What does 2 Billion Book Sales Look Like?

What does 2 Billion BOOK SALES look like? We often hear that a book has sold '5 million copies' or even '20 million copies'... but what exactly would 20 million books look like if they were stacked end to end? Lovereading.co.uk wanted to find out, so we compared the global sales of some of the planet's biggest authors - we hope you like the results. fa31565.69 MILES" 2 BILLION SALES 31565.69 1.25 TIMES 85 AROUND THE WORLD 2 BILLION SALES TITLES CHRISTIE SHAKESPEARE AGATHA OR 1/7 OF THE WAY TO THE MOON NOTABLE NOTABLE BOOKS BOOKS AND THEN THERE WERE NONE МАСВЕТН MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS ROMEO & JULIET THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD MUCH ADO ABÖUT NOTHING 5523.01 MILES 350 MILLION THE LENGTH OF THE SALES GREAT WALL OF CHINA 11 TITLES EROWLING 5129.44 325 MILLION 1Bn SALES minimum estimated sales 91 TITLES KOONTZ NOTABLE BOOKS DEAN HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE THE CASUAL VACANCY HARRY POTTER NOTABLE BOOKS AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS ENOUGH TO MAKE 5 GREAT SPHINXES 900M ODD THOMAS 4734.87 WATCHERS INTENSITY THE LENGTH OF 300 MILLION THE NILE 300 MILLION SALES SALES 800 70 TITLES TITLES 800M BLYTON KING OR A LITTLE MORE THAN THE EQUITORIAL DIAMETER OF MARS STEPHEN ENID NOTABLE NOTABLE BOOKS BOOKS THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE THE SHINING THE ENCHANTED WOOD THE STAND 700M FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND IT 3156.56 CORNWALL TO NEW YORK OR 263X THE 98 TALLEST BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK 600M PUT TOGETHER 200 MILLION 200 MILLION SALES SALES 36 TITLES TITLES BROWN TOLKIEN DAN JRR 500M NOTABLE NOTABLE BOOKS BOOKS THE DA VINCI CODE LORD OF THE RINGS ANGELS & DEMONS THE HOBBIT DECEPTION POINT THE SILMARILLION 400M 1576.28 100 MILLION SALES 50 ENOUGH TO BUILD TITLES THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA DAHL ROALD 300M NOTABLE BOOKS CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY MATILDA THE BFG 200M 100M *SALES IN MILES IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE SPINE OF AN AVERAGE BOOK BEING 1 INCH THICK NOTE: EACH BOOK IN THE STACK REPRESENTS 4 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WHAT DOES 2 Billion BOOK SALES LOOK LIKE? Lovereading.co. Helping you choose your next book WILLIAM MILES UЛ