May 23, 2007

Review of: Can I keep my jersey? : eleven teams, six years, five countries, and my so-called career as a professional basketball player by Shirley, Paul, 1977-

He sounded pretty interesting! Immediately put a hold on the book.

Review of: Foxe's book of martyrs by Foxe, John, 1516-1587

According to Wikipedia (FWIW), the 7th best selling book of all time.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books#List_of_Best-Selling_Single-Volume_Books

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f you’re a budding author, it looks like books outlining some sort of religious doctrine would be the way to go. Boy wizardry is another area rich with potential. [v. droll! /ed.]

1. The Bible (6.7 billion copies)

2. Quotations from Chariman Mao, Mao Tse-Tung (900 million)

3. The Qur’an (800 million)

4. Xinhua Zidian (400 million — a Chinese dictionary, first published in 1953)

5. The Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmar

6. Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan

7. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, John Foxe [this is the only real surprise to me /ed.]

8. The Book of Mormon, Joseph J. Smith, Jr. (123 million)

9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling (107 million — UK title was …and the Philosopher’s Stone)

10. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (100 million)

11. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (100 million)

12. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling (65 million)

13. The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown (65 million)

14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling (60 million)

15. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (60 million)

The other three Harry Potter titles are 16, 17 and 18. The list continues at Wikipedia.

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