Eh Game of thrones. Ive read that books
Jules verne and Ralph Waldo Emerson? Robert Louis Stevenson
The most not cool child in existence. Like babe your ego is too much fr.
All the wimpy kid books
😂
The way you’re handling these books and ESPECIALLY how you opened the LOTR book made me wince
Especially if he's just gonna put it back again. Who would buy a new book with a broken spine? 😢
@@riac6786He's in Waterstone's. Most of the books in there have a cracked spine anyway.
Book enthusiasts when someone opens a book😡😡🤮
How else do you open and read a book?
🤓
The Bible has literally been the best selling book every year since the invention of the printing press. Every. Year.
but probably not most read
Most Christians read it multiple times a day. Every year, every month, every day. Millions and millions of people so definitely also most read.
I wonder why 🤔
@@jo_el_ reading from it doesnt mean reading it. its impossible to read the whole bible in a day.
@@jo_el_
MOST Christians?
Christians avoiding reading their holy book has been a running joke for some time.
My cousin teaches Sunday school and she hasn't even read the whole thing.
Fun fact: The Holy Bible is also the most stolen book of all time, which…
In a lot cases, kinda defeats the purpose, guys.
It’s in high demand
Well I mean if you have to steal it to find out that stealing is wrong don't you think God gives you a pass on that one? Lol
@@Jonathan_McConnell high demand yet I have like 4 of them in my household
Why would you steal a book that's regularly given away?
It’s easier to get your hands on a free bible, you’d literally have to go out your way just to steal it lol
We lived in an era where 50 Shades beats LOTR
What a dark timeline we lived in
Nice pun
I cry 😭💖
Lotr will continue being read because it a classic and eventually it will pass 50 shades that's only a temporary thing
We live in a time where 50 shades even exist
Haven't read either but I personally don't find it hard for a romance to beat fantasy in all honesty
Max hitting the library after he was asked "Name 10 books" 😂😂
Damn ukraniAn
Bro there is a huge difference between 2 billion and 5 billion 😂
It’s hard to really know because the Bible has been distributed far longer than any of the other books, and figuring out what is a sold copy and a given copy isn’t as easy as it sounds.
the printed version has been around for about 700 - 800 years so that range is believable
The sight of twilight didn't make me gag. What made me gag was the way he cracked the spine of that book, how could you😭😭
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Because it was twilight
It deserved that.
@@magnusrylander Exactly. That series was trash.
You would hate me😂 the first thing I do when I get a book is crack the spine so that I can read it more easily
Like Robert Pattinson said “It’s not even cool to hate Twilight anymore, so 2010.”
It’s never been cool. It will always be special to me and probably a lot of ppl too
@@rubyanddelilahandnaniyou liking something doesn’t mean ppl are hating on it to be cool, many people, like me, just genuinely hate the writing. It’s fine if you like it, but don’t act like it’s a bandwagon with zero basis for reasoning.
*said by some loser who I've never heard of*
@@Thezombiekiller06he was in batman the main character
@@Mc_xiao2Still looking for a brain?
Most read and most sold is not the same thing. I imagine some of Agatha Christie's and Catherine Cookson's would be amongst the most read, as they are frequently borrowed from libraries.
The Bible is also one of the oldest books in the world. Also being the first book to ever be printed. In fact the printing press was made for the purpose of printing the Bible but of course other uses came along the way. So not only is it one of the most sold. But most sold across a very long time frame.
Who cares🥱
@@Saur3n People who are not dumb
@@Saur3nI do 🙋🏽♀️
I'd be surprised at that, as printing technology was first developed in China, before being brought to Europe. It seems the first reliably-dated printed book is the Diamond Sutra from 868.
@@Saur3ngays like you don't
As a person who has read the entirety of LOTR, it was the best book series I’ve ever read 💀
Anyway read LOTR please. It’s a lovely book about war, the dangers of neutrality, the wrong in right, the right in wrong. the reason of war, and why war shouldn’t be… YALL PLEASE READ IT ❤️❤️❤️. 🥰
Ok but that doesn't mean anything if u dont give us context as to how many other bkkk series you've read
@@SamuelSamuelSamuel1 its so boring bro
I don't know if we read the same book... but, there was just soo much damn walking involved I gave up xD.
