By Carlo Carrenho, PublishNews.com.br
Every month, PublishNews Brazil will publish a summary of PublishNews‘ monthly bestseller list. The original list, in Portuguese, has weekly, monthly and annual bestseller lists. View the bestseller lists in Portuguese here.
PublishNewsBrazil will offer three consolidated lists:
- The 20 bestselling books in Brazil by Brazilian authors.
- The 20 bestselling books in Brazil by foreign authors.
- The 10 bestselling publishers classified by the number of titles that hit PublishNews’ list of bestsellers list.
Our goal is to give readers simple, but broad overview of the Brazilian market and its bestselling titles and players.
Enjoy the lists for January 2011 below:
Bestsellers by Brazilian Authors
- Ágape by Marcelo Rossi (Globo Livros) – Religion / Self-Help
- 1822 by Laurentino Gomes (Nova Fronteira) – Brazilian History
- 1808 by Laurentino Gomes (Planeta do Brazil) – Brazilian History
- O semeador de ideias by Augusto Cury (Academia de inteligência) – Fiction / Motivational
- A batalha do apocalipse by Eduardo Spohr (Verus) – Fiction
- Fora de mim by Martha Medeiros (Objetiva) – Fiction
- Guia politicamente incorreto da história do Brasil by Leonardo Narloch (LeYa) – Brazilian History
- Ricardo Amaral apresenta Vaudeville by Ricardo Amaral (LeYa) – Biography
- 50 anos a mil by Lobão (Nova Fronteira) – Biography
- 51 atitudes para vencer na vida e na carreira by Carlos Hilsdorf (Clio Editora) – Business
- Mentes perigosas – O psicopata mora ao lado by Ana Beatriz Silvia (Fontanar) – Psychology
- Eles continuam entre nós – vol. 2 by Zibia Gasparetto (Vida e Consciência) – Fiction / Spirituality
- O que realmente importa? by Anderson Cavalcante (Gente) – Self-help
- Cardápios nota 10 by Guilherme de Azevedo Ribeiro (Bertrand Brasil) – Diet
- De frente com a verdade by Monica de Castro (Vida e Consciência) – Spirituality
- Nosso lar by Chico Xavier (FEB) – Spirituality
- Mentes brilhantes, mentes treinadas by Augusto Cury (Academia de Inteligência) – Motivational
- Se abrindo pra vidaby Zibia Gasparetto (Vida e Consciência) – Spirituality
- 12 meses para enriquecer by Marcos Silvestre (Lua de Papel) – Personal finance
- José Alencar – Amor à vida by Eliane Cantanhede (Sextante) – Biography
Bestsellers by Foreign Authors
- Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (Novo Conceito) – Fiction
- The Shack by William P. Young (Sextante) – Fiction
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Objetiva) – Biography
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (Novo Conceito) – Fiction
- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (Novo Conceito) – Fiction
- The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (Agir) – Fiction
- Committed: A Love Story by Elizabeth Gilbert (Objetiva) – Biography
- Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov & Andrea Holcbeg (Sextante) – Self-help
- The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (Intrínseca) – Young adult
- Life by Keith Richards (Globo) – Biography
- The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich (Intrínseca) – Biography
- The New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Intrínseca) – Fiction
- The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupéry (Agir) – Children’s
- After the Darkness by Sidney Sheldon & Tilly Bagshawe (Record) – Fiction
- The Host
by Stephenie Meyer (Intrínseca) – Fiction - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan(Intrínseca) – Young adult
- The Sea of Monstors by Rick Riordan (Intrínseca) – Young adult
- The Servant by James Hunter(Sextante) – Business
- The Power by Rhonda Byrne (Agir) – Self-help
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker (Sextante) – Motivational
Bestselling Brazilian Publishers
- Sextante
- Ediouro
- Intrínseca
- Record
- Elsevier
- LeYa
- Planeta
- Fundamento
- Novo Conceito
- Vida e Consciência