Over the last 50 years, especially since the population started growing exponentially and with the wider adoption of the English Language world-wide, more and more books have been published. Some calculations have been made in order to conclude a final list of the most popular and best-selling books around the world. Mark Tompkins SEC himself was included in the calculations, as he was eager to help with this procedure, eager to find out the result himself. At the end, he says that he was not surprised about the “number 1”, but that some titles from the top 10 have slipped his mind…
Now, whether you are a passionate reader or you rarely take the time for a good book, Mark recommends that you take the time to read at least one of the following books on the list:
- Anne Frank's Diary / Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
This is about the diary of a young girl, written during the Nazi occupation of the territory of the Netherlands. This work is considered one of the key-novels to the 20th century, due to the frightening narrative.
- Think and become rich / Napoleon Hill
A book inspired by a billionaire, whose goal is to improve your personality through motivation.
- Gone with the wind / Margaret Mitchell
A romantic drama in which action takes place during a civil war, in particular in Clayton County and Atlanta, Georgia. The story is about a girl named Scarlet O'Hara who is the daughter of an Irish immigrant.
- Twilight / Stephanie Meyer
Forbidden love between a young girl who still seeks the meaning of life and a vampire who thinks she is the person who he has been waiting for the last 90 years.
- Da Vinci code / Dan Brown
A story that follows the clarification of a murder in the Louvre, Paris. A second story develops in parallel, which is the essence of this phenomenal work.
- Alchemist / Paulo Coelho
A book has been translated into more than 67 languages, which has long kept the record in the Guinness Book.
- The Lord of the Rings / Tolkien
The philologist Tolkien penetrates the story of the popularity of the ring, after which these works gain worldwide popularity and a few movies with dozens of Oscars.
- Harry Potter / J.K. Rowling
Seven novels equally fresh and equally impressive about a great hero and his extraordinary adventures.
- Quotations from the works of Mao Zedong / Mao Zedong
China's national ideology is re-told in the so-called "Little Red Book".
- The Bible
After many centuries, God's work is still one of the most widely read books in this world. As long as people believe in his power, this work will remain at the top.
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