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  • @roxberry1379
    @roxberry1379 ปีที่แล้ว +1025

    Who else loves the story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza?

    • @user-pg3pe4gx4p
      @user-pg3pe4gx4p ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I thought is was kind of repetitive and boring.

    • @darinbarton3417
      @darinbarton3417 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Definitely the best book on the list. I’m shocked that Anna Karenina isn’t on there.

    • @roxberry1379
      @roxberry1379 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@darinbarton3417 I haven't heard this yet, I'll look it up!

    • @vaughncollins1386
      @vaughncollins1386 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Just read it, such a beautiful book. Definitely the most dense book I’ve read so far however.

    • @galaxydeathskrill5607
      @galaxydeathskrill5607 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I studied it in school it was hilarious

  • @vanshshah8352
    @vanshshah8352 ปีที่แล้ว +1845

    Bible, Geeta, Quran left the chat

    • @adrianbello901
      @adrianbello901 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      No son libros

    • @ReligionOfSacrifice
      @ReligionOfSacrifice ปีที่แล้ว +215

      The Holy Bible 5 BILLION
      The Quran 800 million
      The Bhagavad Gita 500 million

    • @adrianbello901
      @adrianbello901 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@ReligionOfSacrifice no son considerados libros 📚 🙄

    • @ReligionOfSacrifice
      @ReligionOfSacrifice ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@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.

    • @deepesh7077
      @deepesh7077 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They have got circulation in billions

  • @Nighhhts
    @Nighhhts ปีที่แล้ว +2064

    The Bible is number one, by far.

  • @reesells1617
    @reesells1617 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    A couple of those owe high school English teachers some commission 😭😭

  • @ILCollins
    @ILCollins ปีที่แล้ว +369

    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!

    • @universecomparison3d
      @universecomparison3d  ปีที่แล้ว +28

      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
      @universecomparison3d  ปีที่แล้ว +21

      My best wishes are with you bro.

    • @ILCollins
      @ILCollins ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@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!

    • @TheLegendOfRune
      @TheLegendOfRune 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      As a writer and future author I wish you good luck with publishing and your career as an author.

    • @Otakuu00300
      @Otakuu00300 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Nunca diga nunca. Pode não chegar lá, mas pode chegar bem perto.

  • @narunatsu1
    @narunatsu1 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    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 😭❤️❤️

    • @narunatsu1
      @narunatsu1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@jackdotblue well, you know preferences are subjective 👀 I think you are missing the best story ever made, but your choice. More Quijote to me ☺️

    • @sanssucreajoute6554
      @sanssucreajoute6554 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i'm Reading don Quijote now , and it's so cool !!!!!

    • @narunatsu1
      @narunatsu1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sanssucreajoute6554 yeeey, i'm so happy that you are liking it ☺👏🏻

    • @talkingweevil3172
      @talkingweevil3172 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @alondrita3107
    @alondrita3107 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    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 😭

    • @emili0454
      @emili0454 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      It's because the book is in ancient spanish

    • @13tuyuti
      @13tuyuti ปีที่แล้ว +35

      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.

    • @oscarberolla9910
      @oscarberolla9910 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Es mi libro favorito, lo leí dos veces y planeo hacerlo una tercera.

    • @slevemcdichael3712
      @slevemcdichael3712 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      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

    • @ASTERIX3333
      @ASTERIX3333 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Es lo que tiene el español antiguo.
      Tu versión tenía anotaciones?

  • @sblinder1978
    @sblinder1978 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Man, I bet that Miguel Cervantes fellow is living it up right now

    • @kdot78
      @kdot78 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You bet

    • @Alvaro-rq8sn
      @Alvaro-rq8sn ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I am from the same city as him. I even live super near from his original house

    • @ruisantos3205
      @ruisantos3205 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I lived broke most of his live

    • @theduchessofkitty4107
      @theduchessofkitty4107 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Alvaro-rq8snAlcalá de Henares? Really?

