More than 60,000 copies (as of November 17) in a week plus a Saturday, that’s not bad, even if pre-sales on the platforms are starting to dry up… Without a doubt, the What I’m looking for (Fayard) by Jordan Bardella has successfully taken off. Note that the autobiographical book of the president of the National Rally is mainly sold (at 61%) in the GSS (Large Specialized Stores, i.e. Fnac, Espaces Leclerc, Cultura, etc.) while bookstores (16%) do not seem to not make it a loss leader. To compare with Memoricide (Fayard), the work of Philippe de Villiers, his challenger in our Edistat list, which sells a little more in bookstores (27%) and which, three weeks after its release, has sold some 73,000 copies . Obviously nothing to do with 3rd in the ranking, Resist (Payot), by the journalist Salomé Saqué, 70% of whose sales (more than 30,000 copies to date) take place in bookstores.
In this list of essays, we note three entries this week from November 11 to 17: in 11th place, that of Raphaëlle Bacqué and Vanessa Schneider, who published volume II of Estates. Family secrets (their first volume was published in 2023). Where it is questioned, under the pen of the two journalists of the Worldof some great fortunes, such as the Rothschilds, the Ricards, the Wertheimers (Chanel), the Barrières (Casino), the Leclercs, the Dassaults or the Saadés (shipowners)…
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Following them, Matthias Baccino, Markets Group Lead at Trade Republic, as it appears on Linkedin account. This banker, graduated from ESSEC in 2009, is multiplying his followers with his Take charge of your money! Becoming rich can be learned! (Michel Lafon). Thus taking the place of financier and entrepreneur Charles Gave present last week in 9th place with Cessez to get fooled. Take care of your savings! (Pierre de Taillac) and already removed from the list. Third arrival of the week, a regular in bestsellers, Frédéric Lenoir with the colorful portrait of the Roman philosopher emperor under the title The Dream of Marcus Aurelius (Flammarion). Note, finally, that the Belgian forensic doctor favorite of the French Philippe Boxho continues his triumphant race by placing his three books about the dead in the Top 10.
On the fiction side, little change, the winners of the year (Kamel Daoud, Gaël Faye, Miguel Bonnefoy, etc.) are still in the lead. Two arrivals however, including the enchanting one of the great John Irving with a monumental saga (992 pages, 1,314 kilos, 29 euros), The Ghosts of the Jerome Hotel (Seui). Or seven decades, from 1941 to the 2010s, of a fresco populated by irresistible characters who, in very conventional New England, defy conventions. Second applicant, Delinda Dane, a young Frenchwoman (contrary to appearances) who has carved out a nice place for herself in the field of romance. With volume I of Mad Majesty (Hugo Roman), it is about the kingdom, the scandalous heir and the beloved…
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