Ten Most Popular Books of All Time

As an avid reader with a keen interest in statistics, a top ten list of the bestselling books of all time is of great interest to me. This particular list is based on the sales of the individual books, and there are some surprises:

10. In His Steps: "What Would Jesus Do?"

Author: Rev. Charles Monroe Sheldon
Copies sold: 28,500,000

9. Valley of the Dolls

Author: Jacqueline Susann
Copies sold: 30,000,000

8. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

Author: Dr. Benjamin Spock
Copies sold: 39,200,000

7. World Almanac

Author: Who knows?
Copies sold: 40,000,000

6. A Message to Garcia

Author: Elbert Hubbard
Copies sold: 40-50,000,000

5. The McGuffey Readers

Author: William Holmes McGuffey
Copies sold: 60,000,000

4. The Guinness Book of Records

Author: Who knows?
Copies sold: 81,000,000

3. American Spelling Book

Author: Noah Webster
Copies sold: 100,000,000

2. Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung

Author: Mao Tse-tung
Copies sold: 800,000,000

1. The Bible

Author: God
Copies sold: 6,000,000,000

What, no Dr. Phil? I think they made the six billion number up, based on the article, although there's no question the Bible was number 1. I was intrigued by the fact that there was no "great work of literature" on the list (the Bible notwithstanding). Valley of the Dolls?!?

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