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leftyladyfrommo

(18,815 posts)
Sat May 21, 2016, 09:27 PM May 2016

The Bible isn't the biggest selling book

You will never guess what is.

It's the big 4 volume compilation of Calvin and Hobbes.

That's great. I love Calvin and Hobbes.

The Bible came in second, I think.

Some things in this crazy world still make sense.

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The Bible isn't the biggest selling book (Original Post) leftyladyfrommo May 2016 OP
Fantastic! -none May 2016 #1
Don't you love it. leftyladyfrommo May 2016 #2
The best of the comics. -none May 2016 #4
I think of the compilation as 50 Shades of Calvin & Hobbes pinboy3niner May 2016 #10
Well, C&H is my bible... nt GliderGuider May 2016 #3
Lot of wisdom there... Wounded Bear May 2016 #5
Less violence? pinboy3niner May 2016 #8
Both imagined and real. longship May 2016 #13
Less violence except for the wormashing. Gidney N Cloyd May 2016 #11
Try "worm mucking" eom reACTIONary May 2016 #15
I guess that's another name for it but I'm still pretty sure C&H called it 'wormashing.' Gidney N Cloyd May 2016 #26
I googled wormashimg and . ... reACTIONary May 2016 #27
People still buty books? nt Ex Lurker May 2016 #6
Yes, some of us do... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #14
YES Skittles May 2016 #19
Not the Art of the Deal? nt morningglory May 2016 #7
This post deserves a doomed Calvin snowman. longship May 2016 #9
I'm kinda stunned... Feathery Scout May 2016 #12
Not enough religions in the world for you? WinkyDink May 2016 #28
The Calvin snowmen alone makes it worth having. n/t brewens May 2016 #16
Funny SickOfTheOnePct May 2016 #17
Goodreads Best Books of All Time leftyladyfrommo May 2016 #18
Best book and best selling book SickOfTheOnePct May 2016 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author leftyladyfrommo May 2016 #23
True SickOfTheOnePct May 2016 #24
As SickOfTheOnePct says, you've mistaken 'best book' for 'best selling book' muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #21
Never let facts 1939 May 2016 #22
And never be surprised SickOfTheOnePct May 2016 #25

reACTIONary

(5,749 posts)
27. I googled wormashimg and . ...
Sun May 22, 2016, 01:39 PM
May 2016

Came up with nothing. But "worm calvin hobbes" came up with a cartoon that is about "worm mucking"

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
14. Yes, some of us do...
Sat May 21, 2016, 10:39 PM
May 2016

we actually own our books, and don't buy a license for them. They are also pretty hard to edit without the owners knowledge.

Feathery Scout

(218 posts)
12. I'm kinda stunned...
Sat May 21, 2016, 10:28 PM
May 2016


...and kinda pleased. This world needs diversity. Including religious diversity.


Good news.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,815 posts)
18. Goodreads Best Books of All Time
Sun May 22, 2016, 03:37 AM
May 2016

Came in at 4.81 ahead of everyone.

Just read this on Reddit.

I am a huge fan so I believe it. That set of Calvin and Hobbes books costs about $100.

Response to SickOfTheOnePct (Reply #20)

muriel_volestrangler

(101,145 posts)
21. As SickOfTheOnePct says, you've mistaken 'best book' for 'best selling book'
Sun May 22, 2016, 05:54 AM
May 2016

What you're referring to (and it would have helped if you'd given a link) was a survey of the online feedback for books. More people liked the Calvin and Hobbes collection than anything else, including a bible:

What is the Internet’s Favorite Book?

Still, Goodreads ratings provide a glimpse into the literature that people actually like the most, and how that might differ from the critics. We know what the literati think from the variety of literary prizes and lists of books you must read before you die. But what do the people say? We collected the ratings for tens of thousands of books on Goodreads to find out.

Our analysis shows that the books people are most exuberant about include Calvin and Hobbes, manga and South American poetry. And if you want to read a classic blessed by both the critics and the Internet, you should pick up a novel by Robert Graves or Vladimir Nabokov—and avoid James Joyce like the plague. We also found that George R.R. Martin is the king of fantasy and Nigella Lawson the queen of cookbooks, and that Goodreads ratings suggest that David Foster Wallace is the 57th most loved fiction writer.
...
Rather than collect the rating for every single book, we chose to collect data on the ten most popular books by each of the 9,000 authors who appear on Goodreads’ Best Books Ever list – a list which is independent of user ratings and voted on by particularly active members. We ended up with a dataset of over 23,000 notable books.



http://priceonomics.com/what-is-the-internets-favorite-book/
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