    • @Alvaro-rq8sn
      @Alvaro-rq8sn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theduchessofkitty4107yep

  • @samuelleask1132
    @samuelleask1132 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    Tolkien still ruling, as he should

    • @captainaryan26
      @captainaryan26 ปีที่แล้ว

      You f00l of a Took ❤
      I'm reading lotr now 😂

    • @RudrakshSingh-qq5py
      @RudrakshSingh-qq5py 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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.

    • @samuelleask1132
      @samuelleask1132 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@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

  • @trickyplays240
    @trickyplays240 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Agatha Christie was only outsold by Shakespeare and the Bible which is the most printed book of all time

    • @luiscaetano6184
      @luiscaetano6184 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Actually, Christie is first only behind the Bible. She is then followed by Vernes and only then by Shakespeare

    • @danielgwynne7266
      @danielgwynne7266 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@luiscaetano6184 it’s unknown if Christie or Shakespeare sold more, most source just say between 2-4 billion for both of them

    • @sheshotjfk8375
      @sheshotjfk8375 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      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.

    • @DovahFett
      @DovahFett 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@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.

    • @sheshotjfk8375
      @sheshotjfk8375 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@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.

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott ปีที่แล้ว +314

    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.

    • @TheBurgessNetwork
      @TheBurgessNetwork ปีที่แล้ว +26

      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. 😅😅😅

    • @huedoali9098
      @huedoali9098 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      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

    • @apokalypthoapokalypsys9573
      @apokalypthoapokalypsys9573 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@huedoali9098 you'd have been a book-burning inquisitor in the middle ages. The bible is myth and superstition, you primitive fanatic!

    • @supercroc8172
      @supercroc8172 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Damn, then it must be good! I’m buying a copy.

    • @felixoliveira8884
      @felixoliveira8884 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Adorei seu comentário mano

  • @yahiko-thedevapath5049
    @yahiko-thedevapath5049 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    A Tale Of Two Cities... Unknown to many still rocks!!!
    "It was the best of times....It was the worst of times...."

    • @pnoptic
      @pnoptic ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Hey Arnold book

    • @mohamedmubeen4583
      @mohamedmubeen4583 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dattabayo!

    • @narunatsu1
      @narunatsu1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just finished it yesterday, loved the ending omg 😢❤

    • @Fantasma03
      @Fantasma03 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sydney Carton is one of my favorite book characters of all time, Charles Dickens’s best book in my opinion

    • @jl5749
      @jl5749 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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

  • @SPD3DPrinting
    @SPD3DPrinting 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    The Bible holds the esteemed title of the best-selling book in history, with over 5 billion copies sold (Guinness World Records).

    • @user-bj2jy9jk3s
      @user-bj2jy9jk3s 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It doesn't include religious books

    • @asafferreira5663
      @asafferreira5663 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-bj2jy9jk3s Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of Rings and Ben-Hur are religious books.

    • @zachcarter3186
      @zachcarter3186 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

    • @ToudaHell
      @ToudaHell 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aren't bibles free? So it's not the best SELLING book.

    • @zachcarter3186
      @zachcarter3186 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ToudaHell
      Not free

  • @jl5749
    @jl5749 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    tell me why I felt proud to see a tale of two cities as though dickens is some underrated, underground writer

    • @mr.t6142
      @mr.t6142 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A truly underground author. Another to add to read list. Thomas C. Stuhr 💀

    • @memr5690
      @memr5690 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And its has had 165 years to marinate haha

  • @drowse9428
    @drowse9428 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    agatha christies and then there were none is just such a genius mystery novel

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've read that about five times, good stuff.

    • @kittykatz4001
      @kittykatz4001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Isn’t “a then there were none” the one with the title change?

    • @user-hk6sc4xz6c
      @user-hk6sc4xz6c 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      read umineko

  • @Abhi_say000
    @Abhi_say000 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The tale of two cities.
    "Even the heart nearest to it is a mystery to it... "❤

  • @ALROD
    @ALROD 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    I’d never imagine Don Quixote and A Tale of Two Cities to be so high in the list

    • @user-ys7me8zd8t
      @user-ys7me8zd8t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      They're classics, prescribed in every literature syllabus around the world.

