Good news is rare, you might as well report it: the book is doing well, announced Vincent Montagne, the president of the National Publishing Union, with a 20% increase compared to 2020. The pandemic does not prevent us from go to the bookstore. Quite the contrary. This good health is also reflected in our annual list of the ten French-language novelists who sell the most, produced in partnership with the GfK cabinet. This ranking gives a picture of what the French really read and buy, especially since we take into account books published in pocket - more than a third of sales, all the same. The
Le Figaro littéraire
ranking
with GfK is the only one that takes into account both large-format and paperback sales. The 2021 vintage is particularly interesting.
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