J.K. Rowling, E.L. James, and Ken Follett all had books on multiple lists around the world as September came to a close. The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling’s first book for adults, landed at #1 in France and the U.K. when it was released late last month. Two spots behind Vacancy in France is another big author: Toni Morrison’s Home continues to sell well overseas after first being released in May 2012 from Knopf.

Fifty Shades of Grey, released in most markets this spring and summer, continued to dominate in Sweden, where it was only bested by Jan Guillou’s Dandy—the second volume in Guillou’s the Great Century series—that leapt from #10 to #1 last month.

Ken Follett’s Winter of the World got off to a fast start in September as well, landing in the top spot in Germany, following its release in late September (but before The Casual Vacancy). Debuting at #3 on the German nonfiction list is Beyond the Protocol by Nicole Maibaum and Bettina Wulff, the wife of former German president Christian Wulff. Last month, Wulff made headlines for her suit against Google for its autocomplete function, which she is arguing perpetuates rumors that she was once a prostitute. In the past few months alone, Wulff’s lawyers have stated that they’ve issued 34 cease-and-desist orders to German and foreign bloggers, and that fines have been issued for what’s been written about her.

International Bestsellers

Germany

Fiction

Winter der Welt

Winter of the World

Ken Follett

Bastei Lübbe

Verachtung

Journal 64

Jussi Adler-Olsen

dtv

Im Tal des Fuchses

In the Valley of the Fox

Charlotte Link

Blanvalet

Nonfiction

Neukölln ist überall

Neukölln Is Everywhere

Heinz Buschkowsky

Ullstein

Die Kunst des klugen Handelns

The Art of Smart Acting

Rolf Dobelli

Hanser

Jenseits des Protokolls

Beyond the Protocol

Bettina Wulff & Nicole Maibaum

Riva

France

Fiction

Une place à prendre

The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling

Grasset

Kaïken

Kaïken

Jean-Christophe Grangé

Albin Michel

Home

Home

Toni Morrison

Bourgois

Nonfiction

Guide des 4.000 médicaments utiles, inutiles ou dangereux

Guide to 4,000 Useful, Useless, or Dangerous Drugs

Philippe Even and Bernard Debré

Le Cherche Midi

Les proies: dans le harem de Kadhafi

The Prey: In Khadafy’s Harem

Annick Cojean

Grasset

Homo economicus: prophète (égaré) des temps nouveaux

Homo Economicus: (Lost) Prophet of the New Age

Daniel Cohen

Albin Michel

Sweden

Fiction

Dandy

Dandy

Jan Guillou

Piratförlaget

Femtio nyanser av honom

Fifty Shades of Grey

E.L. James

Norstedts

Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar: Del 1. Kärleken

Never Wipe Tears Without Gloves: Part 1. Love

Jonas Gardell

Norstedts

Nonfiction

Konsten att vara kvinna

How to Be a Woman

Caitlin Moran

Albert Bonniers förlag

Fallet Thomas Quick: att skapa en seriemördare

The Thomas Quick Case: The Making of a Serial Killer

Hannes Råstam

Ordfront

Heja, Heja!

Go! Go!

Martina Haag

Piratförlaget