@@roshill2010 I feel like those resting periods made it feel even more real.
To me I think those long walking parts represent a slow comprehension of all the danger ahead. Also the walking scenes are just gorgeous. :) the 400FT tall pine tree’s, The mountain with a healing waterfall.
I’m so sorry you don’t like it.
You know what, I'm fine with both Quran and Bible being the top spot. Makes alot of sense.
Yeah, really old books, plus the religions make you get one, and there’s a lot of people following those religions
Kind expected really, but it's strange that no other religious books made it to the list
@@Vitorruy1 Not really. Other religions aren’t really as big as Christianity or Islam. What Holy Book were you thinking?
@@Lucy-nw4im the bhagwad Gita maybe.
Quran is by far the most trash book one can in that top 10 list lol..
Bro what about "Le petit Prince" ?
S tier childrens book, but not really bought often outside of France
Isn’t it the most translated book ?
@@chrono9503 really? Here in Argentina it's pretty much obligatory to read it in every middle school, and everyone loves that book. I thought it was like a worldwide thing, huh
It's very popular in Brazil too
It's very well know in Poland as well.
He cracked the shit out of the LOTR spine, criminal imo. Also the way he gagged at twilight, i thought we were past hating on things like this which isnt even offensive and someone's effort
Surprised it has such a wide range from over 1 billion to less then 100 million at number 10
You got to remember that these numbers span over many centuries
He forgot to add el Quijote though, 500 million.
I mean the top 2 are holy books,it isn't in the same category as the rest
@@devinhalim5194 top 3* hahahaha
@@leal21 your not that far from the truth with the cult of personality around Mao.
"LOTR is the greatest book of all time."
*creases the book spine*
Edit: You do you with your books, whether you prefer it partially damaged to show that you've read it a lot or if you prefer it in pristine condition no matter what, that's up to you. Me not liking to crease books is passed down from my sister who has various books, some just as thick as LOTR, that have no creases whatsoever yet they've been used for over 20 years. Every time she felt like I was about to crease a spine or page, she would lecture me for it hard. Just something hardwired into me at this point. My whole family does the same with every book they read. As for the argument that they are for reading, not displaying, is it wrong to strive to want both? Books that can be read frequently without compromising its appearance as an ornament. That's how I like my books.
Me who has read books for 10 years, taking painstaking care to not damage them, seeing it:*pain*
@@techbuildz9418 why would you care, books are made to be read not as show pieces
How you supposed to read it without creasing it when it’s that big? Or do you just not read it?
It's not his to crease anyway
@@techbuildz9418 I've never creased a single one of my copies of The LOTR, The Hobbit or any of my books either. It's just my thing too!
The Bhagwat Geeta will never reach such a big no. of selling because here in India we don't sell we just give it to someone for nothing in return
All the religious books are given out that way, Not just bhagwat geeta
Really? I can't find any place in my city giving it for free, we I wanted to read it and had to buy it.
@@farziltheweebo4841 where do you live?
i am also from India brother...we muslims also do the same thing... it's like good deed charity...i never bought Quran in my whole life...my teachers gave it to me as a gift...but I have memorized it... The most beautiful thing i have ever seen...
Stephen King left the chat
Watching him mistreating these books makes me fucking cry
itsqcp: Don’t mess around with the book covers in a library. Leave that poor little Betch alone!!!
*Don Quixote left the chat*
In Spanish and English?? And Agatha Christie, Edgar Alan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Shakespeare has to be there
@@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv they are sold authors but i don’t think they have a single novel that has sold enough
@@hahahihi487 murder on the orient express, and then they were none etc
Tell tale heart , raven
Sherlock Holmes etc
Definitely top 20
@@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kvwell this video is incorrect but the reason those didn’t sell much is because they are so short they are included in books and not often read on there own. But this guys list is wrong also I feel bible and quaran shouldn’t count considering we were counting books for everyone to read for fun and not a book talking about a certain religion.
