The top nonfiction spots in France, Spain and Sweden are all occupied by new titles. In Spain, The Queen in Person, which reveals the private opinions of the usually very private Queen Sofia, has caused some controversy in the country, helping to land the biography in the #1 position. Debuting in second place is Gomorrah, the long-running Italian bestseller about the Mafia's influence over Naples; it's just out in the U.S. from Picador. Nobel winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio already has a bestseller on the French list and the biography of his father, The African, debuted at #1 in Sweden last month. The new nonfiction bestseller in France is the reflections on the life of Sister Emmanuelle, released shortly after her death.
Several American titles have hit the top 10 in fiction, but the top of the lists are mostly filled with international authors. Liza Marklund, the popular Swedish thriller writer, maintained her hold on the top spot in her native country, but Conn Iggulden, who gained fame in the U.S. as the coauthor of The Dangerous Book for Boys, lands in the third spot with Lords of the Bow, the newest volume in his Genghis Khan series. The next book in the series due out in the U.S. is Genghis: Bones of the Hills, which Delacorte will publish in hardcover in March.
International Bestsellers
| France | ||
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
| 1 | Where Are We Going, Dad?Jean-Louis Fournier Stock | Confessions of a NunSoeur Emmanuelle Flammarion |
| 2 | Syngué Sabour: Stone of PatienceAtiq Rahimi P.O.L. | The Despair of the Monkeys and Other TriflesFrançoise Hardy Robert Laffont |
| 3 | An Old Tale of QuestJean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio Gallimard | Ocean's SongsOlivier de Kersauson Le Cherche Midi |
| For week ending November 23, used by arrangement with Livres Hebdo/Ipsos | ||
| Spain | ||
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
| 1 | The Boy in the Striped PajamasJohn Boyne Salamandra | The Queen in PersonPilar Urbano Planeta |
| 2 | The Brotherhood of Good LuckFernando Savater Planeta | GomorrahRoberto Saviano Debate |
| 3 | The Girl with the Dragon TattooStieg Larsson Destino | The SecretRhonda Byrne Urano |
| For week ending November 23, used by arrangement with El Cultural | ||
| Sweden | ||
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
| 1 | A Place in the SunLiza Marklund Piratforlaget | The African: Portrait of a FatherJean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio Elisabeth Grate Bokforlag |
| 2 | The Heart Never Becomes WrinkledMark Levengood Piratforlaget | Real Food: A Guide to Genuine FoodMats-Eric Nilsson Ordfront Forlag |
| 3 | Lords of the BowConn Iggulden Albert Bonniers Forlag | The Beauty and Sorrow of BattlePeter Englund Atlantis |
| For week ending November 23, used by arrangement with Svensk Bokhandel | ||
