We know the best-selling book in France in 2024 (and it's neither Guillaume Musso nor Marc Levy)

It is THE star of bookstores in 2024. According to the GfK ranking for Weekly Bookspublished Friday January 10, 2025, the best-selling book of the year 2024 in France is the first part of The housekeeper, sign Freida McFadden.

603,000 copies sold in 2024

Published by J'ai Lu editions, this thriller was sold to 603,000 copies. He stands in front The midwife of Auschwitzby Anna Stuart (also at J'ai Lu), with 500,000 sales.

The two authors are ahead of the Swiss novelist Joel Dickerthe only French speaker in the Top 3 thanks to A wild animal and its 425,000 sales.

The success of second-hand books

Overall, there were fewer buyers of new books in 2024 in France: 23 million people have acquired at least one booka decline of 10% over one year, according to this annual GfK barometer.

In total, consumers purchased 315 million new books, down 3%. In terms of sales, the sector's turnover is stable, at 4 billion euros.

The second-hand book always represents more or less one in five book sales (18% in 2024) and the digital book reader remains the rare bird (less than 5% of sales).

Romance always seduces

THE manga and BD suffered the most after a prosperous year in 2023, marked by the release of bestsellers like the latest Asterix or Gaston Lagaffe. Conversely, romance remains one of the few growing sectors.

Source: © 2025 AFP

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