Came here for this comment
"There is more treasure in books, than in all the pirates loot on treasure island." Walt Disney
What about the pirates who loot books?
They might have popped a book in.
Yeah cause you can make cartoons off of book stories and cartoons make a lot of bank
@Juu Tuub For no one is perfect or righteous, including you or me.
@@razvanefros411 For the show doesn't stop until the last dollar drops.
Imagine doing a fake vomit for Twilight but have no disgust for The Da Vinci Code
Fr, nothing in Twilight is as bad as ‘his eyes went white like a shark about to attack’
The exact comment I was gonna make. This guy is so oblivious to his own bias I'm actually embarrassed for him 🙄
How is da vinci code bad
When he said The Quotes Of Chairman Mao, I remember Chung Su Lee from Mind Your Language😂
I am surprised that “The art of war” was not on that list
True the art of war is up there with the Bible tbh
@@some_icedtea5205 The art of war while a very quoted book is surprisingly not that read worldwide. It is alright. If you are into that kinda stuff it is incredible
I’ve never heard of it
"Lists are for those who lost"
- Sun Tzu, the Art of War
Google says between 5 - 40 millions of “the art of war” were sold. Most copies were shared and not sold.
Omg did you see the way he cracked the spine of lord of the rings? My heart just broke right then and there😢
Thank God someone else saw it as well
I was flabbergasted
@@Griffins862 I still don't see it,guess I am blind
@@aiden6667 It's at 0:15 fir the lord of the rings book
Nah i always do that with my books
@@babybell224 I-
Twilight is low key really good tho
Ever heard the name of Shri" Bhagvat Gita " the infinity ♾️ ocean 🌊 of knowledge
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It sold 160 million according to goggle still not on list
Christianity and Islam make more than 50% of the world. Hindus are concentrated only in India and Nepal. It's obvious why bibke and Quran are sold more
Most sold and most read are two different things. I’ve read the majority of my books through the library. Also, people lend books to friends. Some people never read the books they buy. Or they could read the same book 10 times over.
I don't think that makes a difference to the list though. Both are indirect measures of popularity. If a book is bought a lot its read a lot and vice versa.
@@edojaalexander That’s a valid point, except for the fact that the list isn’t about popularity. The list is on the most read books, not the most bought or the most popular.
@@reesespieces5386 there’s no other more effective way to record how many times a book has been read. It’s give or take. Someone could buy a book and not read it once; someone else could’ve read it 10 times. Someone could borrow from a friend or the library, while someone else could own multiple editions of a book. Also there’s more interest in knowing how a book performs commercially than how many times some random person has read one book.
@@edojaalexander But the first and second place are good examples of often sold but rarely read or at least read completely books. Where I am from almost every house has one or even two Bibles, however I only know of two people, who actually read them fully. Most just read small passages or just use the Bible to pray with, but don't actually know what it says. That goes for most Christians, as they often just repeat what they were taught, without ever reading it. Same applies in many cases to Muslims and even to Jews. Also the Mao book, had to be bought in China once for political reasons, but most people didn't or couldn't even read it.
Another example is Hitlers "Mein Kampf". During the Nazi regime in Germany it was mandatory to own a copy, but nobody ever read it. So it was the most sold book in Germany back them, but most definitely not the most read.
@@buecherdrache1 Muslims who do read the Quran read it cover to cover multiple times. Have to factor that in too.
I love how he says 'The Lord of the rings' as 'The best book of all time'.
Can't dissagree with him
@Orrifólk he just said he loves that part of the video. Doesn't seem to be a contradiction here.
Best is subjective disguised as superlative
He’s not wrong
It is
Nah the amount of schools that have bought a dictionary how is that not here
This has to just be English copies, because I could’ve sworn that Anne Frank’s diary is up in the top ten most purchased books since it’s been translated into so many different languages and it’s historically significant, the Bible and Quran also being up there for the same reasons and also because of how common those religions are
Edit for a few things: first, I apologize, I thought Anne Frank’s diary was up in the top ten. I misremembered something we were told in eighth grade. It’s around number 15 for copies sold and 16 for most translated books. Still pretty high up there but not top ten like I thought. I apologize for not double checking that before commenting.
