The Gremi de Llibreters of Catalonia has made public the definitive billing data on Sant Jordi’s day, which also include the ranking of the best -selling books that day. The most prominent change in this regard is the best -selling book in Spanish, in which The very catastrophic visit to the zoo (Alfaguara/La Campana) by Joël Dicker snatches first place from In case one day we return (Planet) by María Dueñas. The guild data comes from their automated database with the more than 230 bookstores that are part of Librired, and the GFK consultancy estimates.
The guild has highlighted the definitive billing of Catalan bookstores that day, of more than 26.1 million euros, 2.8 % more than in 2024, with more than two million specimens sold, corresponding to 74,450 different titles, a diversity that is also reflected in the best -selling books accounted for less than 6 % of sales. According to the guild, “these figures convert the day of this year in the best in history and confirm the consolidation of the growth trend of recent years. ”In addition, despite the fact that it had previously been estimated that due to the proximity of Holy Week the sales of the previous days would be lower,“ not only was not an impediment but, on the contrary, it would have favored them ”.
Xavi Ayén
In the breakdown of the data, the day of Sant Jordi sold more books in Catalan (52.3%) than in Spanish (47.7%), contrary to what happens the rest of the year, in which sales in Catalan are approximately one third of the total. As for genders, fiction represents 35 % of the books sold, children’s and youth literature 29.9 %, non-fiction 23.8 % and comics 11.3 %. By languages, in Catalan more books of children’s and youth literature were sold, 38.6%, while in Spanish were fiction, with 36.5%.
-The five best -selling fiction titles in Catalan the best selling were, in this order, Diagonal Manhattan (Column), Xavier Bosch; Cor fort (Universe), by Sílvia Soler; THE CATASTROPHIC VISIT TO THE ZOO (La Campana), by Joël Dicker; This piece of life (Column), from Estel Solé, and We dreamed of an island (Universe), by Roc Casagran.
In Spanish they were The very catastrophic visit to the zoo (Alfaguara), by Joel Dicker; In case one day we return (Planet), by María Dueñas; At the assistance (Suma), de Freida mcfadden; In love and war (Grijalbo), by Ildefonso Falcones, Those that do not sleep nash (Destination), from Redondo Dolores, and The empty house peninsula (Siruela), by David Ucles.
In non -fiction, in Spanish, the three best sellers were God’s madman at the end of the world (Random House), by Javier Cercas; Atomic habits (Diana), by James Clear, and How to send shit in an polite way (Vergara), from Alba Cardalda, which strengthens to the detriment of The bridge where butterflies live (Siruela), Nazareth Castellanos. In Catalan they stood out Between paradise and apocalypse (Rosa dels Vents), by Xavier Sala and Martín; The pass in space (Destination), from Manel Vidal, and Crimes 4-The time of truth (La Campana), by Carles Porta, who unbrids from his position to The woman of the century (Column), Toni Cruanyes.
As for children’s and youth literature, which are usually together despite their disparity, the best selling is still Titó. Excursion to the legend of Sant Jordi (Polar Star), by Cristina Jiménez Carbó; A house by (Flamboyant), by Meritxell Martí; What a beast story, minel! (Animallibres), by Rocio Bonilla; The wonderful and horrifying grandmother’s house (Editorial Combel), by Meritxell Martí/Xavier Salomó. In Spanish they were Hunger Games 5. Dawn in the harvest (Molino), from Suzanne Collins; Blood wings (Planet), by Rebecca Yarros; RULAS 4. The curulas trapped in the Gamer world (Destination), from Animalize21, and Accelerating in red (Crossbooks), de Iryna Zubkova.
