More than half a century after its publication, One hundred years of loneliness, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, remains one of the favorites of Mexican readers. According to the most recent Nielsen report, the Colombian Nobel Prize novel was the best-selling book during the first four months of 2021 in the Fiction category.
The second and third place belong to two figures of contemporary Mexican literature: Guillermo Arriaga (Save the fire) Y Fernanda melchor (Paradise), respectively.
In the Non-fiction category, the podium is made up of The negotiator, of the entrepreneur and investor Arturo Elías Ayub, The subtle art of giving a fuck, from the American Mark Manson, and Doubts are given away, from the duet of podcasters Flights Sahagun Y Ashley Frangie.
After a difficult year for the publishing industry due to the health emergency, the gradual reopening of bookstores meant a respite, especially for independent publishers, which have weathered the crisis thanks to the support of their readers and the opening of digital channels selling. However, the labels belonging to the large groups (Planeta and Penguin Random House) are still monopolizing the list of bestsellers.
Here are the full lists in both categories:
Fiction
1. One hundred years of loneliness | Gabriel García Márquez | Planet
2. Save the fire | Guillermo Arriaga | Alfaguara
3. Paradise | Fernanda Melchor | Literatura Random House
4. The City of Steam | Carlos Ruiz Zafón | Planet
5. Love in the time of cholera | Gabriel García Márquez | Planet
6. 1984 | George Orwell | Debolsillo
7. The invisible life of Addie LaRue | VE Schwab | Umbriel
8. Sofia’s world | Jostein Gaarder | Patria Editorial Group
9. Check the psychoanalyst | John Katzenbach | Editions B
10. Hurricane season | Fernanda Melchor | Literatura Random House
11. Call me by your name | Aciman André | Alfaguara
12. The butterfly garden | Dot Hutchison | Planet
13. The knight in the rusty armor | Robert Fisher | Obelisco editions
14. The ridiculous idea not to see you again | Rosa Montero | Planet
Non-fiction
1. The negotiator | Arturo Elías Ayub | Grijalbo
2. The subtle art of giving a fuck | Mark Manson HarperCollins
3. Doubts are given away | Lety Sahagún and Ashley Frangie | Grijalbo
4. Irreparable damage | Laurie Ann Ximénez Fyvie | Planet
5. Man’s Search for Meaning | Viktor Emil Frankl | Herder Editorial
6. Make your bed and other little habits that will change your life and the world | William H. McRaven | Planet
7. The Auschwitz Dancer | Edith Eger | Planet
8. How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | Debolsillo
9. Four agreements | Miguel Ruiz | Urano editions
10. Many lives, many teachers | Brian L. Weiss | Pocket B
11. Rich father poor father | Robert Kiyosaki | Aguilar
12. The power of Now | Eckhart Tolle | Grijalbo
13. Stop being you | Joe Dispenza | Uranus
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