And we're leaving out some key books like The Lord of the Rings and The Count of Monte Cristo-the former because its original serialization makes it difficult to quantify, and the latter because its age makes it difficult to find reliable sources.ĭid your favorites make the list? How well do you think that the quality matches up with the quantity sold? Let us know in the comments. Thirty years later, Judah ben Hur accidentally looses a tile upon the head of the Roman governor and is sentenced to the galleys for life. That means religious texts, self-help guides, political tools, and other reference texts are out-the Bible and Mao Tse Tung's Little Red Book would both be in the Top 25. So here is what we came up with, with a few self-imposed rules: There are too many variables-too many known unknowns-that make it difficult to create something definitive. Combine this with inaccurate record-keeping, and publishers who exaggerate their sales as a means of promotion, and we have no way of determining exact counts, let alone with enough accuracy to make an indisputable list.
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