Landing at #2 on the German fiction chart in August is the fourth in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q series, Journal 64; Adler-Olsen is an international bestselling thriller writer whose first two novels in this series were published in quick succession by Dutton. The Keeper of Lost Causes was published last year (the paperback followed on July 31 of this year), and The Absent One, the second book in the series, was published August 21. Both books received starred reviews from PW. The first book in the series has sold over 36,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen BookScan.
Nothing Goes as Planned debuts in the top spot for nonfiction in France. The book’s author, Laurent Binet, traveled around the presidential campaign trail with François Hollande. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published Binet’s novel HHhH in April; the book has received high praise across the board and should get consideration for awards. PW’s starred review called the book “a gripping historical read” and “a perfect fusion of action and the avant-garde.” On the fiction chart in France, Amélie Nothomb’s 21st novel debuts at #1. The book, Bluebeard, is a modern retelling of the fairy tale, set in Paris.
Caitlin Moran’s How to Be a Woman debuts at #3 on the Swedish nonfiction chart. Published in July in the U.S. by HarperCollins, the book has sold 29,000 copies at outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan. Moran was named Columnist of the Year by the British Press Awards in 2010 and writes for the Times of London.
Germany
FICTION
Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem
Fenster stieg und verschwand
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out His Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
Carl’s Books
Verachtung
Journal 64
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Dtv
Bretonische Verhältnisse
Breton Relations
Jean-Luc Bannalec
Kiepenheuer & Witsch
NONFICTION
Digitale Demenz
Digital Dementia
Manfred Spitzer
Droemer
Die Kunst des klaren Denkens
The Art of Precise Reasoning
Rolf Dobelli
Hanser
Unter dem Herzen
Beneath Your Heart
Ildikó von Kürthy
Wunderlich
France
FICTION
Barbe bleue
Bluebeard
Amélie Nothomb
Albin Michel
La liste de mes envies
My List of Desires
Grégoire Delacourt
JC Lattès
Les lisières
The Outcasts
Olivier Adam
Flammarion
NONFICTION
Rien ne se passe comme prévu
Nothing Goes as Planned
Laurent Binet
Grasset
L’âme du monde
The Soul of the World
Frédéric Lenoir
Nil
Le sel de la vie
The Spice of Life
Françoise Héritier
Odile Jacob
Sweden
FICTION
I stundens hetta
In the Heat of the Moment
Viveca Sten
Bokförlaget Forum
Vattenänglar
Water Angels
Mons Kallentoft
Bokförlaget Forum
Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar:
Del 1. Kärleken
Never Wipe Tears Without Gloves: Part 1. Love
Jonas Gardell
Norstedts
NONFICTION
Fallet Thomas Quick:
att skapa en seriemördare
The Case of Thomas Quick:
The Making of a Serial Killer
Hannes Råstam
Ordfront
Drunkna inte i dina känslor
Don’t Let Your Emotions Drown You
Maggan Hägglund & Doris Dahlin
Bokförlaget Libris
Konsten att vara kvinna
How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran
Albert Bonniers förlag
