Which are the 10 most read books in the world?The Bible. ... Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) ... Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling. ... The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. ... The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. ... The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. ... The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer.