Fatherthe new novel by Valérie Perrin (Edizioni E/O), confirms itself at the top of the general ranking – and to that of foreign fiction – of the most read books in December of Library newspaperfor a few months on NielsenIQ – GFK data. They complete the podium The God of our fathers. The great novel of the Bibleby Aldo Cazzullo (HarperCollins Italia) – gold in the essay rankings and silver in the general one since November – and The house of silence by Donato Carrisi (Longanesi), rising from fifth place last month and first in Italian fiction.
We will dance to the music they play by Fabio Volo (Mondadori) is in fourth position overall – and second in Italian fiction – from sixth last month. Arrives in fifth grade (from the 17th in November) The song of rebellious hearts by Thrity Umrigar, completing the podium of foreign fiction among Father e Interlude by Sally Rooney (who does not appear in the general top 10 for December at all, stopping in 18th position).
The small independent brand that publishes Umrigar, Pienogiorno bookshophad been frequently spotted topping the 2023 charts with Women who think too muchby Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, which as of December 2024 still survives in 54th position. The second half of the top 10 opens with the debut of Milena Palminteri, with Like bitter orangeBompiani, clearly rising from 26th position in November.
Gianrico Carofiglio confirms himself in seventh position with Praise of ignorance and error (Einaudi; he is second in the essay ranking after Cazzullo). It rises to eighth from ninth place in November Volver. Return for Commissioner Ricciardiby Maurizio De Giovanni, also Einaudi. In December, thanks to Christmas, it also enters the tenth Hitler and Mussolini by Bruno Vespa, Mondadori, from 14th position the previous month: he is in ninth place, but third among the essays.
The top 10 closes Miss Bee and the corpse in the librarythe first title of the new series by Alessia Gazzola, published by Longanesi: in the Italian fiction ranking we find it fifth. In the top 10 comics, Pera Toons (Tunué) places eight titles. To complete there are Jujutsu Kaisen. Sorcery Fight by Gege Akutami (Panini Comics, Planet Manga) in fourth position and Zero limestone con When you die, it remains with me (Bao Publishing) in quinta.
Every month the newspaper of the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) publishes online the list of the 100 best-selling books and sector rankings for foreign and Italian fiction, children’s fiction, non-fiction, manuals and comics. The first 10 positions are freely available for consultation, for the subsequent ones it is necessary to register for free at this link: https://www.giornaledellalibreria.it/categorie/le-classifiche-19.html.
