The Bible has the status of the most popular book in the history of mankind.
It is impossible to name the exact total number of copies of the book, sacred to Christians and Jews, that have been published.
According to one version, almost 6 billion copies of the Bible have been printed over the course of time.
Other figures mentioned include 5, 7, or even 8 billion.
But even by the most modest estimates, the Bible remains the most popular book of all time.
History of the Printed Bible
The Bible was first printed in the 1450s by Johann Gutenberg.
By 1815, the total number of copies of the Bible in print was approximately 1.3 billion.
From then until the beginning of the 20th century, almost 4 billion more copies were published.
It is known that approximately 80 million copies of the Bible are published worldwide every year.
Other popular books
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the second place is occupied by Mao Zedong's Book of Quotations, with a total circulation of 900 million copies.
The top three is rounded out by the trilogy of the outstanding British writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - "The Lord of the Rings" (100 million).
It is worth emphasizing that when compiling the rating, the experts did not take into account the total circulation of the Koran. Apparently, due to the difficulties that arose in determining even an approximate indicator.
But it is possible that the main book of Islam is among the world leaders.
