Bibles, Dictionaries, Study Guides Lead the Way
The Spanish-language bestsellers lists, as reflected in the Nielsen BookScan list for the week ended March 17, 2013, tend to be a mix of reference works, religious books, and popular titles. Books come from Spanish-language units of U.S. houses as well as from Spanish publishers. The top-selling title for the week was the pocket Bible Santa Biblia, and four other Bibles made the top 20 list, while books from such well-established religion authors as Joel Osteen and Rick Warren also hit the list. Books about earning a GED, such as Complete GED Preparation, were also prominent on the list, as were dictionaries. And what bestseller list would be complete without an appearance from the Fifty Shades trilogy. Fifty Shades of Grey was #10 on the list, while Fifty Shades Darker landed in the 18th spot. Overall, though, there were significantly more nonfiction titles among the top 20 titles than fiction.
Spanish-Language Bestsellers*
1 | Santa Biblia-RV-1909/ Holy Bible: Reina-Valera 1909 | Publishing Barbour / Barbour publishing | Barbour Publishing Inc. | 9781586609733 | TP | $2.99 |
2 | Laro usse Pocket Dictionary: Spanish-English/ English-Spanish | Larousse Editorial / Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. | Houghton Mifflin Co. | 9782035410221 | TP | $6.95 |
3 | Lecciones Cristianas Summer 2013: Libro del alumno/ Christian Lessons Summer 2013: Student’s Book | Cokesbury | Cokesbury | 9781426757488 | TP | $4.99 |
4 | El gato en el sombrero/ The Cat In The Hat | Dr. Seuss. Random House Books for Young Readers | Random House | 9780394816265 | TC | $8.99 |
5 | Viviendo/ Living | Adamari López / Celebra Trade. | Penguin Group USA | 9780451417091 | TP | $17.95 |
6 | Yo Declaro: 31 promesas para proclamar sobre su vida/ I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life | Joel Osteen / Faithwords | Hachette Book Group | 9781455525416 | TP | $13.99 |
7 | Biblia de Estudio Arco Iris-RVR 1960/ The Rainbow Study Bible Reina-Valera Revision 1960 | Rainbow Studies International / Rainbow Studies International | Rainbow Studies. | 9780933657281 | TC | $52.99 |
8 | Biblia Letra Grande-RVR 1960/ Large Print Bible-RVR 1960 | Nelson Bibles | Thomas Nelson Inc. Grupo Nelson | 9781602557864 | TC | $39.99 |
9 | La Magia/ The Magic | Rhonda Byrne / Atria Books | Simon & Schuster | 9781451683776 | TP | $12.99 |
10 | Cincuenta sombras de Grey/ Fifty Shades of Grey | E.L. James / Vintage Books | Random House | 9780345803672 | TP | $15.95 |
11 | Por el placer de vivir/ The Joy of Living | César Lozano / Aguilar | Santillana USA Publishing | 9781614358039 | TP | $14.99 |
12 | Biblia bilingue RVR1960/ Bilingual Bible RVR1960 | Grupo Nelson / Grupo Nelson | Thomas Nelson Inc. | 9781602554450 | TC | $29.99 |
13 | Una Mujer Conforme al Corazón de Dios/ A Woman After God’s Own Heart | Elizabeth George / Spanish House | Editorial Unilit | 9780789914095 | TP | $4.99 |
14 | Los Cinco Lenguajes del Amor/ Five Love Languages | Gary Chapman /Editorial Unilit | Editorial Unilit | 9780789919779 | TP | $4.99 |
15 | McGraw-Hill El GED en español/ McGraw-Hill GED in Spanish | McGraw-Hill’s GED / McGraw Hill | McGraw-Hill Trade | 9780071435130 | TP | $21.95 |
16 | Preparación completa para el GED/ Complete GED Preparation | Steck-Vaughn Co. / Steck-Vaughn | Steck Vaughn School Supplies | 9781419053344. | TP | $44.27 |
17 | GED Matematicas/ GED Math | Steck-Vaughn Co. / Steck-Vaughn | Steck Vaughn School Supplies | 9780739869147 | TP | $33.86 |
18 | Cincuenta sombras más oscuras/ Fifty Shades Darker | E.L. James / Vintage Books | Random House | 9780345804273. | TP | $15.95 |
19 | Biblia para la guerra espiritual/ Bible For Spiritual Warfare | Casa Creación / Casa Creación | Casa Creación | 9781616385200 | TC | $34.99 |
20 | Una vida con propósito / The Purpose Driven Life | Rick Warren / Editorial Vida | Zondervan Pub. House | 9780829763775 | TC | $12.99 |
*For week ending on march 17, 2013.
Source: Nielsen BookScan. Nielsen BookScan’s U.S. Consumer Market Panel covers approximately 80% of the print book market and continues to grow.