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The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) has published its Top 1000 books, as measured by how many copies their member libraries carry. They also have a nice list of other book lists as well as their own "fun facts about the OCLC List."  Here’s a smattering:

  • 01 – The Bible
  • 02 – US Census
  • 03 – Mother Goose
  • 08 – Lord of the Rings
  • 12 – The Koran
  • 15 – Garfield
  • 23 – Bhagavadgita
  • 29 – Pilgrim’s Progress
  • 45 – Handel’s Messiah
  • 69 – Peanuts
  • 77 – Calvin and Hobbes
  • 92 – Imitation of Christ
  • 117 – Democracy in America
  • 124 – Origin of Species
  • 152 – Analects of Confucius
  • 185 – Upanishads
  • 189 – Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  • 249 – Communist Manifesto
  • 301 – I Ching
  • 302 – What Color is Your Parachute?
  • 439 – Talmud
  • 440 – Mein Kampf
  • 594 – Dianetics
  • 598 – Three Little Pigs