    • @user-gf4uw3mg7q
      @user-gf4uw3mg7q 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Да, в России эту книгу Дон Кихот, любят!!!

    • @ALROD
      @ALROD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-ys7me8zd8t Yeah, I know, but I wouldn't think they'd be in the top 3, you know. I actually find that interesting.

  • @wantage1973
    @wantage1973 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    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!

    • @gayusschwulius8490
      @gayusschwulius8490 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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".

    • @rafaelc.c.
      @rafaelc.c. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

    • @rlfiore1
      @rlfiore1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @guillermojoaquinbello448
    @guillermojoaquinbello448 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    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.

    • @maximskabkin9562
      @maximskabkin9562 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I was shocked having known that many school languistic teachers in Europe have never head of Jules Verne!

    • @00Mk000
      @00Mk000 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ....like many of the books you've listed.

    • @jamesfanshawe6807
      @jamesfanshawe6807 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I wouldn’t consider most of those to be “literature” either, depending on your definition of literature.

    • @demonmonsterdave
      @demonmonsterdave ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@john.premose You will find that everything depends on one's definitions.

  • @stalinnlongobardi
    @stalinnlongobardi ปีที่แล้ว +34

    El Quijote será insuperable!

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    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.

  • @nibinubtsjulia7891
    @nibinubtsjulia7891 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another

  • @joaopedrovasconcelos407
    @joaopedrovasconcelos407 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    No Stephen King? wtf

    • @TH3F4LC0Nx
      @TH3F4LC0Nx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @josephreid1140
      @josephreid1140 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His highest selling book is The Shining at 500,000 to 700,000 copies sold.

  • @kennethalpvik7255
    @kennethalpvik7255 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Stephen King has sold over 400 million books…. Perhaps only a million copies per book…? 😅

    • @Templar5
      @Templar5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well he hasn't written over 400 books

    • @kitxxxxxxx
      @kitxxxxxxx ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@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

    • @universecomparison3d
      @universecomparison3d  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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.

    • @benjaminroe311ify
      @benjaminroe311ify ปีที่แล้ว

      @@universecomparison3d Yeah but you don't have Bible here to it FAKE AF bro!

    • @benjaminroe311ify
      @benjaminroe311ify ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@universecomparison3d Also no Quran or Hadith so FAKE!!!

  • @Alvaro-rq8sn
    @Alvaro-rq8sn ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am from the same city as Miguel de Cervantes. I even live super near to his house

  • @igototherock
    @igototherock ปีที่แล้ว +59

    They should have put the Bible in there. Number one best seller of all time.

    • @alkristopher
      @alkristopher ปีที่แล้ว +16

      How many sold/how many PRINTED ratio too different. Lots of Bibles are just given out.

    • @yannisgk
      @yannisgk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alkristopher exactly.

    • @I-SOY-SMART
      @I-SOY-SMART 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alkristopher even though is the first and will always be

  • @DeltaLightTSFH
    @DeltaLightTSFH 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Harry Potter appears in a tier list, Harry Potter destroys the tier list

    • @nikku879
      @nikku879 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exept lotr outsold it by 30 million

    • @DeltaLightTSFH
      @DeltaLightTSFH 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@nikku879 bruh, harry potter sold more than 600 million copies

    • @nikku879
      @nikku879 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DeltaLightTSFH best selling one was socerers stone it was 120m.not talking about it as a whole but individualy

    • @DeltaLightTSFH
      @DeltaLightTSFH 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nikku879 well lotr is divided in three/six books, so you have to do the same thing with it

  • @macristinacuriano8776
    @macristinacuriano8776 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I thought it was Bible.

    • @SamuelOfCumorah
      @SamuelOfCumorah ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @MahSAM
    @MahSAM ปีที่แล้ว +76

    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.

