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Old 05-08-2012, 09:26 PM   #1
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Old 05-08-2012, 09:37 PM   #2
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I am assuming that these are book which were originally written in English
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Old 05-08-2012, 09:41 PM   #3
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I'm reasonably sure neither the bible, nor Mao's little red book originally came in English.... Anne Frank probably didn't write English either, come to think of it.
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Old 05-08-2012, 10:37 PM   #4
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The top two titles are alike in that only a small proportion of book owners have read them straight through, start to end.

It's perhaps surprising that so many of these books are ones most people who read alot would have no interest in reading -- although almost everyone would have a different not-worth-even-thinking-about list.
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Old 05-08-2012, 10:52 PM   #5
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With the bible, copies sold doesn't equal copies read.
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Old 05-08-2012, 10:58 PM   #6
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Which book is "Harry Potter" supposed to be? Is it all seven books combined into one? I'm assuming it is, because "The Twilight Saga" is four books, not one.

That seems like cheating a bit, but whatever. Of those books, I've read three (well, eleven if you count all seven Harry Potter novels and count Lord of the Rings as three books, plus "The Da Vinci Code.") I tried reading the Bible at one point because I felt like I should, but that is one boring book.
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Article title says "10 Most Read"

Article content says "10 Most Printed"

10 Most Printed ≠ 10 Most Read
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With the bible, copies sold doesn't equal copies read.
This is true of all of them.

I can't get past about page 3 of Gone With the Wind.

As for the Little Red Book . . .
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Article title says "10 Most Read"

Article content says "10 Most Printed"

10 Most Printed ≠ 10 Most Read
Yeah, true. "Most Printed" ≠ even "Most Sold."

EDIT: Just read the fine print. It says "printed and sold in the last 50 years." So that doesn't include printed books that are unsold.
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:45 PM   #10
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I am a native Chinese. However, I don't believe that Mao is so welcome in the world.
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Old 05-09-2012, 02:54 AM   #11
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I am assuming that these are book which were originally written in English
Do you honestly believe that the Bible was "originally written in English"?
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Old 05-09-2012, 03:19 AM   #12
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Shouldn't the Koran be in there somewhere - or don't politically correct works count ?
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Old 05-09-2012, 03:25 AM   #13
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I must admit I can't believe this sequence is right.
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Old 05-09-2012, 06:36 AM   #14
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Here you will find what this list exactly is about.

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The figures show the number of books printed and sold but does not take into account multiple readings of the same book.

There are a few book titles that have had more copies printed than some of these books, but a vast number of those books were not sold, which of course means that they did not get read.
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Do you honestly believe that the Bible was "originally written in English"?
Harry, in order for the bible to be infallible, it would have had to be originally written by god in all languages. Otherwise there would be the possibility of human error in translation/understanding.

Not noted is whether bible = new or old testament or both or whether or not it includes the koran and the book of mormon.
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