The Book Author:God What Is The Book? The Book is the Bible - the world's all-time best seller. The Bible enjoys the distinction of being the most read book in history! — This particular edition of the Bible is one of the easiest to understand, since it is a thought-for thought translation. Instead of translating the original Hebrew and Greek texts word for word... more », the ideas are expressed here as ordinary people in the late 20th century would say them, with our idioms, word-pictures, and expressions.« less