The world’s first bestseller list, which was based purely on sales figures, had been published in an American magazine as long ago as 1895. Quantity, not quality, is the decisive factor in a bestseller list. As time went on, the bestseller lists were increasingly diversified, and now there are lists for fiction and nonfiction, for hardcover and paperback.
Looking at a perpetual bestseller list, unsurprisingly religious writings are right at the top in terms of sales figures; with two to three million copies sold, the Bible is right at the top, closely followed by the book “Words of Chairman Mao Tse-tung” and the Koran. However, which famous novels have actually been sold the most and are quite likely to be on your own bookshelf? Stay tuned as we will take a look at the 10 best seller books of all time.
Everybody knows the Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. You can read this book, of which 80 million copies have been sold, both as a child and as an adult, and get a great deal of spiritual wisdom from it. This book has been translated into 180 languages, the most famous sentence being “One sees well only with the heart, the essentials are invisible to the eyes.” Stay tuned for more books in our list of 10 best seller books of all time.