The Gremi de Llibreters de Catalunya has estimated the accumulated turnover during the week of Sant Jordi at 25.4 million euros, which represents an increase of 6% compared to 2023
On April 23, the Book Chamber noted the sales trends on the day of the Sant Jordi. This Monday, the Gremi de Llibreters of Catalonia has encrypted 1.98 million copies sold and a turnover of 25.4 million euros accumulated during the week, which represents an increase of 6% compared to 2023, in a year in which more than 70,250 different titles have been sold, compared to about 60,000 last year.
The Chamber of Books of Catalonia, in which the guilds and associations of publishers, booksellers, and distributors are concentrated, has celebrated “the good sales figures” once the data on the bookstores and stops have been processed, according to the statement it issued. .
In it ranking of the best selling booksafter processing the data of more than 230 bookstores that are part of LibriRed as well as the stops on the street, they maintain Ramon Gener and Javier Castillo as the best sellers in fiction in Catalan and Spanish, respectively.
In fiction in Spanish, the best seller wasThe crack of silence (Sum), of Javier Castilloand then they stood Three enigmas for the Organization (Seix Barral), by Eduardo Mendozaand A wild animal (Alfaguara), from Joel Dicker.
In terms of genres, children’s and youth literature represents 31%, fiction 35%, non-fiction 23% and comics 11. In addition, the fictionboth in Catalan and Spanish, and the comic In Catalan they have been the genres that have grown the most, with increases compared to the previous year of more than 9 points and 8 points, respectively.
Books sold: 52% in Catalan
Of the total number of books sold, the 52% were in Catalan and 48% in Spanish: in the province of Barcelona 51% of the copies sold were in Catalan, in Girona 66%, in Lleida 56% and in Tarragona 52%.
In Catalan, it is divided between 38% children and young people, 33% fiction, 22% non-fiction and 7% comics, while in Spanish, fiction represents 36%non-fiction 27%, children’s and youth literature 21% and comics 16%.
In fiction in Catalan, after History of a piano (Columna), by Ramon Gener, are located A rescue animal (Column), by Joël Dicker, and Occasion and fascination (Club Editor), by Eva Baltasar.
In non-fiction in Catalan, it is positioned as a leader Tor. Foc ences (La Campana), by Carles Porta, followed by pre-clear ments (La Vanguardia), by Quim Monzó, and cream! (Columna), by Maria Nicolau, and in Spanish they were Get your mind back (Espasa), by Marian Rojas Estapé, Atomic habits (Diana), by James Clear, and How to make good things happen to you (Espasa), by Marian Rojas Estapé.
In children’s and young people’s books in Catalan, the best seller was The mysterious and surprising house of l’avi (Combel), by Meritxell Martí, while in Spanish it was wings of blood (Planet), by Rebecca Yarros.