    • @im_cart8656
      @im_cart8656 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      why would there be a limit?

    • @HAL-st4ll
      @HAL-st4ll ปีที่แล้ว +7

      JK Rowling still rules this list and her books are the youngest on here

    • @Elamado97
      @Elamado97 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@HAL-st4llit's Harry Potter

  • @user-pg3pe4gx4p
    @user-pg3pe4gx4p ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The Lord of the Rings has been translated in 38 languages.

    • @Crocophant572
      @Crocophant572 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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 TH-cam, there are lots of dodgy statistics around.

  • @afrozparvin5668
    @afrozparvin5668 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Most books are pretty good imho

  • @yashchauhan8545
    @yashchauhan8545 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Where is deathly hallows??

  • @MissGracelovesu
    @MissGracelovesu ปีที่แล้ว +30

    the holy bible is #1 actually

    • @benjaminroe311ify
      @benjaminroe311ify ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah funny how is conspiciously absent and no Shakespeare compilation? Really?

  • @penelopedrawsmanga3093
    @penelopedrawsmanga3093 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    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.

    • @FrozenJedi38
      @FrozenJedi38 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Technically thats fiction with inspiration/themes from the Bible, so it totally should've been on the list.

    • @dancing2squirrel
      @dancing2squirrel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      PIlgrim's Progress 250 million copies sold

    • @fatstrategist
      @fatstrategist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Can’t wait for an atheist to reply to this comment with a really cringey quip

    • @FrozenJedi38
      @FrozenJedi38 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@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.

  • @Freakgirl1985
    @Freakgirl1985 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When my kid was born we got 3 copies of Tje Very Hungry Caterpillar 😂

  • @soundsoffiction2456
    @soundsoffiction2456 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Lord Of The Rings is GOAT

  • @_n8thagr8_63
    @_n8thagr8_63 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    And the undefeated Bible

    • @ReligionOfSacrifice
      @ReligionOfSacrifice ปีที่แล้ว

      The Holy Bible 5 BILLION
      The Quran 800 million
      The Bhagavad Gita 500 million

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ReligionOfSacrifice do you think you're getting brownie points from God for spamming nonsense on youtube? I don't think it works that way.

    • @ReligionOfSacrifice
      @ReligionOfSacrifice ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ReligionOfSacrifice "debate" what? There's nothing to "debate" lol. I could care less about your scripted, charlatan rubbish. Cry me a river.

  • @MegaPeter1952
    @MegaPeter1952 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Where is Shakespeare ?

  • @neochris2
    @neochris2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Quixote is just too good, and it basically started the modern novel genre

    • @kittykatz4001
      @kittykatz4001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I hated it!

  • @tlotpwist3417
    @tlotpwist3417 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    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

    • @user-kj1pq6zh3x
      @user-kj1pq6zh3x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      HP made reading cool again

    • @kittykatz4001
      @kittykatz4001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope Don Quixote falls off the list! I hate that book!

  • @DanielRumbacher
    @DanielRumbacher ปีที่แล้ว +17

    where does the data come from? is there a website where i can see how many copies of a book have sold?

  • @raamissalman3444
    @raamissalman3444 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    No way the hungry caterpillar is so low on the list.

  • @Arteyliteratura03
    @Arteyliteratura03 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    El libro más vendido es en Español 🤗

  • @11valzinha
    @11valzinha ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I was just waiting for Agatha christie ❤

  • @samgamaliel4749
    @samgamaliel4749 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The Holy Bible is in number 1 place. ✝️🙏🏻

    • @sheshotjfk8375
      @sheshotjfk8375 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Conveniently left out.

    • @joachimb5721
      @joachimb5721 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@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.

    • @Someone_KhabibbeatsJonesEASILY
      @Someone_KhabibbeatsJonesEASILY 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, that's the Qur'an.

  • @luizhenriquegomes9711
    @luizhenriquegomes9711 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Source?

  • @mdkhalidrahman2832
    @mdkhalidrahman2832 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I find it hard to believe that multiple Harry Potter books have sold exactly 75 million copies.

