Saturday, July 18, 2015

Fun Fact: Al-Quran reading of the most popular in the World

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Do you know? Readings of the most popular in the world was not the series 'Harry Potter' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.



According to the website Lovereading.co.uk as quoted from the Metro, the most popular book in the world is the Qur'an (644). It also happened because of the Muslim holy book has been translated into 50 different languages, has about 400 editions, and have printed up to over 3 billion copies.

Meanwhile, in the second place there is the King James Version (1611), which has been printed up more than 2.5 billion copies. Following in the next sequence, there are also 'Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung' (1964) works Zendong Mao, who has sold up to 800 million copies.

So, what about the series 'Harry Potter' (1997-2007) works JKRowling and 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954-1955) JRR Tolkien? FYI, each book that are in fifth and seventh, with total sales reaching over 450 and 150 million copies.

Well, here is a list of 10 of the most popular book in the world:

1. Al-Qur'an (644) - 3 billion copies
2. King James Version (1611) - over 2.5 billion copies
3. 'Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung' (1964) by Mao Zendong - 800 million copies
4. 'Don Quixote' (1512) by Miguel de Cervantes - 500 million copies
5. The series 'Harry Potter' (1997-2007) works JKRowling - 450 million copies
6. 'A Tale of Two Cities' (1859) by Charles Dickens - 200 million copies
7. 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954-1955) JRR Tolkien - 150 million copies
8. 'Le Petit Prince' (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery - 140 million copies
9. 'Alice in Wonderland' (1865) by Lewis Carroll - 100 million copies
'Dream of the Red Chamber "(1754) by Cao Xueqin - 100 million copies
'And Then There Were None' (1939) Agatha Christie - 100 million copies
'The Hobbit' (1937) JRR Tolkien - 100 million copies
10. 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' (1950) by CS Lewis - 85 million copies

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