As someone who's working tirelessly on a series of books and other projects, I can't help but admire many of the books on this list for a multitude of reasons. I've only gotten two sales on my first book, yet the passion the authors of many of these works had is something that keeps me going. I know I'll never be among their ranks, though if I can just be as caring to my books as they were to theirs, that's enough for me. It's a great inspiration. Thanks for the video friend! God bless!
I am really thankful to youtube that this video has reached to someone who is willing to watch and want to learn. Hope you will get rank in best selling books just keep writing and never lose hope.
@@universecomparison3d That means so much! Your reply really pumps me up. I'm going to keep at it! And keep putting out videos, I'm happy I clicked on this one!
Bcz tolkien has just 2 books ( Eventually they were split up and a few movies were made) but if u add up the collection of other books for example HP then you'll know Tolkien is not ruling the list rather he is very low in the list.
@@RudrakshSingh-qq5pyfor a list of highest selling book series, I definitely agree! However, a cursory skim of the wikipedia page for “list of best-selling books” lists The Hobbit as the 6th highest selling individual book of all time, and the 4th highest selling individual book of all time written in English
@@RudrakshSingh-qq5py Tolkien holds both 7th and 4th place in the top 10 of the best selling books of all time, and he is the father of high fantasy, so yeah, he is ruling the fuck out of the list
@@adrianbello901, Bible means book; however, it is many authors inspired by Yahweh and so hard to rate to other books. The Quran has ancient language at the top of chapters (Surah) which declare the intent of the Surah and often that intent implies wickedness. The Bhagavad Gita by comparison is likely preserving a religious system which was wiped off the region of India through writing. Shiva severes off his genitals upon seeing Himself in human form (his generations were cut off the Earth) and his wife rides a bull desiring blood sacrifice (the church needs the blood of Christ Jesus to wipe away their sins) and the bull is holy and thus must not be sacrificed. We really don't want the Persian people of Elam to come back and do holocaust in India and so forbidding it might be wise. A wicked son requires the demon hoard to help him do holocaust and a good son desires Shiva join him in the battle only to lose on this world, but gain the eternal life. Such stories illustrate a belief in something like blood sacrifice for sins for righteousness and suffering for it, as you are not above your master who also suffers. The Sabeans of the first chapter of Job and praised in the Quran might put a moon as their symbol (a lesser light to rule the darkness) and do holocaust per the cuneiform on the righteous and their lineage.
I was working at Barnes and Noble bookstore when The Da Vinci Code was released. It was just your average book on a shelf that no one knew about until the Catholic Church made a stink about it, and we could not keep it on the shelf! We had so many customers asking when the next batch of books would come in, it was crazy. My most memorable moment was when a priest visited our book store and prayed for us because we were exposed to the devil's work. He got so angry when I told him it was just a typical airport page turner. He told me I didn't understand how dangerous that book was. That dude was nuts. I enjoyed seeing the Harry Potter fans show up for the book releases, they made it fun. They would show up for the midnight releases all dressed up. It was cool. One thing I don't like about the comments I'm reading is the fact that a lot of you people are snobs, saying that your book is literature, and not any one else's. That's one thing I do not miss about working in a bookstore is dealing with snobs like you in person.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm an author and it gave me food for thought. I'm also Catholic so the idea of writing a book to anger the church sounds like fun to me. I know the church has pissed me off over the years. 😅😅😅
I haven't read the book but if it's anything that opposes the word of God or God's existence in anyway then it must be destructive. We are God's création and to make content to oppose his word is sin
Yes but this list isn't talking about authors that sold the most. They are talking about specific books. Agatha Christy overall sold more books but apparently only one of her books made it onto this list. Interesting, to say the least.
@@sheshotjfk8375 That’s because she wrote about 2 million books over the course of her life. She really brute forced her way onto lists by writing a ton of children’s books that didn’t sell that well individually but together add up to quite a lot. She targeted the lowest common denominator as far as audiences go and it worked.
@@DovahFett Agatha Christie didn't write children's books. She wrote adult murder mysteries. I can't speak to the quality of them, I haven't read any myself. But from what I understand they were pretty popular when she was alive.
What is weird is if you look on Wikipedia don quixote isn’t put as the top book it isn’t even on the list tale of two cities is at the top. I’m unsure why they didn’t put it on the list? Maybe no one has edited it still.
@@narunatsu1 it's almost been four years but that ending still breaks me...thinking of the final sentences can still make me cry. you're in for years of pain, but it's amazing
Reading Don Quixote as a kid in Spanish was traumatic. I remember not understanding even the best translations and I speak Spanish as my mother tongue 😭
You must be overthinking it too much just read it and enjoy the story. Im reading it and i present no problems, yes there are weird parts but if you try to make sense of them softly youll get the meaning of whats written
It's really sad that classics like The Three Musqueteers, The Count of Montecristo, Ivanhoe, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, The Call of the Wild, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Lost World, Death on the Nile, Murder on the Orient Express and lots of Jules Verne masterpieces aren't among the most selling books. Many of the books on this list aren't even literature.
