French Favor Coben, House
-- Publishers Weekly, 4/20/2009
French favorite Harlan Coben landed in the top spot in France in March with the release of Hold Tight. Debuting in third place was another author well known to Americans, Hugh Laurie, the British-born star of the hit television show House. Laurie's The Gun Seller was first published in English in 1996 and translated into French this year to take advantage of the growing popularity of House in France. Gun Seller, which Washington Square Press published in 1998, is a spy spoof. In the U.K., Laurie's next book, The Paper Soldier, is due out this fall from Michael Joseph.
Debuting in the top spot in the Netherlands was Dutch thriller writer Saskia Noort's latest mystery, The Transformation. Noort's previous works have been published in English by U.K.-based Bitter Lemon Press and its titles are distributed in the U.S. by Consortium, which will release her next title, Back to the Coast, in June. Landing in the fifth spot in Holland was The Solitude of Prime Numbers, the Italian bestseller by Paolo Giordano that was acquired by Pam Dorman for her Viking imprint.
Newcomers to the nonfiction list in the Netherlands include My Life as a Dog by Dutch columnist Martin Bril.
| France | ||
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
| 1 | Hold Tight Harlan Coben Belfond | Me, Nojoud, 10 Years Old, Divorced Nojoud Ali Michel Lafon |
| 2 | Other Lives Than My Own Emmanuel Carrère P.O.L. | Kiss the Immense Sky Daniel Tammet Edition des Arenes |
| 3 | The Gun Seller Hugh Laurie Sonatine Editions | The State of Mind: Learning Serenity Christophe Andre Odile Jacob |
| For week ending March 21, used by arrangement with Livres Hebdo | ||
| Italy | ||
| Combined | ||
| 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson Marsilio | The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson Marsilio |
| 2 | The First Day of Happyness Erri de Luca Feltrinelli | A Saturday with Friends Andrea Camilleri Mondadori |
| 3 | Castles in the Sky Stieg Larsson Marsilio | Scarpetta Patricia Cornwell Mondadori |
| For week ending March 21, used by arrangement with Informazioni Editorial | ||
| Netherlands | ||
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
| 1 | The Transformation Saskia Noort Anthos | The Prey Jeroen Smit Prometheus |
| 2 | The Dinner Herman Koch Anthos | My Life as a Dog Martin Bril Prometheus |
| 3 | The Associate John Grisham A.W. Bruna | Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert Cargo |
| For week ending March 21, used by arrangement with Boekblad/Gfk | ||
