There have been several titles that experts have named as “The best selling books In history “, such as the Bible or Don Quijote de la Mancha, however, the book has been created several centuries and there were always ways to measure what the most popular works were –as Amazon now does– In addition to the level of illiteracy of the time.
There is a long debate among historians about what was the first book in history: either the first writings in mud, bones or tablets of wax and wood of Mesopotamia; the papyrus roll in Alexandria; The facts with bamboo and silk in ancient China or codices, the truth is that this object has accompanied the human being throughout his life and, like man, has evolved.
And is that after the invention of the printing press with mobile types in 1440 by the hand of Johannes Gutenbergthrough bookstores, the increase in literacy, the arrival of the Internet and with it the digitalization of content, now one of the great challenges is the amount of texts available to read.
With this, technology has facilitated how to measure the popularity of literary pieces, one of them is the ranking offered by the Amazon platforma list that functions as a photograph of society by registering what readers are “devouring” at a certain time.
1. In case one day we return (Spanish and Latin American authors)
Author: María Dueñas
2. The assistant: the addictive viral thriller who is razing internationally: 1 (sum)
Author: Freida Mcfadden
3. God’s mad at the end of the world (Random House)
Author: Javier Cercas
4. Goodbye to inflammation. How to prevent diseases, delay aging and losing weight (Harpercollins) Spanish
Author: Sandra Moñino
5. Supracciencia exists: life after life (non -fiction)
Author: Dr. Manuel Sans Segarra
6. How to send shit in an polite way (Vergara)
Author: ALBA CARDALDA
7. MAPA National Espa? A & Portugal Alta Resistencia 2025 17794: Road map scale 1: 1,000,000
Author: Aa.vv.
8. 101 Survival techniques and tips: Survival and Bushcraft Manual
Author: Psirock Shop
9. Life is pretty even now: a real story of overcoming and struggle (ink cloud)
Author: Belén Domínguez
10. Atomic habits: small changes, extraordinary results (self -knowledge)
Author: James Clear
*Note: Some books may not have an author because the platform does not provide it.
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He number of readers in Spain increased gradually from the Coronavirus pandemic, managing to consolidate among the youngest, according to the report of the Reading and Buying Habits Barometer 2023 presented by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
It details that in the last 10 years the reading index of the Spaniards has increased 5.7%. 64.8% use their free time to read; However, when it comes to comics readers, the figure increases up to 66.2 percent.
When considering only those who They read by leisure In its free time the percentage was 64.8%, a figure slightly higher than the previous annual measurement and that reaches 66.2% when comics readers are also added.
When making a comparison with the figures that have been recorded in the last decade, the reading index in the leisure had an increase of 5.7%; the “Frequent readers” They remained at 52.5%; while those considered as “occasional” They have only shown a slight rise of 0.4 percentage points.
Although the reading figures have been approaching the European stockings, the report reveals that a significant number of Spaniards who never read (35.2%). In this regard, 44% indicate that the main reason is that they do not have free time; 30.6% prefer to invest their time in another type of entertainment such as walking, resting or watching movies and series; 29.3% recognized a lack of interest; and 0.9% said they have health or health problems.
The measurement also shows that women read more than men in a proportion of 69.9% compared to 59.5 percent. By agesthe section with the greatest reading population is one that includes from 14 to 24 years and representing 74.2% of the total.
