<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> BF639 . B97 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Power </Td> </Tr> <P> The Secret is a best - selling 2006 self - help book by Rhonda Byrne, based on the earlier film of the same name . It is based on the pseudoscientific law of attraction which claims that thoughts can change the world directly . The book has sold 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages . It attracts much criticism and is frequently parodied . </P> <P> The Secret was released as a film in March 2006, and later the same year as a book . The book is influenced by Wallace Wattles' 1910 book The Science of Getting Rich, which Byrne received from her daughter during a time of personal trauma in 2004 . </P>

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