10 of the most popular books in the world

And yes, the championship is not in the Harry Potter series (and not even in the Bible). While many Harry Potter fans mistakenly believe that books about a young wizard with the wand has a leading position in the world literature. In fact, the creation of JK Rowling occupies only fifth place in the ranking of the world's most popular books of all time. What works are located at other positions?

When rated preparation prepared portal LoveReading.com, amount taken into account translations in other languages, as well as how many books published and how many copies of the book have been sold around the world.

Here are the top ten most popular in the world of books:

1. Koran (3 billion copies).
2. Bible (2.5 billion).
3. «Chairman Mao Zedong Quotes"(800 million).
4. «Don Quixote"Miguel de Cervantes (500 million).
5. The series of Harry Potter, JK Rowling (450 million).
6. «A Tale of Two Cities"Charles Dickens (200 million).
7. «Lord of the Rings"J. R. R. Tolkien (150 million).
8. «Little Prince"Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (140 million).
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9. «Alice in Wonderland"Lewis Carroll (100 million).
10. «Dream of the Red Chamber"Cao Xueqin (100 million).