Question for you

[Gord]

This surprised me

What is the most widely read NON fiction book in the world after the bible

It has sold over 30 million copies and has been translated into over 60 languages ?


any one know ?

 

[mokum13]

The bible is non-fiction?

 

[Gord]

The bible is non-fiction?

well it is based on historic fact - with a bit of dramatic licence here and there

so it could be classified as non -fiction

The new testament is largely accurate - though wither you think that Jesus is the son of God- and not just a talented wandering magician is up to you

 

[Route66Girl]

Y'know, I think I do know this. I could be wrong, but I believe it's The Diary of Anne Frank. Am I right?

 

[A Desert Rose]

This surprised me

What is the most widely read NON fiction book in the world after the bible

It has sold over 30 million copies and has been translated into over 60 languages ?


any one know ?

The Communist Manifesto? I'm on a sleepover at REDWAVE's house and it happens to be his coffee table book......

 

[weed]

Karma Sutra?

 

[Rex1960]

well it is based on historic fact - with a bit of dramatic licence here and there

so it could be classified as non -fiction

The new testament is largely accurate - though wither you think that Jesus is the son of God- and not just a talented wandering magician is up to you

Old testament has a lot of sex and crime.

And the new testament is anything else but accurate.

 

[Gord]

Route66 takes the cash prize - well done

Yes apparently the Diary of Anne Frank has sold all these copies- which is quite incredible in a way.

I watched the film last night- nearly 5 hours .( the one with Ben Kingsley as Otto Frank )

It was very powerfull and puts a lot of our little problems firmly into perspective

It was not quite in the Schindlers List bracket as a movie , but had very shocking scenes and was very moving

 

[Gord]

Old testament has a lot of sex and crime.

And the new testament is anything else but accurate.

Ok maybe not verbatum - but it is not a Fiction novel as in say an Agatha Christie- I mean Jesus, Paul, Luke, Mathew , etc did exist as historical characters -

any way stop spltting hairs - this question was about something else anyway

 

[Draco]

Clifford The Big Red Dog....?? well it gets my vote...I'd love a dollar for everytime I had to read it to Ms T. (Now 13 yrs old and STILL has her copy.)

 

[Route66Girl]

I have to confess to a few things... it's very coincidental, but I've been researching the holocaust all day, surfing the sites that have catalogued the oral history via survivors, liberators, etc. While Anne was mentioned in several places, the sales status of her diary wasn't, but I've always had more facts and figures about the Shoah running through my mind than most. It's a subject I've known well ever since I played Anne Frank onstage when I was 14.

By the way, I saw the same film about a year ago, Gord. It's a very good depiction, I agree.

 

[mokum13]

I couldnt find the sales status of Anne Franks diary on the website so will stop by her house soon and see if they have fugures there.

 

[Rex1960]

Ok maybe not verbatum - but it is not a Fiction novel as in say an Agatha Christie- I mean Jesus, Paul, Luke, Mathew , etc did exist as historical characters -

any way stop spltting hairs - this question was about something else anyway

lol - ok - I'll stop - maybe that would be another interesting thread

but they didn't exist.

 

[Rex1960]

Route66 takes the cash prize - well done

Yes apparently the Diary of Anne Frank has sold all these copies- which is quite incredible in a way.

I watched the film last night- nearly 5 hours .( the one with Ben Kingsley as Otto Frank )

It was very powerfull and puts a lot of our little problems firmly into perspective

It was not quite in the Schindlers List bracket as a movie , but had very shocking scenes and was very moving

wow - i really didn't know that. Thanks for sharing the info.


And i loved Ben Kingsley as Gandhi

 

[mokum13]

The website of Amsterdam states that there are over 25 million copies sold of Ann Franks Diary.

Maybe we start a survey here. I have the book on my shelve.

 

[Gord]

I couldnt find the sales status of Anne Franks diary on the website so will stop by her house soon and see if they have fugures there.

The actual house still exists doesnt it ? - my gf went there years ago and was amazed at how small it was - they hid for over 2 years or something like that

The women who helped them - the employee - at great personal risk - received the highest commendation from both Israel and Dutch goverments. She is still alive in her 90's living in Amsterdam

 

[Gord]

The website of Amsterdam states that there are over 25 million copies sold of Ann Franks Diary.

Maybe we start a survey here. I have the book on my shelve.

OK the film quoted 30 million at the end

I know I read it at as a child - in fact most people I know have read it at some time in their life

The most poignant thing was that although Anne Frank has become so connected with the Holocaust - she was just one person out of millions

 

[Route66Girl]

mokium

I just did a quick search to find hard figures also, and found a website listing the all-time bestsellers of nonfiction, but Anne's Diary wasn't at #2 in that list- it had been categorized instead as the the bestselling diary of all time. #2 on the non-fiction list was, indeed, China's little Red Communist Book (not Marx's). I'm not sure it should count, however, since every adult Chinese was required to own a copy, or else, for many years.

That's rather awful, in my opinion... that her diary, voluntarily read by millions, is negated a place on the non-fiction list, in favor of a book written and forced on a population with the same kind of fascist zeal that forced Anne's book into existance.