The final installment in Ken Follett’s Century trilogy, Edge of Eternity, landed at the top of two bestseller lists in international markets in September. The book led the combined list in Italy and the fiction chart in Spain. It was published in the U.S. by Dutton on September 16, hitting #1 on PW’s Hardcover Fiction list.
John Green claimed two spots on Italy’s list, coming in at #2 with The Fault in Our Stars (the film adaptation premiered in the country on September 4), and #6 with Looking for Alaska.
John Grisham’s Sycamore Row, released in the U.S. by Doubleday in October 2013, was new to Sweden’s fiction chart, reaching second place. Jan Guillou, a Swedish native, took the top spot in the country with Turning a Blind Eye, the fourth in his Great Century series. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker debuted on the list at #3. Released by Penguin Books in the U.S. in trade paperback in May, the book marked, according to the imprint, the “biggest acquisition in its history.”
Turning to nonfiction, Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open, published by Knopf in 2009, made its first appearance on Spain’s chart in the #1 spot. Duomo released the Spanish edition on August 25.
In Sweden, Jan Almgren and Carolina Neurath’s The Swedish Venture Capitalists was the top-selling nonfiction title last month. The book purports that, in a short time, Sweden’s four big venture capital giants have “changed Swedish society and acquired more power than many politicians,” according to the publisher. Liv Strömquist’s comic book on the female reproductive system, The Fruit of Knowledge, debuted at #2; and former Volvo head Pehr G. Gyllenhammar and Anders Palmgren’s Independence is Strong debuted at #3.
International Bestsellers
Italy
| Combined | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I giorni dell’eternità Edge of Eternity Ken Follett Mondadori | 4 | Storia di una ladra di libri The Book Thief Markus Zusak Frassinelli |
| 2 | Colpa delle stele The Fault in Our Stars John Green Rizzoli | 5 | Il bacio di Giuda The Kiss of Judas Sveva Casati Modignani Mondadori Electa |
| 3 | Donne Women Andrea Camilleri Rizzoli | 6 | Cercando Alaska Looking for Alaska John Green Rizzoli |
For the week ended Oct. 3; used by arrangement with Informazioni Editoriali.
Spain
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El umbral de la eternidad Edge of Eternity Ken Follett Plaza y Janés | Open Open Andre Agassi Duomo |
| 2 | Adulterio Adultery Paulo Coelho Planeta | De animales a dioses From Animals into Gods Yuval Noah Harari Debate |
| 3 | La fiesta de la insignificancia The Festival of Insignificance Milan Kundera Tusquets | Las gafas de la felicidad The Glasses of Happiness Rafael Santandreu Grijalbo |
For the week ended Oct. 3; used by arrangement with El Cultural.
Sweden
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Att inte vilja se Turning a Blind Eye Jan Guillou Piratförlaget | De svenska riskkapitalisterna The Swedish Venture Capitalists Almgren/Neurath Norstedts |
| 2 | I mullbärsträdets skugga Sycamore Row John Grisham Albert Bonniers förlag | Kunskapens frukt The Fruit of Knowledge Liv Strömquist Galago |
| 3 | Sanningen om fallet Harry Quebert The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Joël Dicker Wahlström & Widstrand | Oberoende är stark Independence Is Strong Palmgren/Gyllenhammar Albert Bonniers förlag |
For September 2014; used by arrangement with Svensk Bokhandel.
