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LITERATURE
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Most Translated Books
This list features the books that have been translated into the most languages.
RANK | BOOK | AUTHOR | TRANSLATIONS | YEAR |
1 | The Bible | Various | 3,350 | c. 5th century CE |
2 | The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupért | 380 | 1943 |
3 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | 260 | 1883 |
4 | Tao Te Ching | Lao Tzu | 250 | 400 BCE |
5 | The Pilgrim’s Progress | John Bunyan | 200 | 1678 |
6 | The Communist Manifesto | Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels | 200 | 1848 |
7 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carrol | 174 | 1865 |
8 | Steps to Christ | Ellen G. White | 160 | 1892 |
9 | Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | 140 | 1615 |
10 | Andersen’s Fairy Tales | Hans Christian Anderson | 129 | 1835–1852 |
11 | Book of Mormon | Joseph Smith | 115 | 1830 |
12 | The Adventures of Asterix | René Goscinny; Albert Uderzo | 115 | 1959–present |
13 | The Quran | Muhammad | 114 | c. 610–632 CE |
14 | The Way to Happiness | L. Ron Hubbard | 114 | 1980 |
References
Lighthouse Online, (n.d.). Most Translated Books. [online] Available at: https://lighthouseonline.com/blog-en/most-translated-books/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Wikipedia contributors, (n.d.). List of literary works by number of translations. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_works_by_number_of_translations [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Translateday, (n.d.). Most Translated Books in the World. [online] Available at: https://www.translateday.com/most-translated-books-in-the-world/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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