Tuesday, October 9, 2007

The 2-sday 10


Top 10 Best-Selling Books of All Time Courtesy of Matthew Simpson on askmen.com

1. The Holy Bible - 6 Billion (first volume printed ca. 1450)
2. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung - 900 Million (1966)

3. The American Spelling Book (Noah Webster) - 100 Million (1783)

4. Guiness World Records - 94 Million (first published in 1955)

5. The World Almanac and Book of Facts - 73.5 Million (first published in 1868)

6. The McGuffey Readers (William Holmes McGuffey) - 60 Million (1836)
7. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock) - 50 million (1946)
8. A Message to Garcia (Elbert Hubbard) - 40 Million (1899)

9. In His Steps (Rev. Charles Monroe Sheldon) - 30 Million (1896)

10. Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann) - 30 Million (1966)

Click Here for Matthew Simpson's detailed synopsis

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