Book sales: Albin Michel, the king of the party

If there is one editor who shouldn’t be crying too much right now, it’s Albin Michel. Indeed, the Montparnasse publishing house tops our two charts, with five titles placed in the top 20 for fiction (six in the top 30) and two for essays, and this, in the best places, according to Edistats. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (The Jerusalem Challenge) is in second place, Marc Dugain (Tsunami), a defector from Gallimard, wins the fifth, Mélissa Da Costa (Women from around the world) and Nine Goman and Maie Alhinho (The night the stars went out) continue their beautiful flight, while Frédéric Beigbeder and his step aside (from Grasset to Albin, Confessions of a Heterosexual…) settle in 13th place. As for the tests, the very controversial Alexandra Henrion Caude (The Sorcerer’s Apprentices) continues his breakthrough (second place) and the insatiable Michel Onfray (Anima. Life and death of the soul…) lands in fourth place. Eclectic, right? Marianne Payot

1. An eye in the night

By Bernard Minier

This is the eighth investigation by Martin Servaz, the police commander imagined by Bernard Minier in 2012 in Ice, and it’s not the quietest. Here we are in the world of horror cinema. Among the protagonists, a cult director retired to his mountains, and a special effects specialist found dead, tied up, on his hospital bed. It is up to the commander to act… and to the readers to read en masse.

1. Pagny by Florent

By Florent Pagny

Is his fight against his cancer publicly announced? Still, the autobiography of the 61-year-old actor and singer is tearing up. His memories of youth in Burgundy and Haute-Savoie, the climb to Paris from the age of 16, the first gold record in 1990, his love with Vanessa Paradis then with Azucena Caamaño, his friends, the star Academy, The Voice… Everything is here.

Britain

Friendaholic

By Elizabeth Day

This is the news of the week across the Channel. After almost three months at the top of the rankings of the Sunday Times, Prince Harry was dethroned by journalist and novelist Elizabeth Day. The creator of the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day propose with Friendaholic a small treatise on friendship and the importance of friendly ties. The opportunity to revisit one’s own relationships and gauge their reliability.