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What are the top 5 books you must read?
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. …
- The Great Gatsby, by F Scott Fitzgerald. …
- Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe. …
- Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville. …
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker. …
- Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. …
- Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. …
- The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
What is the number one book of all time?
Top 100 best selling books of all time
| Rank | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Da Vinci Code,The | Brown, Dan |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Rowling, J.K. |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Rowling, J.K. |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Rowling, J.K. |
What is the most important book in history?
Literature
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. …
- Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. …
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. …
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville. …
- 1984 by George Orwell. …
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. …
- The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer. …
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
What is the hardest book to read?
Please use the comments to tell us/humble brag about the hardest book you’ve ever read!
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
- Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu. …
- Ulysses by James Joyce. …
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
27 янв. 2017 г.
What are 10 books you must read?
10 books to read in your lifetime
- 1 of 10. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. …
- 2 of 10. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. …
- 3 of 10. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. …
- 4 of 10. Lord of the Flies by William Golding. …
- 5 of 10. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. …
- 6 of 10. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. …
- 7 of 10. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë …
- 8 of 10.
5 мар. 2020 г.
What books must I read before I die?
Here’s the full, ranked list:
- “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.
- “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen.
- “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Anne Frank.
- “1984” by George Orwell.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling.
- “The Lord of the Rings” (1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- “The Great Gatsby” by F.
3 мар. 2015 г.
Who has sold the most books of all time?
Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history.
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More than 100 million copies.
| Book | The Little Prince |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| Original language | French |
| First published | 1943 |
| Genre | Novella |
Who is the #1 best selling author?
List of best-selling fiction authors
| Author | Min. estimated sales | Number of books |
|---|---|---|
| William Shakespeare | 2 billion | 42 |
| Agatha Christie | 2 billion | 85 |
| Barbara Cartland | 500 million | 723 |
| Danielle Steel | 500 million | 179 |
What is the most read book in 2020?
Best Sellers of 2020 in Books
- #1. A Promised Land. Barack Obama. …
- #2. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family… Mary L. …
- #3. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. …
- #4. My First Learn to Write Workbook: Practice for… Crystal Radke. …
- #5. Midnight Sun. Stephenie Meyer. …
- #6. Untamed. …
- #7. If Animals Kissed Good Night. …
- #8. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People…
Who changed the world the most?
People who changed the world
- Muhammad (570 – 632) Founder of Islam.
- Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) Civil Rights leader.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) American President during civil war, helped end slavery.
- Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) Anti-apartheid leader, first President of democratic South Africa in 1994.
What is the most powerful book in the world?
The Bible is by far the best-selling book of all time with around 6 billion copies printed.
What are the 100 best books of all time?
Score
| 1 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.28 avg rating — 4,735,326 ratings |
|---|---|
| 2 | 1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 3,350,059 ratings |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.50 avg rating — 588,652 ratings |
| 4 | The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.81 avg rating — 2,850,565 ratings |
What is the easiest book to read?
Easy Novels for English Language Learners
- Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl.
- The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway.
- Lord of the Flies – William Golding.
- Empty World – John Christopher.
- To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone- J.K. Rowling.
2 сент. 2019 г.
What is the hardest language to learn?
The Hardest Languages In The World To Learn
- Mandarin. Right at the top is the most spoken language in the world: Mandarin. …
- Arabic. Number two, Arabic, challenges English speakers because most letters are written in 4 different forms depending on where they’re placed in a word. …
- Japanese. …
- Hungarian. …
- Korean. …
- Finnish. …
- Basque. …
- Navajo.
6 дек. 2016 г.
How fast can a genius read?
Mental readers generally read at approximately 250 words per minute. Auditory readers read at approximately 450 words per minute. Visual readers read at approximately 700 words per minute. Proficient readers are able to read 280–350 wpm without compromising comprehension.