This is a breath of fresh air that should be good for the bookstores, very heavily affected by the pandemic of sars coronavirus. Out respectively on 26 and 27 may, the novels of Guillaume Musso and Joël Dicker have made almost sales equal to their first weekend in the bookstore with a slight advantage for the novel of Guillaume Musso.

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The two books were published at the end of march for Joël Dicker and the end of April for the novelist the most sold in France for 10 years. The containment has delayed the two outputs. Guillaume Musso is also present in 4th position in the Top 20 best-selling books (all genres and in all formats) with her previous novel, in paperback, The secret life of writers. In this top 20, Bernard Minier, Agnès Martin-Lugand, Aurélie Valognes and Françoise Bourdin also place two titles, the last of their large size and their last handheld.

A loss of 500 million euros

Very expected by the public, the novel of Guillaume Musso’s Life is a novel, published by Calmann-Lévy, has enjoyed a circulation of 400.000 copies, while the Swiss Joel Dicker, The riddle of the chamber 622, published by the editions De Fallois, has been drawn to 450,000 copies.

Very affected by the epidemic of coronavirus, the bookstores, as the whole publishing world, count on these best-sellers to restart the machine.

The professionals in the sector feel they have lost 500 million euros during the confinement.

The editorial team conseilleDeux years after his last novel, the return of Joël Dicker with The Riddle of the chamber 622 The Riddle of the chamber 622 , by Joël Dicker: murder and secrets in the earth helvèteLe new Guillaume Musso, life is a novel , will be released in the printempsNotre list of novelists French who sell the plusSujetsJoël DickerGuillaume MussoAucun comment

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