    • @STAIND12300
      @STAIND12300 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's most likely 75 mil and then several hundred thousand per each one. Changing by however much for each one

    • @Anonymous-wi6ig
      @Anonymous-wi6ig ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You meant to say 65

    • @mlmike13
      @mlmike13 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I wonder rather why so many millions of people hooked off after Philosopher's.

    • @MrBabyBlue1993
      @MrBabyBlue1993 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The first harry Potter book is not even the best

    • @user-fz5my3pj8g
      @user-fz5my3pj8g ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MrBabyBlue1993 the worst

  • @Toni62R
    @Toni62R ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm so happy that with Cervantes a true classic won this race - whats about the bible?

  • @Feeling_alright
    @Feeling_alright ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Waited for Game of Thrones❤

    • @amixhadess
      @amixhadess 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It' sold over 90 millions copies but wasn't included in list 🙁

  • @user-zb3ti8bq9v
    @user-zb3ti8bq9v ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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

    • @user-xs5it1od9c
      @user-xs5it1od9c ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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.

    • @user-zb3ti8bq9v
      @user-zb3ti8bq9v ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-xs5it1od9c 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.)

  • @cadmus8028
    @cadmus8028 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Good to see Spock on the list.

  • @grace7961
    @grace7961 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I’m surprised the Bible isn’t in here

    • @charlesajones77
      @charlesajones77 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Bible is the best selling book in history, so yeah, it should have been.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@charlesajones77 I wouldn't say that. It's the book which the most people have been forced to buy in history.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jasper Percabeth yes it is forced

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jasper Percabeth centuries of people being manipulated by being told they're going to hell is the epitome of being forced.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jasper Percabeth good one, hack

  • @expertcyclone
    @expertcyclone ปีที่แล้ว +10

    JK Rowling: “Tell them bring me my money”

  • @doncook6599
    @doncook6599 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    According to Guinness World Records, the Holy Bible sold 5 billion copies. Odd you would leave that out.

    • @IrishAndAwkward
      @IrishAndAwkward ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Conveniently left that one out

    • @KAvanAlten
      @KAvanAlten ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not odd. We just have no reliable source for sales history when it comes to the Bible.

    • @charcolew
      @charcolew ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is far and away the best-selling work of fiction of all time.

    • @KAvanAlten
      @KAvanAlten ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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.

    • @IrishAndAwkward
      @IrishAndAwkward ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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.

  • @AnilKumar-nb5ov
    @AnilKumar-nb5ov ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Awesome video nobody has made a video like this

  • @hvfeliz5775
    @hvfeliz5775 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Good

  • @superfluityme
    @superfluityme 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Don Quixote is now 500 million and one. I just bought it a few days ago.

  • @yokintai5092
    @yokintai5092 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What about the Bible? I mean, that book has been in libraries for like centuries or something, no?

  • @lewankelwin
    @lewankelwin ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm not sure who is Don Quixote, prob i should read

  • @Orion225
    @Orion225 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think it's just a rough estimation.

  • @arc7818
    @arc7818 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The Alchemist is undeserving of such an honor.

    • @kennydiaz2301
      @kennydiaz2301 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      undeserving? or deserving

    • @BooksForever
      @BooksForever ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It well and truly sucked.

    • @aashnagupta320
      @aashnagupta320 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Agreed...overrated asffff

    • @matheusapx
      @matheusapx ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

    • @anaseymour4556
      @anaseymour4556 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@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

  • @JoseMorales-cl5jm
    @JoseMorales-cl5jm ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Think and grow rich 😊

  • @jacobflematti3325
    @jacobflematti3325 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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.

    • @jamiulhasan_alvi
      @jamiulhasan_alvi ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Literally In the whole video I was just searching for Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment "

    • @42976675
      @42976675 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Shakespeare wrote plays. Is there a big book market for plays? Besides by Shakespeare what plays are people picking up at the book store?

