Comics, mangas, novels… The best sales of books before Christmas

Make no mistake, in these times of holidays and gifts, graphic arts take precedence on the shelves of bookstores. Thus the sixth volume of The Arab of the future (Allary editions), from Volume 29 of the Adventures of Blake and Mortimer, or manga One Piece – Original Edition T. 103; The warrior Liberator (Glénat) and Spy x Family (Kurokawa). Still, the “classic” fictions are picking up the hair of the beast. The winners are in the spotlight: Giuliano da Empoli, Brigitte Giraud, Claudie Hunzinger, all winners of the Grands Prix d’Automne (French Academy, Goncourt, Femina), stand out in our list with sales of around 19 000 copies (according to Edistat) during the week of December 5 to 11. Even the youngest Sabyl Ghoussoub, the 34-year-old Franco-Lebanese journalist crowned by the Goncourt high school students on November 24 for his “family” novel Beirut-sur-Seinesettles comfortably in the top 20. While the winner of the Interallié, Philibert Humm, is not far from entering the dance.

13. Billy Summers

By Stephen King

We’re so used to seeing it in our charts that we almost forget to mention it. Released September 21 with a first print run of 140,000 copies, Billy Summers, the new thriller from master King continues its epic. It’s about “a good guy doing a dirty job”. Appetizing…

7. Adventurer’s SOS

By Mike Horn

In January 2021, the extreme explorer made a splash with ice cream survivor. He does it again today with this guide intended to “rekindle the flame of the adventurer who slumbers in you”. Thus, you will know how to find water and food in the most inhospitable regions, light a fire in all weathers, orient yourself in the jungle and face many dangers. Thanks Mike.

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Von Dorte Hansen

Born in 1964 in Husum, a small coastal town in northern Germany, journalist and doctor of linguistics Dörte Hansen published her first novel in 2015 In the shade of cherry trees, huge best-seller in Germany (in France at Kero in 2016). In this third novel, appearing in the top 5 of the Spiegel, it paints the portrait of a family of sailors living on an islet in the North Sea.