women take power – L’Express

2024-08-16 16:54:10

Among the rest of the summer, or even of the quarter, here are six women, proud representatives of the genre that is in progress, rising. So the four The times (Hugo Roman) by Morgane Moncomble, has reached, at least, stratospheric sales of 630,000 copies (including 240,000 for volume I, Autumn to forgive you).

Well, we forgive you, even Sarah Rivens, another star of romance (black that one), which carries volume I of Lakestone (Hlab) in the 10th place, volume I of Captivity, published in August 2022 (!) in the 16th place (thus accumulating 67 weeks of presence in our historical charts) and volume II (dating from January 2023) in the 20th position. Here again, the numbers give you chills. The first volume of Captivity shows 430,000 copies on the table, 2nd 290,000 and its Lakestone (published in January of this year) close to 235,000 copies.

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Who said it best? Not Chloé Wallerand, the lady of another romance, of volume IV of his series The Children of Bliss (Plumes du Web) is in 15th place with 45,000 copies. Not so bad these days. To end this genre which has more wind in its sails than usual, we must also refer to Hazel Diaz and volume I of her Kiara. Diamond scratched by blood (L’Archipel, released May 16, 2024), a perfect example of black as its title indicates, with 60,000 copies, the American Ana Huang of the first volume of the series The rotation, Dynamic Love (Hugo Roman, released in October 2023), exceeded 142,000 copies and Anita Riggins appeared, after its release, in second place with Game of Liars (Hugo Roman).

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And the honorable man? It is saved by Philippe Collin who continues his race in the championship as well The Ritz Bartender (Albin Michel), a summer event that sold close to 130,000 copies. And by another very pleasant surprise of the semester, Mona’s eyes by Thomas Schlesser, also published by Albin Michel, which was a hit with 245,000 copies sold in just seven months, while the novel Forest animals (Rosie & Wolf) by Joël Dicker has reached 355,000 copies.

We will also mention Guillaume Musso, Franck Thilliez and Jean-Baptiste Andrea for gender. In total, there are 14 stories by women, and six by men. An abnormality is rare enough to be reported.