The top 10 best-selling books at La Procure

Résumé : François Cassingena-Trévedy, Albin Michel, September 2024. After more than thirty years of monastic life, Brother Cassingena-Trévedy settled in the heart of Auvergne, on the Cézallier plateau. His existence there is punctuated by prayer, liturgical services and the help he provides to farmers for milking cows or working in the fields. He recounts his daily life. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Pope Francis, Deer, September 2024. Literature lovers, this text is for you! The Pope returns to the need to associate with the great authors, whether classical or modern. Antidote to the current obsession with screens, literature is not just entertainment. It allows you to train your intelligence and discover other cultures, it forces you to decenter yourself. Because it contributes to forming a judgment, it is the best protection against extremism. Because it is a window open to others and the world, because it always betrays, deep down, a nostalgia for the divine, literature remains the essential open door to the universal. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Gaël Faye, Grasset, August 2024. Milan, an only child, sees Claude, a boy from Rwanda, appear in his life. The two young people become great friends, until the latter returns to his country, leaving Milan alone and sad. Later, he goes to Rwanda to find him and discovers the secrets of his family, the history of the country and the genocide of the Tutsis. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Yuval Noah Harari, Albin Michel, September 2024. From the Stone Age to the resurgence of current populism, including the Bible, witch hunts and Nazism, the historian explores the way in which societies and political systems have used information to achieve their objectives and impose the order. In the age of artificial intelligence, it invites us to think about the complex relationship between information and truth. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Thibault de Montaigu, Albin Michel, August 2024. Investigating in the footsteps of one of his ancestors, Louis Tassin de Montaigu, captain of the Hussars who was cut down in 1914, the writer paints the portrait of a family haunted by honor, glory and aristocracy, but also by seduction and dilettantism. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Emmanuel Godo, Artège, September 2024. Shedding light on the spiritual journey of Dante Alighieri, particularly through his emblematic work The Divine Comedy, and his journey marked by his banishment from Florence. The itinerary of the Italian mystic is presented as a path leading to inner truth. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Olivier GuezGrasset, August 2024. Born in 1868 into a wealthy family, Gertrude Bell became the most influential woman in the British Empire in the early 1920s. An explorer, archaeologist, writer and spy, she embodies a form of heroism carried by her love of the Orient, emancipation and international diplomacy. The author recounts her misadventures and does justice to this powerful woman. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Kamel Daoud, Gallimard, August 2024. Aube is a young mute Algerian who dreams of a voice transplant. The country’s tragedies, including the War of Independence and the Civil War of the 1990s, are ingrained on his body in the form of a scar on his neck. Pregnant, she goes to her native village to question the dead, questioning her right to keep the unborn child. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Gilles Kepel, Plon, September 2024. Continuing the reflection started in his essay Holocausts: Israel, Gaza and the war against the West, the author examines the consequences of the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023 on global geopolitics, from politicization of the Palestinian cause during the European elections to Joe Biden’s diplomatic dilemma, including the blocking of Sciences Po Paris. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Gaspard Craplet, Yeshoua, June 2024. Powerful and profound, comforting and stimulating, this work answers the difficult questions we ask about this sacrament. You will also find a number of anecdotes and testimonies that show the beauty and relevance of the confession! Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Michel Fédou, Desclée De Brouwer, August 2024. Halfway between theology, spirituality and history, an exploration of the various facets of divine compassion, its meaning and the way it has been perceived since the Middle Ages. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Jean-Baptiste Maillard, Marie Maillard, Editions Emmanuel, September 2024. On the occasion of the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the authors reveal his seven secrets to becoming a saint, from mass to adoration, including collective charity, based on his story, his words and exercises. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Boualem Sansal, Deer, September 2024. Based on a fictional dialogue between an old sage and a young journalist, a reflection on the history and state of the French language, on its place in the formation of a culture and a national identity as well as on possible means to protect one’s wealth against the effects of globalization. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Jean-Michel Blanquer, Albin Michel, August 2024. In the form of a chronicle of his five years as a member of the government, the former Minister of National Education discusses power games and the difficulty of implementing implement long-term reforms in the democracies of the 21st century. It takes a look at the policy pursued by E. Macron and explains the decisions taken during the Covid-19 pandemic. Find it in bookstores.