Most Printed Books Ever
|
Book |
Author(s) |
Original language |
First Published |
Approximate copies printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek |
223 CE (Compiled) |
5 billion+ |
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|
Verbally revealed from God to Prophet Muhammad through the Archangel Gabriel |
Arabic |
609 CE - 632 CE |
4 billion+ |
|
|
Chinese |
1964 |
800 million |
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|
新华字典 (Xinhua Zidian) |
Standard Chinese |
1953 |
400 million |
|
|
English |
1859 |
200 million |
||
|
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) |
French |
1943 |
200 million |
|
|
Joseph Smith (translator) |
English |
1830 |
150 million copies by 2011 |
|
|
English |
1954–1955 |
150 million |
||
|
English |
1937 |
100 million |
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|
紅樓夢/红楼梦 (Hóng Lóu Mèng; Dream of the Red Chamber) |
Chinese |
1759–1791 |
100 million |
|
|
English |
1939 |
100 million |
Sources: Wikipedia.org