Have you met our Lady and Savior, Snow White, who died and was resurrected from Her glass coffin for us? It’s true because we have the witness of the Huntsman and the Seven Dwarfs. Accept Her Love.
Although the LOTR graphic showed Fellowship of the Ring, I'm guessing by the absence of The Two Towers and Return of the King that the statistic was for all 3 books, which you can actually buy together to make one massive book!
It was actually intended to be one book in the first place; the only reason it was printed as three books initially was due to paper shortages after WW2. So it makes sense to consider the one book version "canonical".
The books have often been sold as just one book, as they were originally written. The origin publisher splitter it into three parts but it was always clear it was just one book. However, after the films, they have been printed separately more often than not, so I don't know how they count that.
Dickens was as famous in his day, as some of the modern authors on this list, so it's good that one of his books is in this list. I have no doubt that others are in the top 100.
@@malcolmnorton2217 I share my birthday with Dickens and my favourite book of his is David Copperfield and because I love Christmas, I also love A Christmas Carol.
Harry Potter performance shows how big of a cultural event it was since the higher entries are far older books with more years to sell. Curious to see if it would dethrone Don Quijote in the same time span. I remember buying the last two HP books in english because some clever folks in france sold them here before the translation was available, around a month after
Hans Christian Andersens fairytales have been translated to 125+ languages and is strangely not on the list, which is as usual quite anglocentric. Thor Heyerdahl's book about the Kon Tiki expedition has been translated to more than 70 languages and passed 50 million copies sold decades ago, but is not on the list. And where is Jules Verne? Losing to the Hite report and American self-help books? Right... All the round figures, with most of the Harry Potter books ending up selling the same amount, tells that this list is based mostly on pure guesswork. Most likely they have found some statistics for one or two countries (US+GB?) and tried to extrapolate their findings to the whole world. Not exactly a new phenomenon on UA-cam, there are lots of dodgy statistics around.
I understand leaving out religious holy books since those aren’t considered works of fiction, but I think the Pilgrim’s Progress deserves a spot on this list.
@fearlessabiter2secondchannel I know the Bible isn't fiction, I'm a Christian lol. I was talking about the Pilgrim's Progress which the og commenter mentioned.
Второе место Библия 2,5 миллиарда копий И первое место дамы и господа 3 миллиарда копий самая читаемая и самая заучиваемая книга в мире Священный Коран
Это верно, но многие ли экземпляры Библии и Корана покупались? Подавляющее большинство было роздано бесплатно, особенно библейский Новый Завет. А здесь речь идёт о топе продаваемых книг.
@@РусГайв Но Коран все равно самая читаемая книга, так что если бы не раздавали бесплатно их бы покупали. А еще ее читают бесплатно в приложениях. А еще ее слушают больше чем любую аудио книгу.)
Interesting. No Dostoevsky. Hard to trust a list without him on it. Though, this list isn't all too surprising. It's all about marketability, as well as likability. Actually, Don Quixpte seems like a weird one to be even on this list, let alone number one. Makes me think most of those sales must be for schools. I don't really remember Don Quixote but, I do remember it being a bit like Shakespeare and hard to read. I guess there may be better translations, or perhaps it's fame has led it to being widely bought by literary fanatics. Though, I wouldn't think there's that many people out there that even care about classical literature. Hell, Shakespeare's not even on here. I hope my reread of this classic doesn't disappoint. I have it on my shelf but, I'm a bit nervous to revisit it. Maybe I just need to crack that puppy open and check her out. I think that's what I'll do.
OMG, Don Quijote like Shakespeare? Don Quixote is the crowning work of literature, in what fucking world u live, now days the people dont care about clasics, but it hv been one of the most important books in the history
@@charcolew But there are multiple problems. Not only is there a lacking reliable source for the sales, it is also given as a gift rather than for sale. And it is also technically a collection of books rather than 1 book on itself.
@@KAvanAlten The Guinness Book of World Records seems to think there's a reliable enough source to put The Bible in their book as the record holder. They are a notoriously stingy group when it comes to verification.
Part of the reason why “Don Quixote” is one of the best selling book of all time is due to the fact it has become a staple in most school academies for students to read. Even though I am a born New Yorker but at a young age I came to Costa Rica and attended school over here. For 10th and 11th graders it’s mandatory for us to read “Don Quixote”. Honestly I read the entire thing and this novel is both intriguing and entertaining but with a twist of what is reality and what isn’t? It makes me think on a deeper level. Was Don Quixote a mad man or a man who truly experienced his journey of struggles and became a hero? It’s a classic with a deep meaning and everyone at least once in their lifetime should read this story.
@@robertmatthews2721 there’s different types of books, the Bible does not fall into this category of books. Therefore it’s not on the list. YOU get your facts straight
Definition of book: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. Thus One Piece, should have been on this poll with the rest of other comics. For, comics at the end of the day, still fall under the title and category of books.
But an individual One Piece book, or volume, does not have that many sales compared to the works presented in the video. One Piece may have an overall 500 million + sale count, but the average sales per volume is only about 5 million. Compared to the least sold book here, 30 million, it’s nothing.
