In December, Swedish author Jonas Jonasson had the top-selling fiction title in two international markets. The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden was the bestselling novel in his native country and Germany (stateside, Ecco will be publishing The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden this April). Also in Germany, Sebastian Fitzek debuted at #2 with Noah, the Berlin-based author’s 11th thriller, and the first one to be released by his new publishing house, Bastei Lübbe.
While Stephen King’s Dr. Sleep held firm in the #2 spot on Spain’s fiction chart in December, Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s The Patient Sniper grabbed the top spot. The novel follows a writer who is on the trail of Sniper, an anonymous, Bansky-like graffiti artist who comes within a “whisker of illegality.” No one knows his whereabouts or has seen his face, and the search for the elusive artist takes the reader from Madrid to Lisbon, Verona, and Naples.
Though Spain’s #1 nonfiction title, Javier Ikaz and Jorge Díaz’s I Went to EGB, climbed up from #9, there were many new titles in the most recent Spanish nonfiction bestseller list. Debuts included We Are Not Crazy by Spanish humorist and actor Gran Wyoming, at #2, and Belen Esteban’s Ambitions and Reflections at #3.
In Sweden, The Guinness World Records 2014 ousted the previous #1 nonfiction title, Sven-Göran Eriksson and Stefan Lövgren’s Svennis, which fell to #2 in the most recent list.
In Germany, fashion designer Guido M. Kretschmer’s style manual, Attraction, was, once again, at #1 on the nonfiction side. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark maintained its spot at #2 on that list, and I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, moved up three spots to #3.
International Bestsellers: Germany
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Die Analphabetin, die rechnen konnte The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Jonas Jonasson Carl´s Books | Anziehungskraft Attraction Guido M. Kretschmer Edel Books |
| 2 | Noah Noah Sebastian Fitzek Bastei Lübbe | Die Schlafwandler The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark DVA |
| 3 | Traumsammler And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini S. Fischer | Ich bin Malala I Am Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb Droemer |
For week one, 2014; used by arrangement with .
Spain
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El francotirador paciente The Patient Sniper Arturo Pérez-Reverte Alfaguara | Yo fui a EGB I Went to EGB Javier Ikaz & Jorge Díaz Plaza & Janés |
| 2 | Doctor sueño Doctor Sleep Stephen King Plaza & Janés | No estamos locos We Are Not Crazy Gran Wyoming Planeta |
| 3 | Dispara, yo ya estoy muerto Shoot, I’m Already Dead Julia Navarro Plaza & Janés | Ambiciones y reflexiones Ambitions and Reflections Belen Esteban Espasa |
For the week ended Jan. 4, 2014; used by arrangement with .
Sweden
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Analfabeten som kunde räkna The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Jonas Jonasson Piratförlaget | Guinness World Records 2014 Guinness World Records 2014 Bonnier Fakta |
| 2 | Den sanna historien om Pinocchios näsa The True Story of Pinocchio’s Nose Leif GW Persson Albert Bonniers Förlag | Svennis: min historia Svennis: My Story Sven-Göran Eriksson & Stefan Lövgren Norstedts |
| 3 | Egenmäktigt förfarande Arbitrary Conduct Lena Andersson Natur & Kultur | Morberg firar jul Christmas with Morberg Per Morberg Bonnier Fakta |
For Nov. 19 - Dec. 17, 2013; used by arrangement with .
