The book struck a chord with the Christian community and – surprisingly for a [[Christian]] work – reached many non-Christians as well, selling over 15,000,000 copies. Although originally planned to be a three-book series, it was expanded to twelve books, culminating with the return of [[Christ]], and became one of the best selling series ever produced. The entire series sold over 63 million books.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_June_29/ai_n14706469</ref> | The book struck a chord with the Christian community and – surprisingly for a [[Christian]] work – reached many non-Christians as well, selling over 15,000,000 copies. Although originally planned to be a three-book series, it was expanded to twelve books, culminating with the return of [[Christ]], and became one of the best selling series ever produced. The entire series sold over 63 million books.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_June_29/ai_n14706469</ref> |