Hello everyone for the very first weekly stat attack here at Marks Book Blog. For your enjoyment, I will now post a list of interesting book facts every week.This week, I'll start off with a fairly run-of-the-mill stat; a list of the best-selling single books of all time.
10. The Da Vinci Code (80 000 000 copies sold)
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (85 000 000 copies sold). I never actually read a word of this book. I'll tack it onto my to read list.
8. She: A History of Adventure (100 000 000 copies sold) I've never even heard of this book.
7. The Hobbit (100 000 000 copies sold) A few years ago I read perhaps 60% of the book and then couldn't take it anymore. I'm still reading The Lord Of The Rings, though, albeit slowly.
6. Dream of the Red Chamber (translated from Chinese) (100 000 000 copies sold)
5. And Then There Were None (100 000 000 copies sold) I read this book just last year. It was good, but I would never expect to see it on this list.
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone (107 000 000 copies sold) Good ol' Harry Potter. Although maybe I can't call him that, seeing as I've never read the sixth book and I thought that the books were only "good." My sisters disowned me for that one.
3. The Little Prince (translated from French) (140 000 000 copies sold) One of my very favourite books.
2. The Lord Of The Rings (not considered a series) (150 000 000 copies sold) The movies were, of course, incredible, and the book isn't bad so far. It's a little slow to get through... Scroll down this page and you'll find my review for the first half of The Fellowship Of The Ring.
1. A Tale Of Two Cities (200 000 000 copies sold) Don't really know a thing about this book, but if it's got the top spot, it must have something going for it.
Thank you good ol' wikipedia for providing all of this info. All information presented to you came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books, which was accessed on July 18'th, 2014.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next time.
-Mark
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