Each year since 2004, the daily Le Figaro publishes, with GFK, the ranking of the ten novels of the most sold French -speaking authors. According to the newspaper, in 2024, these writers alone represented 7.9 million copies sold, compared to 7.5 million in 2023, an increase of 400,000.
What do the French read?
As explained Le Figarothis ranking aims to reveal ” a photograph representative of what the French read in 2024 ». In view of the record, we note that French-speaking readers were mainly attracted by novels of popular literature with feel-good, thriller, thriller, without forgetting the New and Dark Romance, two genres in full expansion represented by Morgane Moncomble et Sarah Rivens.
A predominantly female classification
The novelist Mélissa by coast Can be congratulated by being, for the second consecutive year, at the top of the ranking with 1,162,730 copies sold in 2024. His last book Stand uppublished last August by Albin Michel editions, sold almost 200,000 copies. With her, five other writers, have also made a place for themselves in the charts.
Thus, we find Morgane Moncomble in third position, Virginie Grimaldi (4e), Marie-Bernadette-Dupuy (7e), Sarah Rivens (8e) et Valérie Perrin (9e).
The latter is also one of the new arrivals in the ranking: her latest novel Tata Published by Albin Michel is around 280,000 copies sold. Another news for the novelist: her work Change flower water (Albin Michel), already played in the theater and winner of several Molières, will be adapted in film by Jean-Pierre Jeunetwith Level bekhti as a main actress.
-Writers Joell Diacker et Michel Bus are also making a place in a place and replacing Maud Ankaoua et Pierre Lemaitre. Large absent from the prize list, Marc Levy However, there have been there for 20 years. The authors Franck Thilliez et Guillaume Musso retain their positioning compared to last year, the latter having exceeded one million copies sold in 2024.
A success for pocket formats
According to Le Figarosince the start of the charts, the pocket format has played a considerable role in the sale of books for many authors. The first place of Mélissa Da Costa would notably be due to the reissue of her novels in the pocket book. If it is the same for Virginie Grimaldi, Guillaume Musso and Marie-Bernadette Dupuy, Sarah Rivens is the only one to have sold only works in large format.
The classification details:
- 1era: Mélissa da Costa (1,162,730 copies)
- 2e: Guillaume Musso (1,104,096 copies)
- 3e: Morgane Moncomble, 984 144 copies)
- 4e: Virginie Grimaldi, 946,787 copies)
- 5e: Joe Dicker (863 740 EXEMPIRES)
- 6e: Franck Thilliez (689 112 copies)
- 7e: Marie-Bernadette Dupuy (540 967 copies)
- 8e: Sarah Rivens (540,628 copies)
- 9e: Valérie Perrin (528,292 copies)
- 10e: Michel Bussi (525,478 copies)
Weekly books In its February issue, publish a ranking of the best sales 2024 by literary segments.
