No citations on this one, but:

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/literature/21-best-selling-books-of-all-time.htm

Atlas Shrugged isn't even in the list, and #21 has 50 million copies.

Ah, Wikipedia is footnoted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books

Atlas Shrugged isn't on this much longer list, either.


My fault - correction, two polls done by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club reported that Atlas was second to the Bible in terms of "influential books", not sales....mea maxima culpa

Though I guess Chairman Mao's book could be considered influential, given the millions slaughtered in China.