    • @javiergarcia-gv3nh
      @javiergarcia-gv3nh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      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

  • @abhijithts9754
    @abhijithts9754 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Bro, the Bible was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the thumbnail.

  • @ReligionOfSacrifice
    @ReligionOfSacrifice ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The Holy Bible 5 BILLION.

    • @josephmatt8173
      @josephmatt8173 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not sold, it's given by inveigling people

  • @valery_popov_official
    @valery_popov_official ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Шерлок Холмс?

  • @kristianhernandezg
    @kristianhernandezg ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Where´s The Godfather and The Bible?

  • @UpGadgetStore
    @UpGadgetStore 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Tommy Holger "Perfume of a Millionaire"😍

  • @jim_andrianakos
    @jim_andrianakos ปีที่แล้ว +40

    No Bible. I will now remember that rankings from this channel are dishonest.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @nathanbeer3338
    @nathanbeer3338 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Nah, as far as I know
    #1 The Bible
    #2 Shakespeare's scripts
    #3 Agatha Christie's books

    • @kitxxxxxxx
      @kitxxxxxxx ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought it was harry potter books at number 3 and the first two are the bible and the quran

    • @nathanbeer3338
      @nathanbeer3338 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @charcolew
      @charcolew ปีที่แล้ว

      How far is as far as you know?

    • @f.g.e.3889
      @f.g.e.3889 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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".

    • @nathanbeer3338
      @nathanbeer3338 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@f.g.e.3889 I think I've read that one.

  • @coastalbeer
    @coastalbeer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "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.

  • @newtonondego9978
    @newtonondego9978 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Alchemeist📚💯

  • @shreyanvidhaduvai8019
    @shreyanvidhaduvai8019 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Percy jackon left the chat

    • @angelyuqi6709
      @angelyuqi6709 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Percy Jackson isn't even that popular

  • @Albus_Dumbledore197
    @Albus_Dumbledore197 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It's Harry Potter Books, and they give us Harry Potter Films! 💀

    • @alexcrock7942
      @alexcrock7942 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And harry potter games 💀

    • @rodycaz8984
      @rodycaz8984 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Garbage.

  • @Danielboondevis
    @Danielboondevis ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Агата Кристи, десять негритят что-ли?

    • @lunanews7076
      @lunanews7076 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Да, из википедии - «Десять негритят» - детективный роман Агаты Кристи, написанный в 1939 году. В англоязычных странах из-за политкорректности роман издаётся под названием «И никого не стало» (англ. And Then There Were None).

  • @BOOK_REVIEWS_69
    @BOOK_REVIEWS_69 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Just finished "Run Riley Run" by Jason Diggle - Wow - Second book I've read from this author. "Queen of Diamonds" was awesome too - but I think Riley just pips it. On to the next one...

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nor I. And I have read them both.

  • @kennethalpvik7255
    @kennethalpvik7255 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No CS Lewis?

    • @marcystiff6287
      @marcystiff6287 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was on the list - $85 million.

  • @SgrEnma
    @SgrEnma ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I'm proud of LOTR to be in third place

  • @K.P.LEE4
    @K.P.LEE4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The Bible have sold billions

  • @bookwyrm8181
    @bookwyrm8181 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is this counting translations into other languages?

  • @solitarianihilista1454
    @solitarianihilista1454 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wayne Dyer? Jeffrey Archer? Dan Brown? Shere Hite? Louise Hay? Napoleon Hill? “That the masses may learn to read will in the long run corrupt not only reading but thinking as well. Another century of readers and the spirit itself will stink.” No Zarathustra? No surprise, really.

  • @mayarimarjorie5624
    @mayarimarjorie5624 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sophie’s world is so good! Read it as a elementary student for fun.

  • @IronSharpensIron127
    @IronSharpensIron127 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I cant i cant believe you didn't put the number one best seller of all time which leaves all these in the dust at 5 billion and the second greatest seller Pilgrams Progress

    • @sheshotjfk8375
      @sheshotjfk8375 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting. I had never heard of that book.

