Once upon a time I had an infrequent feature called Bestsellers Around the World where I would take a look at the bestsellers from a country and see what caught my interest, particularly when I compared it to Australian lists. These days it is even more infrequent as it is something that I save for Paris in July! So, here is this week's bestsellers in France, based on the list from Sens Critique for the week from July 6 to 12.
1 Le Diner (The Dinner Party): A Pick Your Poison Adventure by Freida McFadden
2 La Prof (The Professor) by Freida McFadden
3 Les heures fragiles (Fragile Hours) by Virginie Grimaldi
4 Tata by Valerie Perrin
5 Un lieu a soi (A room of One's Own) by Virginia Woolf
6 Tout le monde aime Clara (Everyone Loves Clara) by David Foenkinos
7 Quelqu'un d'autre (Someone Else) by Guillaume Musso
8 L'intruse (The Intruder) by Frieda McFadden
9 D'autres printemps (Other Springs) by Virginie Grimaldi
10 A Retardement (Delayed ) by Franck Thilliez
Freida McFadden has really dominated the bestsellers lists over the last couple of years when I have done these posts. I was surprised to see that the number one was a short story though, and it is not one I remember hearing about but that maybe because I don't really read her genre. I did recently read one of her books and I liked it. Just not rushing out to read another one really.
I was surprised when Virginie Grimaldi wasn't on the list last year but she is back with two novels in the top ten this year! I read one of her books a couple of years ago and really liked it. I am tempted to read more, but there are none available in my library system (which isn't really that surprising) and some of her translated novels are more than $30 on Kindle which is too much!
I own Tata and was hoping to get it read for Paris in July this year but I am rapidly running out of time. I did read Like Water for Flowers for last years Paris in July and really liked it. I think I now have three of her novels waiting for me!
I thought it was interesting to see Virginia Woolf on the list. Seeing it makes me wonder about what has bought it back into the spotlight in France
Franck Thilliez has appeared on a lot of the lists over the years. Delayed was on the list last year so this book has a lot of staying power!
Often when I look at the Australian list there is some crossover, even if it is for an author like Frieda McFadden, but there was none this year!
Previous French lists
I am sharing this with Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and A Good Book and a Cup of Tea hosted at Hopewell's Library.
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