They do not appear in the selections of the prize juries, are not mentioned in the literary press (which, moreover, does not receive their books), and yet they multiply sales. Over the weeks, we see appearing in the Top 20 fiction, the young Algerian author Sarah Rivens, with Captive (t. I), the American V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie Larue), the Australian best-selling novelist Jay Kristoff, (The Vampire Empire (t. I)), the French Emma M. Green (Life in real life) or the American from West Virginia Jennifer L. Armentrout (Blood and Ashes). Their common points? Authors of books for young adults, between fantasy and (dark) romance, they capture thousands of fans on social networks, are (in France) mainly bought in the so-called network of supermarkets (GSA) and published by publishers , such as HLab, De Saxus, Lumen or Addictives, which we rarely see on our charts. What inoculate for life the taste of reading to this army of new followers?
3. London
By Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The publication of the first unpublished having greatly exceeded the hopes of its publisher Gallimard – more than 160,000 copies sold (according to Edistat) since May 5 – this second manuscript found by the author of Voyage au bout de la nuit immediately benefited from the comfortable circulation of 80,000 copies. This book of nearly 500 pages, “diving” in the slums of the British capital, will he experience similar success?
London
Galimard
4. Estates. Money, blood and tears
By Raphaëlle Bacqué and Vanessa Schneider
Readers love behind the scenes, especially those of estates. In the wake of their summer series in Le Monde, the two journalists provide their share of family secrets of French capitalism. On the menu: Bolloré, Lagardère, Arnault, Pinault, Gallimard, Bettencourt, etc.
Successions
Albin Michel
Spain
The mothers
Por Carmen Break
Nicknamed the “Spanish Elena Ferrante”, Carmen Mola (in reality, a pseudonym adopted by three screenwriter friends) has multiplied bestsellers since 2018. Reconnecting here with the Madrid inspector Elena Blanco, the author sows many macabre scenes in this thriller where police corruption and mafia abuses mingle. And emerges at the head of El Cultural.
The mothers
Alfaguara