Yeah they clearly weren't including religious works, because the Bible is #1. The Book of Mormon would have been between Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings.
@DovahFett while the show is certainly not as good in terms of plot as the book, it's still really good. I am going to say it's one of the best series ever created. It's absolutely not about nudity, lol. Special effects are always good and entertaining, but those sperial efects are worth nothing if the plot and/or actors is sнıt. People don't watch the GoT for nudity. They watch it because it's a very dramatic and intriguing story.
I'm Brazilian and here it's not a famous book, it's just being known for being one of the best sellers in the world, but most people have never read it
@@matheusapx I'm brazilian and i read it in the original language... I thought it was entertaining, well written but I'd say it's a bit overrated for sure
"The Kid Gallagher Story " A little known gem. It's more than a tale of a boy and his pet bear. So much more! Critics will dismiss it, libraries may ban it. Women will read it every night before bedtime.
JK rowling is such a queen! a beast, really! all of the hp books are on the best selling books of all time. that's CRAZY. absolutely record-shattering. insane. i love it so much, if any series deserves it, its harry potter.
@@demonmonsterdave are you saying harry potter isn't qualified enough to be on this list? because i think the 500 million + copies she sold can back up my point.
@@ravenclaw_ramen As you already know, I'm saying that this, being a list of best selling books, is based on how well and for how long they were sold, not only their subjective quality. This was a statement to which you appeared to agree while saying you don't care. Since the proposition was an agreed fact, I'm saying that you are choosing to ignore reality, which is completely up to you. If you'd like to re-examine the original fact, feel free to ask, but my point has moved on from the disproportionate apparent popularity of any particular book or specific writer, to the fact that you are choosing, by your own admission, to live in a fictional reality and therefore your opinions about actual reality are invalid.
@@Kr1stmas Not exactly fantasy, but written by Bronze Age people, who knew nothing about science. Anyway, I believe it was omitted because there are so many versions. Do you know if that applies to the Quran too?
According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. 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.
If I had to guess the list was excluding religious works. Besides that there are different versions to consider and how far back detailed sales records for it goes.
@@sheshotjfk8375 Reading your comments here, it looks like you are suspecting some sort of agenda here. I think it was left out because it's just a different kind of book. A collection of several texts from several authors, different versions, etc. -- I think it's good to limit this to novels, I would have even left out the non-fiction books. I mean, the 1997 phonebook from Mexico City should probably be on that list, too, or the classic 7 by 5 inch ruled Moleskine notebook, if we consider ALL books.
@@john.premose, try it. Pick a bad verse from the Bible, but be prepared to debate, or pick a good verse from the Quran, but be prepared to debate. It really is that simple. You pick and only one and see where the debate goes and then see if you learn something.
When I clicked on this video I never imagined that most of the comments would be people crying that the Bible didn’t make the list. God, you salty babies are an embarrassment to humanity. Cry me a long, long river.
@@kitxxxxxxx Well, as Bible I meant the religious texts from different religions as a whole; Torah, Quran, New Testament etc. After that it's known that Shakespeare's scripts are No. 2 best sales and after that Agatha Christie's books
Segundo o GUINNESS BOOK, a BIBLIA SAGRADA é o LIVRO mais vendido de todos os Tempos Com mais de Cinco Bilhões de copias vendidas Em Todo o mundo desde o Século XIX.
Who else loves the story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza?
I thought is was kind of repetitive and boring.
Definitely the best book on the list. I’m shocked that Anna Karenina isn’t on there.
@@darinbarton3417 I haven't heard this yet, I'll look it up!
Just read it, such a beautiful book. Definitely the most dense book I’ve read so far however.
I studied it in school it was hilarious
A couple of those owe high school English teachers some commission 😭😭
The Bible is number one, by far.
The book of books
Yes
@@I_am_Raziel amen
Great fiction
Number 2 is Mao tse Tung doc. Of china
As someone who's working tirelessly on a series of books and other projects, I can't help but admire many of the books on this list for a multitude of reasons. I've only gotten two sales on my first book, yet the passion the authors of many of these works had is something that keeps me going. I know I'll never be among their ranks, though if I can just be as caring to my books as they were to theirs, that's enough for me. It's a great inspiration. Thanks for the video friend! God bless!
I am really thankful to youtube that this video has reached to someone who is willing to watch and want to learn.
Hope you will get rank in best selling books just keep writing and never lose hope.
My best wishes are with you bro.
@@universecomparison3d That means so much! Your reply really pumps me up. I'm going to keep at it! And keep putting out videos, I'm happy I clicked on this one!
As a writer and future author I wish you good luck with publishing and your career as an author.
What is ur abook. And where can I buy it
Man, I bet that Miguel Cervantes fellow is living it up right now
You bet
I am from the same city as him. I even live super near from his original house
I lived broke most of his live
@@Alvaro-rq8snAlcalá de Henares? Really?
@@theduchessofkitty4107yep
Tolkien still ruling, as he should
You f00l of a Took ❤
I'm reading lotr now 😂
Bcz tolkien has just 2 books ( Eventually they were split up and a few movies were made) but if u add up the collection of other books for example HP then you'll know Tolkien is not ruling the list rather he is very low in the list.
