What Europeans Want: Extended July International Bestsellers Lists
By Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 8/20/2007 3:34:00 AM
Web-exclusive bestsellers lists from Italy, Sweden and the Czech Republic compliment our print coverage of international bestsellers (France, Spain and Germany are featured in this week’s print issue). Alongside many books Americans have never heard of are a few we can’t seem to forget about.
Hosseini's two books seem to be ubiquitous in Italy--where they hold the #2 and 3 spots on the fiction list--just like they are here. Not surprisgly, a book by the current Pope is in the Nonfiction top three.
In Sweden, it's traveling season: two travel guides hold the #2 and 3 spots on their nonfiction list. At number four is a title familar to American readers: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.
Fiction readers in the Czech Republic are joining fantasy fans in the U.K. and the U.S. by reading the humorous Terry Pratchett. In Nonfiction, they are once again keeping it practical, with manuals and guidebooks topping the list.
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Italy |
Fiction |
Nonfiction |
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1 |
The Hippodrome at the Beach
Andrea Camilleri
Sellerio di Giorgianni |
The Caste. How Italian Politicians Became Untouchable
G. Antonio Stella; Sergio Rizzo
Rizzoli |
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2 |
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini Piemme |
Jesus of Nazareth Benedetto XVI (Joseph Ratzinger); I. Stampa ; E. Guerriero
Rizzoli |
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3 |
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini Piemme |
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Alan Carr
EWI |
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Sweden |
Fiction |
Nonfiction |
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1 |
Castles in the Sky Stieg Larsson Norstedts |
Owned By No One Åsa Linderborg Atlas |
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2 |
The German Child Camilla Läckberg Forum |
Europé Road Map 2007 Motormännens/Hallwag
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3 |
Anybody Out There Marian Keyes Norstedts |
Sweden Road Atlas 2007 Motormännens/Hallwag |
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Czech Republic |
Fiction |
Nonfiction |
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1 |
The Angels of Everyday Michal Viewegh Druhé mìsto |
Excursive Camera 4
Author’s Team Edice ÈT |
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2 |
The Quest
Wilbur Smith Alpress |
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz Pragma |
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3 |
Wintersmith Terry Pratchett Talpress |
School of Motoring 2007
Ondøej Weigel Computer Press |
Fiction readers in the Czech Republic are joining fantasy fans in the U.K. and the U.S. by reading the humorous Terry Pratchett. In Nonfiction, they are once again keeping it practical, with manuals and guidebooks topping the list.
