Best-selling books for Sant Jordi 2018

The Gremi de Llibreters de Catalunya has released the list of best-selling books during Sant Jordi (St. George’s day).

“La força d’un destí“, the novel by Martí Gironell published by Columna Edicions and winner of the Premi Ramon Llull 2018, has been the best selling fiction book in Catalan. On the other hand, the writer María Dueñas has led sales in fiction books in Spanish with her novel “Las hijas del Capitán“, by Editorial Planeta.

In the case of non-fiction books in Catalan, “Operació Urnes“, by Xavier Tedó Gratacós and Laia Vicens Estaran (Columna Edicions), has been imposed, while in spanish the best seller has been “Las almas de Brandon“, by César Brandon Ndjocu (Espasa Libros).

This list was obtained from a representative sample carried out between unionized libraries until 18.30 hours on April 23 and with the information collected the previous day by Libridata, the automated system that obtains data from 180 points of sale in Catalonia and that includes independent bookstores and bookstore chains.

These are the five best-selling books in each category:

Catalan fiction:

1. “La força d’un destí”, by Martí Gironell (Columna Edicions)
2. “Jo soc aquell que va matar Franco”, Joan-Lluís Lluís (Proa)
3. “La dona a la finestra”, A.J. Finn (Rosa dels Vents)
4. “Quan érem els peripatètics”, Héctor Lozano (Columna Edicions)
5. “La novel·la de Sant Jordi”, Màrius Serra i Roig (Àmsterdam Llibres)

Spanish fiction:

1. “Las hijas del Capitán”, María Dueñas (Editorial Planeta)
2. “Patria”, Fernando Aramburu Irigoyen (Tusquets Editores)
3. “La mujer en la ventana”, A.J. Finn (Grijalbo)
4. “Fuimos canciones”, Elisabet Benavent (Suma de Letras)
5. “La tierra maldita”, Juan Francisco Ferrándiz (Grijalbo)

Non-fiction in Catalan

1. “Operació Urnes”, Xavier Tedó Gratacós and Laia Vicens Estaran (Columna Edicions)
2. “Bon dia, són les vuit!”, Antoni Bassas (Ediciones Destino)
3. “Dies que duraran anys”, Jordi Borràs i Abelló (Ara Llibres)
4. “Per la llibertat”, David Fernàndez and Toni Soler (Ara Llibres)
5. “La invasió dels robots i altres relats d’Economia en colors”, Xavier Sala i Martín (Rosa dels Vents)

Non-fiction in Spanish

1. “Las almas de Brandon”, César Brandon Ndjocu (Espasa Libros)
2. “Piel de letra”, Laura Escanes ( Aguilar)
3. “España quedó atrás”, Ramón Cotarelo García (Now Books)
4. “Nada es tan terrible”, Rafael Santandreu (Grijalbo)
5. “Sin censura”, Miguel Ángel Revilla (Espasa Libros)

Children’s books in Catalan

1. “Contes de bona nit per a nenes rebels”, Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Estrella Polar)
2. “Contes de bona nit per a nenes rebels 2”, Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Estrella Polar)
3. “El meu primer llibre de Sant Jordi”, Màriam Ben-Arab Canela (Estrella Polar)
4. “Germans!”, Rocio Bonilla Raya (Animallibres Editorial)
5. “El monstre de colors”, Anna Llenas Serra (Editorial Flamboyant)

Children’s books in Spanish

1. “The Crazy Haacks y la cámara impossible”, The Crazy Haacks ( Montena)
2. “De (casi) todo se aprende”, Paula Gonu (Mr Ediciones)
3. “El principito”, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra)
4. “¡Aventuras en Londres!”, Martina D’Antiochia (Montena)
5. “Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes”, Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Editorial Planeta)