@@RudrakshSingh-qq5pyfor a list of highest selling book series, I definitely agree! However, a cursory skim of the wikipedia page for “list of best-selling books” lists The Hobbit as the 6th highest selling individual book of all time, and the 4th highest selling individual book of all time written in English
@@RudrakshSingh-qq5py Tolkien holds both 7th and 4th place in the top 10 of the best selling books of all time, and he is the father of high fantasy, so yeah, he is ruling the fuck out of the list
@@RudrakshSingh-qq5pyif you can possibly believe Harry Potter and the rest would be around without Tolkien keep dreaming.
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No son libros
The Holy Bible 5 BILLION
The Quran 800 million
The Bhagavad Gita 500 million
@@ReligionOfSacrifice no son considerados libros 📚 🙄
@@adrianbello901, Bible means book; however, it is many authors inspired by Yahweh and so hard to rate to other books.
The Quran has ancient language at the top of chapters (Surah) which declare the intent of the Surah and often that intent implies wickedness.
The Bhagavad Gita by comparison is likely preserving a religious system which was wiped off the region of India through writing. Shiva severes off his genitals upon seeing Himself in human form (his generations were cut off the Earth) and his wife rides a bull desiring blood sacrifice (the church needs the blood of Christ Jesus to wipe away their sins) and the bull is holy and thus must not be sacrificed. We really don't want the Persian people of Elam to come back and do holocaust in India and so forbidding it might be wise.
A wicked son requires the demon hoard to help him do holocaust and a good son desires Shiva join him in the battle only to lose on this world, but gain the eternal life. Such stories illustrate a belief in something like blood sacrifice for sins for righteousness and suffering for it, as you are not above your master who also suffers. The Sabeans of the first chapter of Job and praised in the Quran might put a moon as their symbol (a lesser light to rule the darkness) and do holocaust per the cuneiform on the righteous and their lineage.
They have got circulation in billions
I was working at Barnes and Noble bookstore when The Da Vinci Code was released. It was just your average book on a shelf that no one knew about until the Catholic Church made a stink about it, and we could not keep it on the shelf! We had so many customers asking when the next batch of books would come in, it was crazy.
My most memorable moment was when a priest visited our book store and prayed for us because we were exposed to the devil's work. He got so angry when I told him it was just a typical airport page turner. He told me I didn't understand how dangerous that book was. That dude was nuts.
I enjoyed seeing the Harry Potter fans show up for the book releases, they made it fun. They would show up for the midnight releases all dressed up. It was cool.
One thing I don't like about the comments I'm reading is the fact that a lot of you people are snobs, saying that your book is literature, and not any one else's. That's one thing I do not miss about working in a bookstore is dealing with snobs like you in person.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm an author and it gave me food for thought. I'm also Catholic so the idea of writing a book to anger the church sounds like fun to me. I know the church has pissed me off over the years. 😅😅😅
I haven't read the book but if it's anything that opposes the word of God or God's existence in anyway then it must be destructive. We are God's création and to make content to oppose his word is sin
@@huedoali9098 you'd have been a book-burning inquisitor in the middle ages. The bible is myth and superstition, you primitive fanatic!
Damn, then it must be good! I’m buying a copy.
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Agatha Christie was only outsold by Shakespeare and the Bible which is the most printed book of all time
Actually, Christie is first only behind the Bible. She is then followed by Vernes and only then by Shakespeare
@@luiscaetano6184 it’s unknown if Christie or Shakespeare sold more, most source just say between 2-4 billion for both of them
Yes but this list isn't talking about authors that sold the most. They are talking about specific books. Agatha Christy overall sold more books but apparently only one of her books made it onto this list. Interesting, to say the least.
@@sheshotjfk8375 That’s because she wrote about 2 million books over the course of her life. She really brute forced her way onto lists by writing a ton of children’s books that didn’t sell that well individually but together add up to quite a lot. She targeted the lowest common denominator as far as audiences go and it worked.
@@DovahFett Agatha Christie didn't write children's books. She wrote adult murder mysteries. I can't speak to the quality of them, I haven't read any myself. But from what I understand they were pretty popular when she was alive.
The tale of two cities.
"Even the heart nearest to it is a mystery to it... "❤
Don Quijote is my fav book of all time, I read it every year and I have 7 different versiona of it. It's a healing story 😭❤️❤️
@@jackdotblue well, you know preferences are subjective 👀 I think you are missing the best story ever made, but your choice. More Quijote to me ☺️
i'm Reading don Quijote now , and it's so cool !!!!!
@@Sans_Sucre_ajouté yeeey, i'm so happy that you are liking it ☺👏🏻
What is weird is if you look on Wikipedia don quixote isn’t put as the top book it isn’t even on the list tale of two cities is at the top. I’m unsure why they didn’t put it on the list? Maybe no one has edited it still.
tell me why I felt proud to see a tale of two cities as though dickens is some underrated, underground writer
A truly underground author. Another to add to read list. Thomas C. Stuhr 💀
And its has had 165 years to marinate haha
A Tale Of Two Cities... Unknown to many still rocks!!!
