Always interesting to see: Le Figaro has their annual list of the ten best-selling French authors (total sales of all their books in the past year), with Guillaume Musso yet again in the top spot; see Musso et Modiano décollent, Lévy décroche, le palmarès 2014.
The top three authors were:
Meanwhile, Amélie Nothomb's ten-year run in the top ten came to an end last year and she still hasn't recovered, despite yet another bestselling new title -- that backlist just isn't being bought as widely any longer.
As to Musso, he isn't entirely unknown in English -- and his most recent novel is titled Central Park (yes, after the New York one). Several of his books have been translated -- see, for example, the Gallic Books publicity page for his The Girl on Paper, or get your copy at Amazon.co.uk -- but he certainly hasn't come anywhere near to equaling his French popularity in the UK, much less the US.
The top three authors were:
- Guillaume Musso - 1,631,200 copies sold (+16.05%)
- Katherine Pancol - 1,216,300
- Marc Levy - 998,900 (-16.74%)
Meanwhile, Amélie Nothomb's ten-year run in the top ten came to an end last year and she still hasn't recovered, despite yet another bestselling new title -- that backlist just isn't being bought as widely any longer.
As to Musso, he isn't entirely unknown in English -- and his most recent novel is titled Central Park (yes, after the New York one). Several of his books have been translated -- see, for example, the Gallic Books publicity page for his The Girl on Paper, or get your copy at Amazon.co.uk -- but he certainly hasn't come anywhere near to equaling his French popularity in the UK, much less the US.