What Are the Two Best Selling Books Ever

Based on popular estimates, the two best-selling books ever published on the earth are the Christian Bible and that bible-like book for the Chinese communists, Quotations from Chairman Mao, which is popularly known as Mao's Little Red Book. That means the two dominant and contrasting ideologies in the world today are taking their battle for superiority even in top-selling charts of publishing sector. It is estimated that about 6.5 billion copies of Quotations of Chairman Mao have been published, majority of them in China. Based on this statistics Bible is a close second, with an estimate of about 6 billion printed copies all over the world. There are some other estimates that put the number of copies of Holy Bible ahead of that of Quotations from Chairman Mao.
Bible is a book that needs no introduction. It is the religious book of Christianity. It is read out in on a regular basis in churches and religious functions in Christian community. It is taught in schools in Christian countries and those managed by churches. It is undoubtedly the most famous book in the world. It is said to have been published in almost all languages with an active publishing culture. As the holy book of one of the most widely spread religions in the world, Bible definitely has access to a widely scattered population. The book itself is a sublime mixture of fluid writing and supreme philosophy. It has another record, though a little bit dubious. It is said to be the most stolen book in the world, according to an informal survey among the proprietors of leading bookstalls in the world.
Quotations from Chairman Mao contains words of wisdom mainly related to socialism and revolution from the yesteryear's doyen of Chinese communism Mao Zedong. Mao was at the forefront of the Cultural Revolution initiated in China by Chinese Communist Party. His vignettes of wisdom are frequently quoted in the writings in most languages. Since the working of communist party sometimes resembles that of the church, there should be no wonder that the book that reflects superlative thinking of Mao has become a must-have in every home in China. There are certainly some who doubt the credentials of estimates that put a book written by a former ruler of an Asian country in the best-selling list along with Bible. Considering the fact that China is the most populated country in the world by a distance, it is perfectly comprehensible that Mao's Little Red Book always remains big in the best-selling lists.
It should be mentioned that there are some other estimates that put another Chinese book, Zinhua Dictionary, as the best-selling book, after Holy Bible. Don-Quixote, written by the Spanish master Cervantes is considered as the best-selling fiction book in the world.