Even in the era of the Internet, Russians remain one of the most read nations in the world. And summing up the results of 2017, Forbes magazine released a list of publications that are best sold in Russian bookstores. It turned out that the preferences of the Russians are gradually shifting towards non-fiction and serious stories. Sales of psychological, natural science, and historical literature have grown significantly. And “not straining the brain”, although it is readily kept in the top of the sales, according to Forbes experts, “it is significantly losing in numbers.”
We present you the top 10 most popular books in Russia. Forbes accounted for sales of books issued from November 2016 to mid-December 2017.
10. Little life
The novel by the American writer Chania Yanagihara opens the selection of best-selling books. He is about four friends who are trying to succeed in the bustling, vibrant and rich New York. However, the farther the story takes the readers, the clearer that three of the friends are just the background for the protagonist, in the past of which there are many dark secrets.
9. Live in St. Petersburg: from Palace to Sadovaya, from Gangutskaya to Shpalernaya. Personal stories
Such a long title has a collection of stories from many authors. This is a book about St. Petersburg and for Petersburgers. She talks about the past of the city, brings nostalgic memories of childhood and youth, saturated with a unique Petersburg atmosphere. Thanks to this collection, you can learn more about the events that played an important role in the life of the city on the Neva.
Already sold 38 thousand copies of the book.
8. Text
The work of Dmitry Glukhovsky (author of the acclaimed Metro 2033) touches on the social problems of modern society. As one of the readers put it in his review, the result was a mixture of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Count Monte Cristo by Dumas.
Ilya, the protagonist of the book, returns home after serving 7 years for a crime he did not commit. His hopes of starting life anew immediately went to ashes: his mother was dying, the girl did not wait for him, and his hometown had changed a lot over such a long time.
There are no more people close to Ilya in the world. All that remained was the desire to take revenge on the policeman who framed him and sent him to prison.
Since June, over 44 thousand copies of the Text have been sold.
7. Tobol. Many called
If you like the film "Geographer drank the globe", then you should know: it was shot according to the book of the same name by Alexei Ivanov. In 2017, Ivanov released the historical novel “Tobol. Many are called on the difficulties of conquering and developing beautiful and dangerous Siberian lands. It bizarrely intertwined the fate of captured Swedes, smugglers from China, traders from Bukhara, convicts and officers, officials and chroniclers, shamans and Orthodox priests, and other people whom fate brought together in the then capital of Siberia called Tobolsk.
The number of sold copies of the book reached 46.67 thousand.
6. iPhuck 10
This is already the fifteenth novel by Victor Pelevin, and quite fresh, he “saw the light” on September 26, 2017. IPhuck 10 takes place in the second half of the 21st century, and the main character is not a person, but a computer police and literary algorithm, nicknamed Porfiry Petrovich. He not only investigates crimes, but also writes books. iPhuck 10 - the name of one of them, and also the name of one of the most expensive sex machines in the world invented by Pelevin.
In September-December, 48.1 thousand copies have already been sold.
5. Price issue
Opens the top 5 best-selling books of 2017 by a book written by Alexandra Marinina. Its main character is General Sharkov, who leads a secret project to clean up the ranks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from corrupt officials and werewolves in uniform.
4. In the pool
The British writer Paul Hawkins is already known to readers for such a bestseller as "Girl on the Train." Her new novel is written in the thriller genre, and from the first page plunges into the intricacies of events taking place in a small town.
The main character Nel returns to the city of her childhood to pick up an orphaned niece, and recalls the events of her far from bright future. She is sure that the sister did not commit suicide. But most of all, Nel fascinates and scares the backwater, nicknamed Mortal. Why have women been killed in its still waters for a long time?
It is not known whether the devils are found "In a quiet pool", but it is known that 58 thousand copies of this book have already been sold.
3. Where happiness lives
The work of the Englishwoman Jojo Moyes, despite its bright and cheerful cover, is dramatic. However, Russian readers, accustomed to suffering for the sake of happiness, like this. Over the year, the book sold 60.93 thousand copies.
2. The Indian wind
The second place in the ranking is occupied by the novel by Dina Rubina, written in the form of emails. They are written by a certain Galina to her friend, for her this is a way to pour out her soul. Galina used to live in Kiev, and then went to America and found work in a beauty salon. By the nature of her profession, the heroine of the book is faced with a variety of people, and entertaining, and sometimes repulsive, plots of everyday life.
From the moment of the presentation of the book (and this happened on March 28) to the present, 75.65 thousand copies have been sold.
1. Selfie with fate
The first place in the list of best-selling books is occupied by the detective of the popular writer Tatyana Ustinova. Its action takes place in the village of Sokolnichye, where one influential lady was found killed. The main character - Professor Ilya Subbotin, who is keen on solving crimes - has to help the valiant law enforcement agencies and find the killer.
For the whole year, the book “Selfies with Fate” was sold in the amount of 81.1 thousand copies.