"It was the best of times....It was the worst of times...."
The Hey Arnold book
Dattabayo!
Just finished it yesterday, loved the ending omg 😢❤
@@narunatsu1 it's almost been four years but that ending still breaks me...thinking of the final sentences can still make me cry. you're in for years of pain, but it's amazing
@@jl5749 hahahaha I believe you, thanks for the heads up 😭 It's so so good and so sad 💔
Reading Don Quixote as a kid in Spanish was traumatic. I remember not understanding even the best translations and I speak Spanish as my mother tongue 😭
It's because the book is in ancient spanish
You can get a version that has difficult words explained at the bottom of the page. Like the one put out by the Real Academia Española.
Es mi libro favorito, lo leí dos veces y planeo hacerlo una tercera.
You must be overthinking it too much just read it and enjoy the story. Im reading it and i present no problems, yes there are weird parts but if you try to make sense of them softly youll get the meaning of whats written
Es lo que tiene el español antiguo.
Tu versión tenía anotaciones?
agatha christies and then there were none is just such a genius mystery novel
I've read that about five times, good stuff.
Isn’t “a then there were none” the one with the title change?
read umineko
All her books are mind-blowing.
I could not understand it , will try to read it again
It's really sad that classics like The Three Musqueteers, The Count of Montecristo, Ivanhoe, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, The Call of the Wild, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Lost World, Death on the Nile, Murder on the Orient Express and lots of Jules Verne masterpieces aren't among the most selling books. Many of the books on this list aren't even literature.
I was shocked having known that many school languistic teachers in Europe have never head of Jules Verne!
....like many of the books you've listed.
I like Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne, but their books weren't serious literature. They were the Michael Crichtons and Dean Koontzes of their time.
I wouldn’t consider most of those to be “literature” either, depending on your definition of literature.
@@john.premose You will find that everything depends on one's definitions.
John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another
Have you met our Lady and Savior, Snow White, who died and was resurrected from Her glass coffin for us? It’s true because we have the witness of the Huntsman and the Seven Dwarfs.
Accept Her Love.
No one asked for a bible quote, keep that badly written book to yourself, the Qur'an is way better anyway.
What is the color of the sky in your Universe where a 50ish year old man marries and consummates the marriage with a 9 year old child!?!
Some of these books are in the market longer than others, what is the time limit for counting the number sold? It would be interesting to know.
why would there be a limit?
JK Rowling still rules this list and her books are the youngest on here
Although the LOTR graphic showed Fellowship of the Ring, I'm guessing by the absence of The Two Towers and Return of the King that the statistic was for all 3 books, which you can actually buy together to make one massive book!
It was actually intended to be one book in the first place; the only reason it was printed as three books initially was due to paper shortages after WW2. So it makes sense to consider the one book version "canonical".
The books have often been sold as just one book, as they were originally written. The origin publisher splitter it into three parts but it was always clear it was just one book. However, after the films, they have been printed separately more often than not, so I don't know how they count that.
The first volume of a trilogy is always the best-seller of the three. Its readership includes all those who decide not to continue with the trilogy.
El Quijote será insuperable!
When my kid was born we got 3 copies of Tje Very Hungry Caterpillar 😂
But newborns can't read
Dickens was as famous in his day, as some of the modern authors on this list, so it's good that one of his books is in this list. I have no doubt that others are in the top 100.
I know in many US high schools Great Expectations was required reading for many years.
He is still famous in everyone's day! No other author can compete with this rarest of geniuses except of course his idol Shakespeare.
@@malcolmnorton2217 I share my birthday with Dickens and my favourite book of his is David Copperfield and because I love Christmas, I also love A Christmas Carol.
I am from the same city as Miguel de Cervantes. I even live super near to his house
Where is deathly hallows??
Stephen King has sold over 400 million books…. Perhaps only a million copies per book…? 😅
Well he hasn't written over 400 books
@@Templar5 But he has written a lot 😂 (75 to date). I think its a good theory and explains why his books aren't on the list
Bro here we are talking about the most selling books not about the author.
So, please google and watch that which book is his most selling book.
@@universecomparison3d Yeah but you don't have Bible here to it FAKE AF bro!
@@universecomparison3d Also no Quran or Hadith so FAKE!!!
JK Rowling: “Tell them bring me my money”
Awesome video nobody has made a video like this
Harry Potter performance shows how big of a cultural event it was since the higher entries are far older books with more years to sell. Curious to see if it would dethrone Don Quijote in the same time span.
I remember buying the last two HP books in english because some clever folks in france sold them here before the translation was available, around a month after
HP made reading cool again
I hope Don Quixote falls off the list! I hate that book!
Quixote is just too good, and it basically started the modern novel genre
I hated it!
