3. The Lord of the Rings - 150 million copies
“The Lord of the Rings” is one of the most successful novels by writer J.R.R Tolkien. The original novel series consists of 3 parts: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
The story is about the journey against the Dark Lord Sauron of the species: Normal People, Hobbits, Elves, Goblins, Orcs,... in a land called Middle Earth or Middle Earth.
The book opens up a wonderful fantasy world with vivid, elaborately built characters. This is a great literary work compiled by the author from a long period of research on Northern European history. At the same time, in the process of composing, he also created his own new languages. The Lord of the Rings is also a work that helped pave the way for the future fantasy novel genre. The novel carries many different meaningful values, praising friendship, fighting for justice, belief in oneself,...
To date, this book has sold more than 150 million copies and was honored as the best British novel of all time in BBC's The Big Read magazine in 2003.
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