grammar - Superlatives and word order

I stumbled upon the sentence below on the Internet and felt confused:

The Alchemist, a novel by Paulo Coelho, which is listed as one of the most read books by successful people says...

Are really "successful people" the ones who read it the most? Like this, it sounds to me as if successful people were the authors of "one of the most successful books," and not the readers.

What's the correct wording?

Answer

Are really "successful people" the ones who read it the most? Like this, it sounds to me as if successful people were the authors of "one of the most successful books," and not the readers.

The actual meaning should be that it is very likely that a successful person read that book.

The incidental phrase preceding which might be confusing, and it could be merged with the relative phrase. One of the most read books could be replaced by one of the books most read. Here's a possible rewording: The Alchemist, a novel by Paulo Coelho which is listed as one of the books most read by successful people, says...