Harry potter is the best!!♥️
No
@@LukeSkywalker190 ok
Harry Potter appears in a tier list, Harry Potter destroys the tier list
Exept lotr outsold it by 30 million
@@nikku879 bruh, harry potter sold more than 600 million copies
@@DeltaLightTSFH best selling one was socerers stone it was 120m.not talking about it as a whole but individualy
@@nikku879 well lotr is divided in three/six books, so you have to do the same thing with it
Potterheads United 🤩
Lord Of The Rings is GOAT
The Lord of the Rings has been translated in 38 languages.
Hans Christian Andersens fairytales have been translated to 125+ languages and is strangely not on the list, which is as usual quite anglocentric. Thor Heyerdahl's book about the Kon Tiki expedition has been translated to more than 70 languages and passed 50 million copies sold decades ago, but is not on the list. And where is Jules Verne? Losing to the Hite report and American self-help books? Right...
All the round figures, with most of the Harry Potter books ending up selling the same amount, tells that this list is based mostly on pure guesswork. Most likely they have found some statistics for one or two countries (US+GB?) and tried to extrapolate their findings to the whole world. Not exactly a new phenomenon on UA-cam, there are lots of dodgy statistics around.
No Stephen King? wtf
His books together have sold a lot, but I don't think any one book of his has sold nearly as many as these books.
His highest selling book is The Shining at 500,000 to 700,000 copies sold.
I was just waiting for Agatha christie ❤
The Bible holds the esteemed title of the best-selling book in history, with over 5 billion copies sold (Guinness World Records).
It doesn't include religious books
@@ViktorPejčinović Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of Rings and Ben-Hur are religious books.
Now is that the bible or the king james edition. And I'd assume because the bible is a collaboration of books packed in 1 it doesnt get that spot
Aren't bibles free? So it's not the best SELLING book.
@@ToudaHell
Not free
I understand leaving out religious holy books since those aren’t considered works of fiction, but I think the Pilgrim’s Progress deserves a spot on this list.
Technically thats fiction with inspiration/themes from the Bible, so it totally should've been on the list.
PIlgrim's Progress 250 million copies sold
Can’t wait for an atheist to reply to this comment with a really cringey quip
@fearlessabiter2secondchannel I know the Bible isn't fiction, I'm a Christian lol. I was talking about the Pilgrim's Progress which the og commenter mentioned.
Good job bro you nailed it
Most books are pretty good imho
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El español es arte 🗿
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They should have put the Bible in there. Number one best seller of all time.
How many sold/how many PRINTED ratio too different. Lots of Bibles are just given out.
@@alkristopher exactly.
@@alkristopher even though is the first and will always be
@@I-SOY-SMART Who cares? It’s a stupid book. Hopefully, it’ll be cast aside more and more.
Alle die verloren gehen hassen die Bibel
Where is Shakespeare ?
Shakespeare is divided over 37 different books.
Zzz
I'm so happy that with Cervantes a true classic won this race - whats about the bible?
Harry Potter 😌
No way the hungry caterpillar is so low on the list.
Think and grow rich 😊
No CS Lewis?
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was on the list - $85 million.
Второе место Библия 2,5 миллиарда копий
И первое место дамы и господа 3 миллиарда копий самая читаемая и самая заучиваемая книга в мире Священный Коран
Это верно, но многие ли экземпляры Библии и Корана покупались? Подавляющее большинство было роздано бесплатно, особенно библейский Новый Завет. А здесь речь идёт о топе продаваемых книг.
@@РусГайв Но Коран все равно самая читаемая книга, так что если бы не раздавали бесплатно их бы покупали. А еще ее читают бесплатно в приложениях. А еще ее слушают больше чем любую аудио книгу.)
Is this counting translations into other languages?
I find it hard to believe that multiple Harry Potter books have sold exactly 75 million copies.
It's most likely 75 mil and then several hundred thousand per each one. Changing by however much for each one
You meant to say 65
I wonder rather why so many millions of people hooked off after Philosopher's.
The first harry Potter book is not even the best
@@FSportuguese the worst
Interesting. No Dostoevsky. Hard to trust a list without him on it. Though, this list isn't all too surprising. It's all about marketability, as well as likability. Actually, Don Quixpte seems like a weird one to be even on this list, let alone number one. Makes me think most of those sales must be for schools. I don't really remember Don Quixote but, I do remember it being a bit like Shakespeare and hard to read. I guess there may be better translations, or perhaps it's fame has led it to being widely bought by literary fanatics. Though, I wouldn't think there's that many people out there that even care about classical literature. Hell, Shakespeare's not even on here. I hope my reread of this classic doesn't disappoint. I have it on my shelf but, I'm a bit nervous to revisit it. Maybe I just need to crack that puppy open and check her out. I think that's what I'll do.
Literally In the whole video I was just searching for Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment "
Shakespeare wrote plays. Is there a big book market for plays? Besides by Shakespeare what plays are people picking up at the book store?
OMG, Don Quijote like Shakespeare? Don Quixote is the crowning work of literature, in what fucking world u live, now days the people dont care about clasics, but it hv been one of the most important books in the history
@@jacobflematti3325 Love my Dostoevsky! In my opinion, the greatest novelist. But bestselling os a different parameter.