  • @Joseph12O
    @Joseph12O 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    As a genZ member, I didn't know half of those books

    • @f.g.e.3889
      @f.g.e.3889 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not surprised.

  • @pasalasaga
    @pasalasaga 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm honored to be Spaniard for sure.

  • @valery_popov_official
    @valery_popov_official ปีที่แล้ว +5

    А Библия?

  • @mayosmayo4738
    @mayosmayo4738 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Where one piece

  • @bashsbookbreakdown
    @bashsbookbreakdown 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Really is pretty insane to think about...reading peter rabbit as a kid not even knowing it sold so many millions!

  • @hvreview2454
    @hvreview2454 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @knightoflight7490
    @knightoflight7490 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

    • @KAvanAlten
      @KAvanAlten ปีที่แล้ว

      But that cannot really be considered a commercial book. This is the catagory of literature, without religious and/or political background.

  • @nadindakirana5650
    @nadindakirana5650 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    how can "a song of ice and fire" not be included

    • @o_s-24
      @o_s-24 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Much more people watched the tv show I guess

    • @DovahFett
      @DovahFett 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because no one buys those books. They just watched the show, as that’s where all the nudity and mind numbing special effects were.

    • @dmytrotsvyntarnyi799
      @dmytrotsvyntarnyi799 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @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.

  • @johnfennessy6444
    @johnfennessy6444 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always heard it was the Bible and Sherlock Holmes.

    • @The_mytuber
      @The_mytuber 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sherlock Holmes isn't one book
      It is a character portrayed in multiple novels and short stories

    • @f.g.e.3889
      @f.g.e.3889 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've always heard Bible and Don Quixote.

  • @polskimaestro9454
    @polskimaestro9454 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    First one should be Bible. It has sold over 5 billion copies and the number continues to grow. It is even listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

    • @polskimaestro9454
      @polskimaestro9454 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PBFoote-mo2zr The title of the movie is "Best Selling Books Ever", so all what you said doesn't matter. It's just about best selling books, so yes, Bible should be first.

    • @polskimaestro9454
      @polskimaestro9454 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jackdotblue It's good that you don't believe in anything, Mr. Enlightened One. Only in luck, destiny, money and yourself. The entire pantheon.

    • @Elamado97
      @Elamado97 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sold would be the wrong word because it's mostly libraries that buy them, not people, novels like Harry Potter or Don Quixote are brought by people first and Libraries second

    • @soggz9190
      @soggz9190 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And Maos little red book gets the second place accoding to google it has been printed 6,5 billion copies.
      Seems clear to me "sold" for Maos little red and Bible means something different

  • @robertewalt7789
    @robertewalt7789 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So many children’s books in this list.

  • @AcesPrune
    @AcesPrune ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Da'sa big pay day for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, god damn.

  • @skooter6235
    @skooter6235 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder where the numbers came from. I doubt that The Alchemist hit 50 million

  • @charlesajones77
    @charlesajones77 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The Bible should be number 1, by far. It’s estimated to have sold 5 to 7 billion copies.

    • @benjaminroe311ify
      @benjaminroe311ify ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah also the Quran and Hadith...

    • @abuimammdnayem
      @abuimammdnayem ปีที่แล้ว

      What about Quran Bro?

    • @KAvanAlten
      @KAvanAlten ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Bible has no reliable sales source.

    • @KAvanAlten
      @KAvanAlten ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abuimammdnayem The Quaran, just like the Bible, has no reliable sales source.

  • @noahcarvalho2105
    @noahcarvalho2105 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “The fundamentals of Business” by Michael Scott, over 1 billion sold. More than the Bible. I’m not surprised.

  • @jyolal8654
    @jyolal8654 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No stormlight archive ah.....

  • @michaelokeke4976
    @michaelokeke4976 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    How about The Wheel of Time series which has sold over 90 million copies??!!

    • @jpch8814
      @jpch8814 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is per book title, not per series. Anything below 30 million copies is not listed.