For the second month running, Germany’s fiction list was led by Norwegian author Maja Lunde’s novel The History of Bees in June. The multigenerational speculative fiction tale will be published in August in the U.S. by Simon & Schuster’s Touchstone imprint. In the second position is The Era of New Beginnings by Carmen Korn, the second in a trilogy about four women from Hamburg. Physician and comedian Eckart von Hirschhausen’s memoir Miracles Work Wonders tops the nonfiction bestseller list.
Fatherland by Fernando Aramburu, a literary thriller about Basque terrorism, tops the fiction bestseller list in Spain, followed by Chilean bestseller Isabel Allende’s latest novel, In the Midst of Winter. At the top of the nonfiction list is In the Dark by Antonio Pampliega, a memoir of the journalist’s year as a hostage of terrorists in Syria. In the second slot is Fernando Ónega’s What Has Happened to Us, Spain?, an analysis of the past 40 years of Spanish history after the fall of the dictator Franco.
Italian author Elena Ferrante’s final volume in her Naples quartet, The Story of the Lost Child, is #1 on the Swedish fiction charts. It is followed by a pair of new releases from perennial Swedish bestsellers: Top Dog, the latest thriller from Jens Lapidus, and Behind Your Back, the new mystery novel from Sofie Sarenbrant.
Germany
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Die Geschichte der Bienen The History of Bees Maja Lunde BTB | Wunder wirken wunder Miracles Work Wonders Eckart von Hirschhausen Rowohlt |
| 2 | Zeiten des Aufbruchs An Era of New Beginnings Carmen Korn Kindler | Heilen mit der kraft der natur Healing with the Power of Nature Andreas Michalsen Insel |
| 3 | Corruption The Force Don Winslow Droemer | Das geheime Leben der Bäume The Secret Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben Ludwig |
For the week ended June 25; used by arrangement with Buchreport
Spain
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patria Fatherland Fernando Aramburu Tusquets | En la oscuridad In the Dark Antonio Pampliega Península |
| 2 | Más allá del invierno In the Midst of Winter Isabel Allende Plaza & Janes | Qué nos ha pasado, España What Happened to Us, Spain? Fernando Ónega Plaza & Janes |
| 3 | Escrito en el agua Into the Water Paula Hawkins Planeta | 1936 Roberto Villa García & Manuel Álvarez Tardí Espasa |
For the week ended June 22; used by arrangement with El Cultural
Sweden
| Fiction | Nonfiction | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Det förlorade barnet The Story of the Lost Child Elena Ferrante Norstedts | Omgiven av idioter Surrounded by Idiots Thomas Erikson Hoi Förlag |
| 2 | Top Dogg Top Dog Jens Lapidus Wahlström & Widstrand | Underkänd F in Exams Richard Benson Tukan Förlag |
| 3 | Bakom din rygg Behind Your Back Sofie Sarenbrant Bookmark Förlag | Omgiven av psykopater Surrounded by Psychopaths Thomas Erikson Bokförlaget Forum |
For the week ended June 17; used by arrangement with Svensk Bokhandel
