# The most translated books in the world (by number of languages)

The Bible far ahead, The Little Prince in 610 languages, Pinocchio, the Tao Te Ching and The Communist Manifesto: the 30 written works translated into the most languages, with author, year and original language, according to Wikipedia's list compiled from publishers and institutions.

- 45 votes · 30 items
- Dec 25, 2022 · librero_sanantonio
- https://even.best/en/l/5165/the-most-translated-books-in-the-world-by-number-of-languages

## Top 30

1. **Tao Te Ching** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Laozi, c. 400 BC. Translated into more than 250 languages. Original in Classical Chinese.
2. **The Communist Manifesto** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848. Translated into more than 200 languages. Original in German.
3. **The Way to Happiness** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — L. Ron Hubbard, 1980. Translated into 114 languages. Original in English.
4. **Das Kapital** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Karl Marx, 1867. Translated into 72 languages. Original in German.
5. **The Bible** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Translated into more than 700 complete and 3,000 with some portion languages. Original in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
6. **The Little Prince** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943. Translated into 610 languages. Original in French.
7. **The Adventures of Pinocchio** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Carlo Collodi, 1883. Translated into 240–260 languages. Original in Italian.
8. **The Pilgrim's Progress** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — John Bunyan, 1678. Translated into more than 200 languages. Original in English.
9. **The Quran** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — c. 650. Translated into more than 114 languages. Original in Classical Arabic.
10. **The Prophet** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Khalil Gibran, 1923. Translated into 108 languages. Original in English.
11. **The Upright Revolution** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 2016. Translated into 100 languages. Original in Gikuyu.
12. **The Adventures of Tintin** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Hergé, 1929-1976. Translated into 96 languages. Original in French.
13. **Adventures of Huckleberry Finn** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Mark Twain, 1885. Translated into 65 languages. Original in English.
14. **Grimms' Fairy Tales** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, 1812-1858. Translated into 170 languages. Original in German.
15. **Steps to Christ** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ellen G. White, 1892. Translated into more than 160 languages. Original in English.
16. **The Book of Mormon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1830. Translated into 115 languages. Original in English.
17. **The Imitation of Christ** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thomas à Kempis, c. 1418. Translated into 95 languages. Original in Latin.
18. **Harry Potter** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — J. K. Rowling, 1997-2007. Translated into 85 languages. Original in English.
19. **Winnie-the-Pooh** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A. A. Milne, 1926. Translated into 74 languages. Original in English.
20. **Sophie's World** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jostein Gaarder, 1991. Translated into 65 languages. Original in Norwegian.
21. **Diary of a Wimpy Kid** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Jeff Kinney, 2007. Translated into 69+ languages. Original in English.
22. **Don Quixote** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Miguel de Cervantes, 1605-1615. Translated into more than 140 (complete or in part) languages. Original in Spanish.
23. **Asterix** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, 1959-. Translated into 115 languages. Original in French.
24. **Luther's Small Catechism** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Martin Luther, 1529. Translated into 90+ languages. Original in German.
25. **The Diary of a Young Girl** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Anne Frank, 1947. Translated into 73 languages. Original in Dutch.
26. **The Kon-Tiki Expedition** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thor Heyerdahl, 1948. Translated into more than 70 languages. Original in Norwegian.
27. **Pippi Longstocking** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Astrid Lindgren, 1945. Translated into 70 languages. Original in Swedish.
28. **The Alchemist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Paulo Coelho, 1988. Translated into 70 languages. Original in Portuguese.
29. **Andersen's Fairy Tales** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Hans Christian Andersen, 1835-1852. Translated into 129 languages. Original in Danish.
30. **Alice's Adventures in Wonderland** (-2 · ▲1 ▼3) — Lewis Carroll, 1865. Translated into 174 languages. Original in English.

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