Second, there was someone who misunderstood something that I said and apparently it was cleared up for them but I’ll also say this here to avoid further confusion. I was not trying to say that the Bible and Quran were the same or similar books, I was trying to say that they were both very popular because they are both from huge religions with lots of people following and practicing them, and both have been translated into many languages. Islam and Christianity are very different and I’m well aware of that.
Third, there’s some replies saying hateful things about Muslim people. It’s awful and it sucks that there’s still ignorant people trying to spread their ignorance and hatred, but these people are unlikely to change their beliefs based on something that a group of people in the replies to a comment online say. Save your breath, don’t bother arguing with them. Half of them are just begging for attention anyway and it will take a lot more than just a few corrections or criticisms for these people to change their ways.
The alchemist it's a Brazilian book, but a good part of the population doesn't even know it.
Who's Anne Frank. I know every book he talked about.
Yea
@@akshy471 do you know about the holocaust?
@@akshy471 yeah and about bhagvad gita
Seeing as your counting it as a “series” like counting all the Harry Potter books as one book, I wonder how this figure affects more serialized stories. If I recall one piece has about the same as Harry Potter, but one could argue that the amount of volumes inflated it (though most fans are anime only and don’t buy the volumes)
The reason why lord of the ring is so low is because they don't really care so they don't keep track. They can only prove on record they sold 100 million. When ask the family about sales they said they definitely pass 600 million.
One Piece I think is 10 mil less from what I believe? Not 100% sure but it’s definitely close enough to be on this list. Only probably is that it’s a manga, a more visual novel, than a normal book. We’d have to include Batman and like Superman if we’d include One Piece.
One Piece has sold around 400-500 million volumes and every volume is essentially like a graphic novel with 140-200 pages
I disagree with your claim that most one piece fans are anime only, specially considering how awful the pacing is on the anime and in some arcs the animation is just bad sometimes they don't even stick to the source material which is why toei used to get a lot of backlash e.g. doflamingo finale and grizzly magnum with caesar.
If you said most consumed the manga illegally then i would agree.
@@zhixci958me and my friends read for free online 😂😂😂
As Stephen Fry so beautifully put it The Da Vinci Cide is arse gravy.
I suppose having been the first book ever published on a printing press gave the Bible a leg up.
Did he just say 50 shades of grey should be in the YA section ?? 😂😭
Young adults are like 18-21 and they read that kind of stuff
@@calebwilcott9699YA means under 18, usually tween to 15
@@calebwilcott9699YA has books like HP and Warrior Cats, which are aimed at middle-schoolers. I don't think the erotic fanfic of Twilight should be YA.
@@calebwilcott9699 Wha...if that's true The Sky Fall series is for adults, and trust me, it's NOT.
Exactly!! I was looking for this comment haha
A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies and should be on this list
That bookshop reminds me of a bookshop in Palmerston North called Bruce McKenzie Book Sellers.
*Percy Jackson And The Olympians left the chat*
50 Shades of Grey in YA?! I don’t think so 😂
Prolly why schools are a little iffy these days lol
It’s definitely very edgy and quirky to gag when you mention a book like Twilight 🙄
But it’s also the appropriate reaction
I swear the whole twilight hatred just comes from teenage girls liking it... Is it a great book? No. But the gag is really disrespectful
@@anamacedo2005 it's a trend whatever children , teen girls like gets hated for example justin Bieber 💀
Never read the book, the movies were very mediocre so i see why people hate it
Yes, it is, and it’s the appropriate reaction.
Hold on, with a lot of these books you added up the total of books sold in the series, but that doesnt really count. Harry potter and the philosophers stone was the most sold harry potter book, with only 107 million sold last i checked.
