List of best-selling religious and political books all time

The Bible	various	Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, and Koine Greek	ancient	>4 billion[18][19]	religious (Judaeo-Christian)
The Little Red Book (毛主席语录)	Mao Zedong	Standard Chinese	1964–1976	820 million[19]	political (Communist)
The Quran (القرآن‎)	Allah	Classical Arabic	7th century AD	>800 million[19]	religious (Islamic)
Chairman Mao's Poems	Mao Zedong	Standard Chinese	1966	400 million[19]	political (Communist)
Selected Articles of Mao Zedong	Mao Zedong	Standard Chinese	1966	252.5 million[19]	political (Communist)
The Book of Mormon	Joseph Smith	English	1830	150 million[19]	religious (Mormon)
The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life	Watchtower Society	English	1968	107 million[19]	religious (Jehovah's Witness)
On the Three Representations	Jiang Zemin	Standard Chinese	2001	100 million[19]	political (Communist)
Steps to Christ	Ellen G. White	English	1892	60 million[19]	religious (Seventh-day Adventist)

Don Quixote	Miguel de Cervantes	Spanish	1605–1615	>500 million[20][21]	historical
The Pilgrim's Progress	John Bunyan	English	1678	250 million[22][23][24]	allegorical fantasy
The Lord of the Rings	J. R. R. Tolkien	English	1954–1955	150 million[19][25][12][26]	fantasy
The Alchemist (O Alquimista)	Paulo Coelho	Portuguese	1988	65–150 million[19][21][27]	fantasy
The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince)	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	French	1943	140 million[21][28][29]	fantasy (picture book)
Grimms' Fairy Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)	Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm	German	1812	>135 million[30]	folklore
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	J. K. Rowling	English	1997	120 million[19][12][31]	fantasy
The Hobbit	J. R. R. Tolkien	English	1937	100 million[19][32]	fantasy
And Then There Were None	Agatha Christie	English	1939	100 million[19][33]	mystery
Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦)	Cao Xueqin	Chinese	1791	100 million[19][34]	family saga