Don Quixote is now 500 million and one. I just bought it a few days ago.
I'm honored to be Spaniard for sure.
where does the data come from? is there a website where i can see how many copies of a book have sold?
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According to Guinness World Records, the Holy Bible sold 5 billion copies. Odd you would leave that out.
Conveniently left that one out
Not odd. We just have no reliable source for sales history when it comes to the Bible.
It is far and away the best-selling work of fiction of all time.
@@charcolew But there are multiple problems. Not only is there a lacking reliable source for the sales, it is also given as a gift rather than for sale. And it is also technically a collection of books rather than 1 book on itself.
@@KAvanAlten The Guinness Book of World Records seems to think there's a reliable enough source to put The Bible in their book as the record holder. They are a notoriously stingy group when it comes to verification.
Part of the reason why “Don Quixote” is one of the best selling book of all time is due to the fact it has become a staple in most school academies for students to read.
Even though I am a born New Yorker but at a young age I came to Costa Rica and attended school over here. For 10th and 11th graders it’s mandatory for us to read “Don Quixote”.
Honestly I read the entire thing and this novel is both intriguing and entertaining but with a twist of what is reality and what isn’t? It makes me think on a deeper level. Was Don Quixote a mad man or a man who truly experienced his journey of struggles and became a hero?
It’s a classic with a deep meaning and everyone at least once in their lifetime should read this story.
No stormlight archive ah.....
amazing work very content I have seen like that.
thanks man
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And number 1 . The Bible over 5 billion at least sold . Get your facts straight
the Bible is a scripture, so it doesn’t count on this list
@@Chronos-tq7og it’s a book . In 1995 world Guinness book of records it was “best selling BOOK of all time “ ;) get your facts straight
@@robertmatthews2721 there’s different types of books, the Bible does not fall into this category of books. Therefore it’s not on the list. YOU get your facts straight
@@Chronos-tq7og title doesn’t say anything about “categories” nor does the video . get your facts straight and stop making stuff up
@@robertmatthews2721 it doesn’t have to
What's the name of the background music, please?
Definition of book: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. Thus One Piece, should have been on this poll with the rest of other comics. For, comics at the end of the day, still fall under the title and category of books.
But an individual One Piece book, or volume, does not have that many sales compared to the works presented in the video.
One Piece may have an overall 500 million + sale count, but the average sales per volume is only about 5 million. Compared to the least sold book here, 30 million, it’s nothing.
I thought it was Bible.
Yeah they clearly weren't including religious works, because the Bible is #1. The Book of Mormon would have been between Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings.
Lord of the Rings is very Christian book...lol anglosakson....
@@IntheWildLandscapeParklion witch wardrobe too
It would probably be hard to track since it's not associated with a single publisher and there are many versions etc.
@@macristinacuriano8776 No reason to mention that rag in the same breath as literature of quality and genius.
how can "a song of ice and fire" not be included
Much more people watched the tv show I guess
Because no one buys those books. They just watched the show, as that’s where all the nudity and mind numbing special effects were.
@DovahFett while the show is certainly not as good in terms of plot as the book, it's still really good. I am going to say it's one of the best series ever created. It's absolutely not about nudity, lol. Special effects are always good and entertaining, but those sperial efects are worth nothing if the plot and/or actors is sнıt. People don't watch the GoT for nudity. They watch it because it's a very dramatic and intriguing story.
the holy bible is #1 actually
Yeah funny how is conspiciously absent and no Shakespeare compilation? Really?
In selling yeah but that’s
because Muslims don’t sell the Quran
eat your heart out emma watson
The Alchemist is undeserving of such an honor.
undeserving? or deserving
It well and truly sucked.
Agreed...overrated asffff
I'm Brazilian and here it's not a famous book, it's just being known for being one of the best sellers in the world, but most people have never read it
@@matheusapx
I'm brazilian and i read it in the original language... I thought it was entertaining, well written but I'd say it's a bit overrated for sure
Source?
Jim from the office show
Nice video
I'm not sure who is Don Quixote, prob i should read
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A little known gem. It's more than a tale of a boy and his pet bear. So much more! Critics will dismiss it, libraries may ban it. Women will read it every night before bedtime.
How about The Wheel of Time series which has sold over 90 million copies??!!
This is per book title, not per series. Anything below 30 million copies is not listed.
JK rowling is such a queen! a beast, really! all of the hp books are on the best selling books of all time. that's CRAZY. absolutely record-shattering. insane. i love it so much, if any series deserves it, its harry potter.
All time is only a couple of hundred years, and she had modern marketing and the internet on her side, which makes a massive difference.
@@demonmonsterdave yes, true. doesn't really change the impact of her achievements, though. at least not to me :)
@@ravenclaw_ramen Yes, of course you can ignore any factors you like to protect your fantasy because your fantasy belongs to you.
@@demonmonsterdave are you saying harry potter isn't qualified enough to be on this list? because i think the 500 million + copies she sold can back up my point.
