That's it: most of the literary prizes were awarded in mid-November. In addition to the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Renaudot, many other awards have also been awarded, highlighting books and their authors. Does this have repercussions in bookstores? Which works are (already) doing well?
Gaël Faye and Kamel Daoud in pole position
Respectively winner of the Renaudot Prize and the Goncourt Prize, Gaël Faye (with Jacarandaat Grasset) and Kamel Daoud (with Hourispublished by Gallimard), are in great shape. According to the siteDatalibwhich updates the best book sales daily over the last 7 days, it is Kamel Daoud's book which is placed in first position, all literary categories combined. But Gaël Faye is stuck just behind, in second place. Miguel Bonnefoy, who received for his novel The Jaguar's Dream (Rivages editions) the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and the Prix Femina, is placed in 3rd position. A top 3 therefore exclusively composed of award-winning books.
Han Kang and Olivier Norek also well placed
Other recently awarded books are in very good shape these days. Starting with The Vegetarian by Han Kang, named Nobel Prize for Literature 2024. The South Korean author sees her book placed in 5th place among the best sales of the last 7 days, according to Datalib. Olivier Norek sees his novel The Winter Warriorsfreshly crowned with the Jean Giono prize, placed in 6th position. Goncourt finalists, Sandrine Collette and her Madelaine before dawncontinue to fascinate readers and peaks at 9th place for the week. Edouard Louis, with and his novelThe collapse (editions du Seuil), came close to the top 10 and landed a nice 11th place. The book was awarded the Les Inrockuptibles Prize.