Im pretty sure the exceptional energy in this video comes from Max running away from the Waterstones employees as they're trying to kick him out
Fun fact: the Quran is the most memorized book in history. More than 10 million people have memorized the whole book at any given time in history after the 7th century. Today it's estimated to be over a 100 million.
Where can I get a good copy
They usually are given away for free
Source....
@@leanhoven there is only ONE copy of the Quran. All exactly the same (unlike the bible). The translation however could be different and I guess you have to do your own research depending on which language you need it in. But I’m Arabic it’s all the same down to the the dot.
Well, isn't it required for all Muslims to memorise the Quran so that they can recite the verses during prayer?
“The Pilgrims Progress” - 250 million sold.
Mind officially blown! These '10 Most Read Books of All Time' just rewrote the narrative of literary classics in my mind. From timeless tales to unexpected modern entries, this list is a literary rollercoaster. Who would've thought that some of these books garnered such massive readership? Kudos for curating such an intriguing and surprising list!
You forgot to mention “Don Quijote” by Miguel de Cervantes btw.
I was thinking the same
The pilgrims progress as well
Isn’t it Don Quixote?
I just put this comment. Don Quixote has sold over 500 million copies.
@@ShipsandGamesQuixote is the English pronunciation, Quijote is the Spanish one
The holy Quran is often distributed for free from hand to hand
Bibles left in every hotel room
@@samielgo1 Muslim believe that when people benefit from your charity you gain reward (be it here or in the afterlife) that’s why they are more common to be gifted
Same with the Bible. Our school is just outside of a church. Every beginning of a school year and before school break, that Catholic Church and the protestant church beside works together to hand out free bibles for every children. I still have mine. 7 of them actually
@@lichking6335 you are going for a collection 😁😁
@@lichking6335 how often do you read it? Just curious since most of my friends are Muslim
NCERT books are literally laughing at these right now lmao
Having fifty shades immediately outrank lotr is going to physically hurt for a few business days
The best novels I read are: "Stranger" by Camus, "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky, "Castle" by Kafka, "Martin Kačur" by Cankar (written by a razor ...) and since I am from Bosnia I have to mention the marvelous " Death and the Dervish" by Meša Selimović (Mesha Selimovich).
what did you like about stranger ? I didnt really get anything out of it
@@oopiumosmo1062 I didn't get much out of it either. I think its all to do with his philosophy that's all about everything being absurd. At the end with the priest I felt he was trying to be profound but I got nothing out of it.
@@oopiumosmo1062 The most sensible theory about stranger I read is that the whole novel are protagonist's thoughts during his cell time...
It's a long time since I read it. I was captivated by style and philosophy.
It would take long to even begin ...
The Stranger was actually a must read in my highschool.
Crime and punishment changed my life
Idk I find "the stranger" somewhat overrated, but that could also be, because it's main character isn't as much of a shock anymore,as amoral / disconnected protagonists have accoured more after it's release.
It's still a great book, but it didn't shock me to the core like "the fall" or to a fewer degree "the plague" did.
I love how for you, the best book of all time is The Lord Of The Rings. Same.
Hallelujah.
Most read book is "Holy Quran" cause we read Quran everyday 5 times...
Doesn't count. You don't read the entire quran 5 times a day.
Even non Christian know so much about Bible. Same can't be said about u brother.
Something in me died when you said LOTR and 50 shades sold the same amount.
The Holy Bible is a best seller every year and has been so for hundreds of years.
@common_ studio's unless you’re talking about the few versions made that no true Christian accepts, no it hasn’t changed. The most common (and best) translations are all from the original text. KJV is good and still very common but the English is old so not everyone likes it. ESV is really accurate, down to each word, and the one I like to use, although I like NIV too. NIV is probably the most popular recently because it is accurate (it translates more in sentences if that makes sense) but also fairly easy to read.
The Bible hasn’t ever changed, unless you are talking about the different translations, which only exist because the Bible is so old that the English language has changed a lot since it was first translated, and it would be very hard to understand. Plus, a lot of people use old Bibles, so it’s really impossible to change because any small change would be noticed by millions of people who still have an old Bible. Someone at my church has a Dutch Bible that is huge from the 1600s! Obviously that didn’t change, and I think that is the version they still use today.