@@ravenclaw_ramen As you already know, I'm saying that this, being a list of best selling books, is based on how well and for how long they were sold, not only their subjective quality. This was a statement to which you appeared to agree while saying you don't care. Since the proposition was an agreed fact, I'm saying that you are choosing to ignore reality, which is completely up to you. If you'd like to re-examine the original fact, feel free to ask, but my point has moved on from the disproportionate apparent popularity of any particular book or specific writer, to the fact that you are choosing, by your own admission, to live in a fictional reality and therefore your opinions about actual reality are invalid.
The Bible have sold billions
they dont include the bible the quran etc.
Sleep with your comment loool
The didn't include it because there are so many different versions.
One of the best fantasy books I've read
@@Kr1stmas Not exactly fantasy, but written by Bronze Age people, who knew nothing about science. Anyway, I believe it was omitted because there are so many versions. Do you know if that applies to the Quran too?
I'm proud of LOTR to be in third place
Yes bro
Fan of LOTR
Waited for Game of Thrones❤
It' sold over 90 millions copies but wasn't included in list 🙁
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According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. 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.
most average Christian W
I think this is only a list for books of fiction. And the numbers varies where you look.
@@fridenpaden "Cosmos" isn't fiction. Maybe publishers view religious texts differently, since nobody owns the copyright on them?
The Holy Bible 5 BILLION
The Quran 800 million
The Bhagavad Gita 500 million
Look again at the video title… it is for the *best* selling books, not for the *most ridiculous* selling books.
What about the Bible? I mean, that book has been in libraries for like centuries or something, no?
If I had to guess the list was excluding religious works. Besides that there are different versions to consider and how far back detailed sales records for it goes.
Sophie’s world is so good! Read it as a elementary student for fun.
Good to see Spock on the list.
Logical.
I think it's just a rough estimation.
The Holy Bible is in number 1 place. ✝️🙏🏻
Conveniently left out.
@@sheshotjfk8375 Reading your comments here, it looks like you are suspecting some sort of agenda here. I think it was left out because it's just a different kind of book. A collection of several texts from several authors, different versions, etc. -- I think it's good to limit this to novels, I would have even left out the non-fiction books. I mean, the 1997 phonebook from Mexico City should probably be on that list, too, or the classic 7 by 5 inch ruled Moleskine notebook, if we consider ALL books.
No, that's the Qur'an.
Which VeRsIon?
@Someone_KhabibbeatsJonesEASILY No, thats the manual for ikea furniture
And the undefeated Bible
The Holy Bible 5 BILLION
The Quran 800 million
The Bhagavad Gita 500 million
@@ReligionOfSacrifice do you think you're getting brownie points from God for spamming nonsense on youtube? I don't think it works that way.
@@john.premose, try it. Pick a bad verse from the Bible, but be prepared to debate, or pick a good verse from the Quran, but be prepared to debate.
It really is that simple. You pick and only one and see where the debate goes and then see if you learn something.
@@ReligionOfSacrifice "debate" what? There's nothing to "debate" lol. I could care less about your scripted, charlatan rubbish. Cry me a river.
@@john.premosewhy so mad? its just the truth :)
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The Holy Bible 5 BILLION.
It's not sold, it's given by inveigling people
@@josephmatt8173 it is sold. i bought mine😊
@@ReligionOfSacrifice Don Quixote- quality. Bible- garbage.
It's Harry Potter Books, and they give us Harry Potter Films! 💀
And harry potter games 💀
Garbage.
And Harry Potter Lego.
No Bible. I will now remember that rankings from this channel are dishonest.
When I clicked on this video I never imagined that most of the comments would be people crying that the Bible didn’t make the list. God, you salty babies are an embarrassment to humanity. Cry me a long, long river.
one piece?
Song name?
Nah, as far as I know
#1 The Bible
#2 Shakespeare's scripts
#3 Agatha Christie's books
I thought it was harry potter books at number 3 and the first two are the bible and the quran
@@kitxxxxxxx Well, as Bible I meant the religious texts from different religions as a whole; Torah, Quran, New Testament etc.
After that it's known that Shakespeare's scripts are No. 2 best sales and after that Agatha Christie's books
How far is as far as you know?
As far as I know the best selling book is a book I wrote a couple of years ago called "As far as I know".
@@f.g.e.3889 I think I've read that one.
Segundo o GUINNESS BOOK, a BIBLIA SAGRADA é o LIVRO mais vendido de todos os Tempos
Com mais de Cinco Bilhões de copias vendidas
Em Todo o mundo desde o Século XIX.
But that cannot really be considered a commercial book. This is the catagory of literature, without religious and/or political background.
Will be better if Lolita would not sell....... One day
@PBFoote-mo2zr ?
Why? It's one of the greatest books to ever be written
@@lithiumeater100 glorification of pedophilia is not great, ever
Bro, the Bible was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the thumbnail.
I've had 4 Bibles over my lifetime. I've never paid for one of them.
The Bible should be number 1, by far. It’s estimated to have sold 5 to 7 billion copies.
Yeah also the Quran and Hadith...
What about Quran Bro?
The Bible has no reliable sales source.
@@abuimammdnayem The Quaran, just like the Bible, has no reliable sales source.