best sellers of the week

Résumé : Pope Francis, “He loved us”, Cerf, 2024. Encyclical available from several publishers. Apostolic exhortation devoted to this theme published on the occasion of the jubilee of the appearances of Christ to Saint Marguerite-Marie in Paray-le-Monial. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Paul-Adrien d'Hardemare, Mame, September 2024. Aimed at young adults, information to explain what the Catholic faith is. The author mentions in particular prayer, the sacraments, the Bible, relationships with other religions and even eternal life. QR codes provide access to online content. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Philippe de Villiers, Fayard, October 2024. P. de Villiers takes stock of the state of France and shows how the nation is the victim of memoricide, a destruction of its memory. He evokes his childhood memories, looks back on the creation of Puy du Fou and his political career. It testifies to his unconditional love for his country and his hopes for the years to come. 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 : Anne-Dauphine Julliand, Les Arènes, October 2024. The author lost her two daughters, Thaïs and Azylis, to an orphan disease. Fifteen years later, his eldest son committed suicide. Her husband and their last child Arthur are facing new grief. In this story, she questions her present and seeks to understand how her life and that of her family can continue despite everything. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Yves Sente, André Juillard (Author (illustrator), Blake and Mortimer, October 2024. Blake and Mortimer team up to thwart the attack plans of a small independence group with the help of Colonel Olrik. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Jul, Achdé, Lucky comics, November 2024. In New Munich, Dakota, a general strike paralyzes all the country's breweries, leading to a shortage of beer. Lucky Luke goes to Milwaukee to intervene with Marxist unionists and industrial barons. While he tries to ease tensions, he sees the Daltons arrive. 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 : Miguel Bonnefoy, The dream of the jaguar, Shores, August 2024. Taken in by a mute beggar from Maracaibo, a young orphan does dirty work before becoming, thanks to his determination, one of the most famous surgeons in his country, alongside his wife Ana Maria. Their daughter Venezuela goes to live in Paris, without forgetting her native land. His son Cristobal records the extraordinary history of their family in his notebooks. Find it in bookstores.

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 : Aldric de Bizemont, Anne de Braux, Emmanuel, September 2024. Catechists explain the traditions of Advent, for a better transmission of the kerygma to the little ones. Find it in bookstores.

Résumé : Jean-Christian Petitfils, Tallandier, September 2024. An overview of the scientific research surrounding the tunic preserved for twelve centuries in the Argenteuil church, which aims to prove its authenticity as a relic worn by Jesus during his way of the cross. The author also reviews the incomplete and turbulent history of the origins of this sacred object of Christianity. Find it in bookstores.