But do you read it
@@jadongrifhorst6221 No there are version with chapters added in, taken away, changed, this isn’t translation, it has been physically changed. And this is facts
@@hassanmazza1831 that doesn’t mean the origins true version hasn’t been changed; it just means there are other versions, which I would believe to be bad, as you can’t subtract or add anything to scripture. Sadly, many have done that. One reason I’m not a Catholic is that they add a few books (maybe add isn’t the right word: they include books we don’t). Also singular chapters haven’t been added unless we discovered a more complete manuscript or something like that. Keep in mind it’s really old and the Old Testament especially has a lot of copies. We can trust those copies because of how much attention was payed by the Jewish people in replicating exactly what the original manuscript said, but it is a problem as it is with all historical documents, although the Bible is probably better than most. As for the New Testament, everyone has the same New Testament. Another reason the Old Testament may differ is that Protestants use the Jewish Scriptures, Catholics think a few more books should be included. Also, the translators/historians/scholars/theologians were very careful in their selection of what was biblical canon and what was not.
@@jadongrifhorst6221 Why do the early church fathers make references and quote from the deuterocanonical books than if they were added later? These books were quoted in the Didache and early fathers like Polycarp, Irenaeus, Cyprian, Clement I, Hippolytus, Barnabas, Augustine. They were also included in the earliest listings of canon scripture. The early Christians did consider them canon.
I read LOTR to my brother at night.
cured his insomnia
Respect to that bookstore for not stocking 50 shades of grey!!! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one that viewed that book as crap!!!
I'm glad he agrees Lord of the Rings is the best book of all time
Yes
Cap
Ik. Man of taste I see
Meh
Harry Potter better.
I think the bible and quran have more copies because every muslim house has atleast 1 copy of quran idk about bible but i kinda assume the same
In my community yeah we have a bible in each house, sometimes a pocket edition for individuals
Yes we have 5-6 quran i think
It used to be very common for devout Christians to have multiple copies of the Bible. There's different translations, editing, annotations, formats, pocket edition, study edition, young adult edition, etc., etc.
@@Belomoh6 we also have 5 qurans in our house.
@@Belomoh6 damn bro what are they limited editions or something
Kinda surprised crime and punishment isn’t up there
Somewhere behind Lord of the Rings there should have been And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie which has sold upto 100 million copies worldwide. (Due to me commenting a long time after the video was uploaded, my statistics may not be correct in context witht the video.)
Yeah. Those numbers on Maos book are definitely accurate
They must have made it a compulsory purchase for all citizens...
@@saratjata Or maybe the quotations were very popular because they reinforced the rights of the rural population during the Cultural Revolution
@@dt2985 yeah basically Mao was also seen in a great way after the liberation war as well so it makes sense.
The red book. ....
@@dt2985 the right to starve and die?
That list is incorrect...what about Don quijote..
I think I read somewhere that the reason the Quran isn't the most sold book is because Islam doesn't monetise the religion by selling the Holy Book, insead they give it away for free 😊
I discovered I bought the alchemist by mistake in a traffic jam some years back I forgot it on my book shelf fr 2 yrs and mistakely picked it up once. Whe I finished the book I drove to a multiple book stores tk buy every single paulo coelho book I could find 😂😂 absolutely wonderful read
Why is 50 shades of grey in the YA section??? YA is not for sexually explicit stories, that would be NA and 18+ bruhhhhhh
Maybe he's one of those people who assume that "YA" and "trash fiction" are synonyms
Came to the commentts looking for this exact same sentiment 💀
Another thing to consider is how much is resold as well. As someone who works at a thrift store, I cannot count the amount of times Twilight comes in. It's a small thrift store, but we have six books in the series out right now. And there are always more coming in. It just keeps on being sold and resold. Many of the others have come in as well, but none as much as this
Doesn't necessarily mean people don't like it though. I mean, I donated a paperback copy of Twilight because I had the rest of the series in hardback and I finally got myself a Twilight hardback to match.
