Best Selling books

This week I underwent the 7 habits training of Stephen Covey. I came to know that the book has sold in excess of 15 million copies.
Out of curiosity as to the big best sellers, I decided to google. And here is the list from the Wikipedia. You might find it interesting. I am fascinated. I am happy that I thought of finding out about it. I have not heard of most of these books. Strange I do not find anyone from the Indian sub-continent which I thought have produced a number of thinkers. And we are so thick in numbers. In fact that is getting me into the questioning mode - out of one billion people over here we have not been able to sell the Ramayan and the Mahabaharat and the Geeta to 50 million people. Find it a bit strange. But then I do not have any of the three in my house-hold. So there is no reason to feel surprised.

I have reproduced below a short list. For the complete list please go the link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books
The Bible (probably about 8 Billion) and the Qur’an, are by far the most-printed and most sold books.

List of best-selling single-volume books

[edit] More than 100 million copies

Book                                    Author(s)       Original language/First published/Approximate sales

A Tale of Two Cities    Charles Dickens     English 1859  over 200 million[1]
The Lord of the Rings  J. R. R. Tolkien      English 1954–1955 150 million[2]
The Hobbit                 J. R. R. Tolkien       English 1937 over 100 million[3]
紅樓夢 (Dream of the Red Chamber) Cao Xueqin  Chinese 1759-1791 over 100 million [4]
论三个代表 (On the Three Representations)  Jiang Zemin   Chinese 2001 100 million[5][dubious – discuss]
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie   English 1939 100 million[6][citation needed]

[edit] Between 50 million and 100 million copies

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe     C. S. Lewis    English  1950 85 million[7]
She            H. Rider Haggard    English 1887 83 million[8]
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry French 1943 80 million[9]
The Da Vinci Code  Dan Brown  English 2003 80 million [10]
The Catcher in the Rye  J. D. Salinger  English 1951 65 million[11]
O Alquimista (The Alchemist) Paulo Coelho Portuguese  1988 65 million[12]
Steps to Christ Ellen G. White  English 1892 60 million[13]
Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning) Johanna Spyri German 1880 50 million[14]
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care Dr. Benjamin Spock English 1946 50 million[15]
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery  English 1908 50 million[16]
Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions: The autobiography of a horse Anna Sewell English 1877 50 million[17]
Il Nome della Rosa (The Name of the Rose) Umberto Eco  Italian  1980 50 million[18]

Wish some name from this part of the world will appear in the list some day.
Jay Ho!!