Published: April 18th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

According to research by Business Insider, the Christian Bible is the best-selling book in the world, with up to five billion copies sold. But in close second place are the „Words of Chairman Mao Zedong,“ the so-called Mao Bible, which he distributed more than one billion copies to the people of China and the world during the Cultural Revolution.