The best-selling books for Sant Jordi 2018

The Gremi de Llibreters de Catalunya has announced the list of best-selling books during the Sant Jordi 2018 festival.

"La força d'un destí", the novel by Martí Gironell edited by Columna Edicions and winner of the Premi Ramon Llull 2018, has been the best-selling fiction book in Catalan. For her part, the writer María Dueñas has led sales in fiction books in Spanish with her novel "Las hijas del Capitán", from Editorial Planeta.

In the case of non-fiction books, in Catalan, "Operació Urnes", by Xavier Tedó Gratacós and Laia Vicens Estaran (Columna Edicions), has prevailed, while in Spanish the best-seller has been "Las almas de Brandon", by César Brandon Ndjocu (Espasa Libros).

This list has been obtained from a representative sample taken among member bookstores until 6:30 p.m. on April 23 and with information collected the previous day by Libridata, the automated system that obtains data from 180 points of sale in Catalonia and includes independent bookstores and bookstore chains.

These are the five best-selling books in each category:

Catalan Fiction:

1. "La força d'un destí", by Martí Gironell (Columna Edicions)
2. "Jo soc aquell que va matar Franco", Joan-Lluís Lluís (Proa)
3. "La dona a la finestra", A.J. Finn (Rosa dels Vents)
4. "Quan érem els peripatètics", Héctor Lozano (Columna Edicions)
5. "La novel·la de Sant Jordi", Màrius Serra i Roig (Àmsterdam Llibres)

1. "The Daughters of the Captain", María Dueñas (Editorial Planeta)
2. "Homeland", Fernando Aramburu Irigoyen (Tusquets Editores)
3. "The Woman in the Window", A.J. Finn (Grijalbo)
4. "We Were Songs", Elisabet Benavent (Suma de Letras)
5. "The Cursed Land", Juan Francisco Ferrándiz (Grijalbo)

1. "Operació Urnes", Xavier Tedó Gratacós and Laia Vicens Estaran (Columna Edicions)
2. "Bon dia, són les vuit!", Antoni Bassas (Ediciones Destino)
3. "Dies que duraran anys", Jordi Borràs i Abelló (Ara Llibres)
4. "Per la llibertat", David Fernàndez and Toni Soler (Ara Llibres)
5. "La invasió dels robots i altres relats d'Economia en colors", Xavier Sala i Martín (Rosa dels Vents)

1. "Brandon's Souls", César Brandon Ndjocu (Espasa Libros)
2. "Skin of Letter", Laura Escanes (Aguilar)
3. "Spain Was Left Behind", Ramón Cotarelo García (Now Books)
4. "Nothing Is So Terrible", Rafael Santandreu (Grijalbo)
5. "Uncensored", Miguel Ángel Revilla (Espasa Libros)

1. "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls", Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Estrella Polar)
2. "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2", Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Estrella Polar)
3. "My First Sant Jordi Book", Màriam Ben-Arab Canela (Estrella Polar)
4. "Siblings!", Rocio Bonilla Raya (Animallibres Editorial)
5. "The Color Monster", Anna Llenas Serra (Editorial Flamboyant)

1. "The Crazy Haacks and the impossible camera", The Crazy Haacks (Montena)
2. "You learn from (almost) everything", Paula Gonu (Mr Ediciones)
3. "The Little Prince", Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra)
4. "Adventures in London!", Martina D'Antiochia (Montena)
5. "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls", Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo (Editorial Planeta)