The charts follow each other and … resemble each other. It has been three weeks now that our two records, fictions and tests, see each one, each, five new entries. Amazing … The fact remains that it does not disturb the quiet insurance of the champions of our two lists, that is, on the novel side, Joël Dicker (The very catastrophic zoo visitRosie & Wolfe), Freida McFadden (The cleaning lady sees everythingCity Eiditions), Karine Tuil (War by other meansGallimard) and, on the test side, Salomé saqué (ResetPayot), Boris Cyrulnik (When you fall in love, you get attachedOdile Jacob), Johann Chapoutot (The irresponsible. Who brought Hitler to power?Gallimard). We bet that these will not be dethroned for a while. But let’s go back to our entrants in this week from March 10 to 16.
In 5th place, amber Chalumeau appears with The living (Stock). A remarkable result for a first novel, but it is true that the Chalumeau is the famous journalist and columnist of the program Daily. Born in 1997, she therefore published a first text which deals with the transition to adulthood of three young friends, one of whom, Simon, falls into a coma. Drama and comedy mingle then.
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She is in her 11th novel and knows the list of bestsellers well for having stayed there many times. Aurélie Valognes, 41, the author of Granny in nettles (2014), publishes The Fugue (JC Lattès, 9th row), the story of a married woman and mother of two children, who feels imprisoned in an existence which no longer corresponds to her and who, one day, leaves “in the solitude of a wild nature”. Or how to start her life again by going to others …
The third elected representative is an Italian of Metz writing in French. The most insightful will have recognized Serena Giuliano who, after Ciao Bella (2019) and Mamma Maria (2020) Recurrence with Viva Gloria (Robert Laffont). Or the story of an atypical guest house in Puglia, with colorful characters, which ranks directly in 10th position. The last two incoming, still women !, are the Scottish biomedical scientist Leigh Rivers (The canvas of silence (t. I). Little StrangerCounter-directors, 16th) and the American journalist Meagan Brandy (Promise me not, Shingfoo, 19th). And what do you know? They write romance. Note the abundance of women in this list, authors of 14 of the 20 titles!
The list of tests approaches a little more parity with eight women out of the twenty distinguished authors – which is already considerable compared to a not so distant era. The first of arrivals is a man, Guillaume Fond, with Nourish your brain well. Against stress, anxiety, depression, cognitive decline (Odile Jacob, 7th). After Eat well not to depress (2022), this psychiatrist expert in psychonutrition once again offers advice to improve the health of his brain and mental health – psychonutrition being the science of the influence of nutrients on the regulation of emotions, attention, sleep and protection of the brain. Then comes the reputable Christine Angot with The night on order (Stock, 12th), Her own way, introspective (and rented by the whole press) to fit into the “My Night at the Museum” collection – here the Trade Stock Exchange – Pinault Collection.
With Elisabeth Horowitz, return to our contemporary ills, anxiety, depression, digestive, heart or respiratory disorders … For the therapist, founder of the French Association of Psychogenealogices, these different ills are often inherited from our family history. She explains the process to us in My genealogical body. How family history influences our health and our DNA, and how to cure (Guy Trédaniel, 13th). To reflect on all this, it was necessary a philosopher of … 103 years. Yes, we salute here the return of Edgar Morin who offers with Are there lessons in history? (Denoël, 17th) A personal reflection on long time, in the light of his human and intellectual experience. Finally, in 20th place appears Caroline Darian, La File de Gisèle and Dominique Pelicot, three after the success of And I stopped calling you dad: when chemical submission hits a familyshe publishes So that we can remember. After Mazan’s trial, the fight for all victims of chemical submission (JC Lattès, 20th). The title speaks of itself …
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