@@CassTeaElle definitely! And even if they didn't like it, it doesn't mean it's a bad book. Maybe they just have different tastes, or they don't want to keep books around the house
Fantasy is really popular. I mean the first two places are insane.
To be fair. The buybull had an enormous head start 😂
Just to reiterate, the Quran is supposed to be donated and handed down, we are not supposed to sell the Quran. It is not considered right
It's like "profiting from faith." Which is not good
Who the hell cares man?
Quran's main objective is to produce more of your type.
All it teaches is to convert everyone into Islam because it's a 'superior' religion.
Islam is the worst religion there is.
Y'all have 0 humanity, look at the Taliban who are the ones who are doing as the Quran real says.
No women's rights, no care about other humans.
Who do you think gonna pay the paper, the ink and the production bills?
Quran isn't come out of the thin air, dude!
@@mehullee6384 wait till you learn the first university was established by a Muslim women, so was hundreds of mosques and our prophets wife was a businesswomen
@@mehullee6384 how about you do some of your own research instead of just believing what you hear islam-haters say. The taliban and those who you believe to be muslim "terrorists" do not follow islam to its true meaning and teachings. They are extremists! There is a reason why islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.. Nobody is forced to become muslim. They do their own research and they agree with the true meaning and teachings of islam. I pray that God guides you!
@@ridwaandawood4038
The reason you guys are growing fast is because you marry many baby producing machines as a contract, isn't it?
Come on, I have read Quran. Marriage is considered as a contract, its clearly written there.
Suggestion: Instead of the all-famous Harry Potter (series of books, which I repeat is a series of books) which have been sold 500 million times, you could have gone for one book sold over 500 million times called Don Quixote. The book that you said which was Harry Potter is not a book but a series of books, and the title said 10 books, moreover Don Quixote is a literary classic which is 400 years old.
Look I crack my own spines but to crack one and put it back on the shelf is such a crime 😆
I love your profile picture.
Add a feeling once you got up to Harry Potter I had a feeling number one was going to be the Bible Except if you're talking about the Christian Bible the jewish Bible was actually created first therefore it was read a lot more
As an art student and iconologic analysis lover, the da vinci code being n°10 made my day.
There's a difference between "most read" and "most sold"
How would you know if someone read it?????
@@sherlockholmes5714that’s literally what surveys are for. Where you think they got the numbers of the sales. Push them down their ass? Use your manatee brain. It’s not that difficult
@@sherlockholmes5714to be called Sherlock Holmes you really are one clueless bird
@@sherlockholmes5714u cant but did u see how he just said 2-5 billion like 3 billion difference is nothing
@@brazilserver4432Doesn't matter if it is 2 or 5 billion. 2 billion is still the highest
The gag while mentioning Twilight was so cringe and unnecessary. Any book that brings young people to read should be praised. Also, Stephenie Meyer is a good writer. But what can you expect from someone who thinks The Lord Of The Rings is the best book ever written, lol.
The same book is in my college library. I have read it and it is good.
The fact that The Wii and almost every playstation sold more units than game of thrones book is mindblowing
@D S reading fucking game of thrones isn't improving shit. Stop trying to pretend reading *any* book is superior to playing video games. Fantasy novels are for the most part just as useful for productivity as playing video games.
@D S dude, I said Game of thrones not some philosophical rampage wtf do you mean.
@@shivanshu6204 Games can do more good things than books (except some research but internet exists so it doesnt matter). The amount of ways people can learn and train their brain is astonishing. Training your deduction skills was never so easy as it was with games. Even learing games mechanics of a few games can make you better at math and quick thinking.
@@henrynutsy Games are not learning tools, and they are not nearly as enriching as books
If you play Assassins Creed and end up reading lot about history, then great. Games helped you. But if you just play Assassins Creed and consider yourself some sort of "history buff", dream on because video games are only holding you back
Technically, the physical Mushafs (A book with the Quran written in it) have, like the mayjority of other books, been sold at mass after the printing press. But realistically speaking, the actual Quran itself was being recited and memorised in its entirety, from chapter 1 to 114, by Muslims since the Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace.
