What book shall I read?

30 Best Books to Read
  1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. ...
  2. 1984, by George Orwell. ...
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by J.K. Rowling. ...
  4. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. ...
  5. The Great Gatsby, by F. ...
  6. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. ...
  7. The Diary Of A Young Girl, by Anne Frank. ...
  8. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.
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How do I find the right book to read?

17 Ways To Find Good Books To Read
  1. Head for Nobel Prize Winners.
  2. Avoid Best Sellers.
  3. Penguin Classics.
  4. Head to Bookstores.
  5. Talk to Staff.
  6. Ask Friends and Family.
  7. Study Literature.
  8. Write Your Own.
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What are the top 10 books to read right now?

The 23 most popular books right now, according to Goodreads members:
  • "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig. ...
  • "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. ...
  • "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. ...
  • "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. ...
  • "The Great Gatsby" by F. ...
  • "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens.
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What is the 10 most read book in the world?

We've got a list of the most read books in the world of all time.
  • The Holy Bible.
  • The Holy Quran.
  • The Harry Potter Series: J.K. Rowling.
  • The Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse Tung.
  • The Lord of the Rings.
  • The Alchemist.
  • The Diary of Anne Frank: Anne Frank.
  • The Twilight SagA: Stephenie Meyer.
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Which type of books should we read?

  • Action and Adventure.
  • Classics.
  • Comic Book or Graphic Novel.
  • Detective and Mystery.
  • Fantasy.
  • Historical Fiction.
  • Horror.
  • Literary Fiction.
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What is the most popular book in the world?

The most read book in the world is the Bible. Writer James Chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years. He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years.
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What is the 2nd most read book?

The second most read book in the world is the Holy Quran. As per survey the Quran is not only most read book of the Islamic world, but it also the most recited book of all time. The Third most read book is Quotation from the works of Mao Tse –tung.
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What are the 3 most popular books?

25 Best-Selling Books of All-Time
  • #1 – Don Quixote (500 million copies sold) ...
  • #2 – A Tale of Two Cities (200 million copies sold) ...
  • #3 – The Lord of the Rings (150 million copies sold) ...
  • #4 – The Little Prince (142 million copies sold) ...
  • #5 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (107 million copies sold)
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What is the most read book in 2021?

Best of 2021: Our 15 Most Popular Books of the Year
  • The Last Thing He Told Me. by Laura Dave. ...
  • Lightning Strike. by William Kent Krueger. ...
  • The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton. by Eleanor Ray. ...
  • Yellow Wife. by Sadeqa Johnson. ...
  • In Five Years. by Rebecca Serle. ...
  • The Paris Library. ...
  • In a Book Club Far Away. ...
  • The Night She Disappeared.
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What should I read in 2021?

The Best Books to Read in 2021
  • Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (January)
  • Nora by Nuala O'Connor (January)
  • Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu.
  • Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion (January)
  • Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (February)
  • My Year Abroad by Chang Rae Lee (February)
  • Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin (February)
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What is the #1 best-selling book 2021?

2021 was a pretty good year for author Dav Pilkey. Not only is his children's book "Dog Man: Mothering Heights" USA TODAY's bestselling book of the year, but he also followed up the achievement with four more of his books landing in the Top 100 for 2021, more than any other author.
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What is the #1 best-selling book right now?

Best Sellers in Books
  • #1. It Ends with Us: A Novel (1) ...
  • #2. Where the Crawdads Sing. ...
  • #3. Verity. ...
  • #4. Oh, the Places You'll Go! ...
  • #5. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel. ...
  • #6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. ...
  • #7. Ugly Love: A Novel. ...
  • #8.
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What is the 5 finger rule for choosing books?

Five finger rule

Hold up a finger for each word you are not sure of, or do not know. If there are five or more words you did not know, you should choose an easier book.
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What should I read before sleeping?

Something to Read Before You Sleep
  • Wonder by R.J. Palacio. ...
  • The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang. ...
  • Luckiest Girl Alive by Steven Levenkron. ...
  • A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming by Dylan Tuccillo. ...
  • If I Stay by Gayle Forman. ...
  • Mr. ...
  • Life on Mars by Jennifer Brown. ...
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
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What book should I read to become smarter?

1. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. This 2011 bestseller by Nobel Laureate Kahneman is an intriguing account of the way the human brain works, with its two main manners of thinking and coming to decisions: namely, fast and slow.
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Who is the #1 best-selling author?

James Patterson is the world's highest-paid author by a wide margin, and has been the world's best-selling author since 2001. He has sold more than 350 million books worldwide, and is most famous for the "Alex Cross" crime novel series.
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Who read most books in the world?

Which countries read the most?
  • India, 10:42. With its citizens reading 10 hours and 42 minutes per week on average, India tops our list. ...
  • Thailand, 9:24. Thailand is second on our list, with a time of 9 hours and 24 minutes on average per week. ...
  • China, 8:00. China ranks third with eight hours on average.
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What is the longest book in the world 2021?

According to The Guinness Book of World Records Marcel Proust's elephantine Remembrance of Things Past is the longest book in the world. It has 9,609,000 characters including spaces.
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Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.
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How old is the Bible?

The first Biblical stories were passed down orally and only written down later by various authors. Most Biblical scholars believe the Book of Genesis was the first book to be written down. This would have happened around 1450 BC to 1400 BC. So perhaps about 3400 years or so ago.
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What is the most memorized book?

The Quran is perhaps the only book, religious or secular, that has been memorized completely by millions of people.
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What is the first book I should read?

The Diary of A Young Girl By Anne Frank

Read the book and find out. With the powerful reminder of the war, The Diary of A Young Girl is undoubtedly among the best books for beginning readers. The familiarity of the story (from our childhood textbooks) makes it even more interesting to read!
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What book has the most pages?

Infinite Jest

It's the novel you suspect you should have read by now but, most likely, haven't. Published in 1996 at a length of 1,079 pages, Infinite Jest took David Foster Wallace four years to write.
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What is a bestseller book?

A bestseller is a book or other media noted for its top selling status, with bestseller lists published by newspapers, magazines, and book store chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (novel, nonfiction book, cookbook, etc.).
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