So if you include the many many Muslims who have been memorising the Quran throughout History, it may well be the most read book due to it being the most memorised one.
Yeah I'm Muslim and we gotta memorize that so we can either say it in prayers or just normally.
@@OverStrive2008 No matter what ethnicity, Muslims will be memorising Quran, and that is one of the profound things about it.
@@ARM4170 👍
Someone failed history.
@@Acelustrous I believe I got what is equivalent to a B in KS3, but dropped it in GCSE, physics was a better option.
So no, I did not fail it.
I love how 50 shades was originally a twilight fanfic that grew past its mcr roots
You murdered that LOTR book😭😭
The fact that 50 Shades of grey is so high shows that the Western world is really missing something in their lives lol...
Yeah. We're missing goat rape from East.
@@willdavies8210 😐😐😐
@@willdavies8210 😂😂😂😂😂
Shows how crazy the west is
@@pooperdooper3576 I don't think the west is anymore crazy then other parts of the world lol. Probs because we are all crazy..
Fifty shades in the young adult section is very disturbing because nothing in that book is appropriate for young adult (teenagers is my interpretation of that label). Readers are often much younger than the label so I know for a fact that young girls are reading fifty shades and that is scary. The sex is explicit and very messed up. The relationship is the definition of toxic. I hope they put a therapy book next to it.
its a book relax
its nothing at all
@@kaito7530 Its a comment relax
@@sherlock7898 im relaxed, you’re a karen
Teenagers are not young adults.
I cant beleive people read 50 shades of gray more than song of ice and fire
"50 Shades of Grey should be in the young adults section..."
Hold on. What?
Notice those who reads the Quran from the comment section, are bashing those for reading a bible. So much for “most welcoming” religion, yet shaming another religion. 😬😬
Where? You’re the one bashing us. Islam is attacked worldwide. You think we’d stay quiet?
@@unclegardenermaybe it's bashed because the religion leads to horrendous terrorist attacks? That still continues to this day?
@@unclegardenerI’m loving the way you muslims lie 😭
His Twilight reaction would be my reaction of Alchemist
As the saying goes"laugh,live,love....live,laugh,life 😂
YES!
Hard agree. That book was so bad
Harry Potter is 4 not 5? 😂 Also, somehow you missed Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes? 👍
It sad to see that 50 shades passed up great historical books like Pilgrim’s progress, which used to be the 2nd most sold book about 2 centuries ago
The Da Vinci Code was such a good book. I loved every part of it, the absurdity and the lore 🍵
And now I am even more excited to get it delivered! Lmao don't mind me; I am a Dan Brown nerd.
What is that book all about, if I may ask?
@@AlphaCrystal21 it is about the murder of a pope in the Vatican museum, before he died, he wrote down a cipher on the floor using his blood, which included the name Doctor Langdon [a Symbologist]. Cus of this, the police suspected Langdon for the murder of the pope. Him and Sophie [grandaughter of Pope] work together to break the case, which have many references to ancient times, Mary Magdalene and the Holy Chalice.
It was such a good book it was even made into a movie! You would love it if you are interested in decrypting codes, mystery and Christ.
@@ImP0ppy OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Definitely need to give it a read!
@@AlphaCrystal21 The Davinchi Code is the second book of a somewhat series. I suggest you start with Angels and Demons. Either way I don't think it'll be too hard to start with Davinchi Code though
Ugh, imagine loving LOTR and not appreciating the funky fantasy in Twilight 😪
The Ikea catalouge:🗿
Ooof the way he snapped the spine one LotR 😂😭
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan has sold more than 250 million
"You'll be surprised" the list is exactly what I expected, the only surprise is that turd from Paulo Coelho that I didn't know it was so popular.
Ikr, I'll take all your shitty teen stories over "self help" any day
@@emilmullerv3519 I gotta say that I read the book when I was a teen and didnt even knew it was "self help" at the moment, but then I finished it and got like: so this was supposed to be a metaphor? XDDDD