There was a time when Russia was called one of the most reading countries. What exactly do the inhabitants of the Russian Federation read, what books do they like and buy? In response to this question, RBC experts studied the sales statistics of the largest publishing houses in the country. As a result, were selected best books of 2015readers' ratings have made them the top bestseller of this year.
10. Donna Tartt, "Goldfinch"
Sold 65,285 books
For the best book in 2014, Tartt received the Pulitzer Prize. The story of a thirteen-year-old begins in tragic circumstances - due to an explosion in the New York Museum of Art, his mother is killed, and he is in a state of shock grabbing a picture of one of Rembrandt’s students from the wall and runs out of the building. The traditional "romance about education" in the new environment, where crime and devotion to art coexist.
9. James Dashner, “The Maze Runner”
69,483 books
One of the representatives of the popular “among them” direction of young adult is the novelty of books of 2015 for a youth audience. Imagine an ever-changing labyrinth where monsters live in the darkness, and in the center of it is a valley enclosed by high walls, where teenagers who are awakened and live by memory are awakened. Interesting? That's it.
8. Harper Lee, “To Kill a Mockingbird”
74,142 books
Forever beautiful and forever young classic, which everyone should read. Perhaps the surge in popularity was triggered by the news of the discovery of the second best-selling book of 2015, “Go Put the Watchman,” published in the middle of the year.
7. George Orwell, "1984"
85,000 books
A gloomy anti-utopia about a totalitarian future, where poverty is adjacent to hypocrisy, and for thoughts you can be sent to prison.
6. Jojo Moyes, “See You”
87,913 books
Having lost her job in a cafe, Louise is looking for new livelihoods - because the whole family depends on her ability to earn. After contacting the local employment center, she is offered to look after a completely paralyzed person ... A story about finding oneself with a romantic touch.
5. Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2035
97 459 books
Continuation of “Metro 2033” and “Metro 2034” (we can say with confidence what the fourth book will be called). A gloomy story about the Moscow metro that became inhabited after the nuclear war, where the surviving humanity took refuge. Muscovites can already look after a cozy corner.
4. John Green, “Blame the Stars”
103,321 books
This popular book broke the record for sales in America in 2012, and already in 2014 appeared on movie screens. A touching story about young people suffering from cancer who found each other on the verge of death. Along the way, there is a drunken misanthrope writer, who, amid death and childish feelings, is aware and repents.
3. Andy Weyer, The Martian
107,000 books
A mixture of good old science fiction and survival literature - now anyone caught in a sandstorm on Mars will know what to do. Surely the impact on sales was made by the recently released Ridley Scott blockbuster of the same name.
2. Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
118,445 books
The writer himself lived a long and stormy life - he was a heroin addict, robbed banks, threatening with a toy gun, was caught, received 19 years in prison, escaped two years later and flew to India, where he lived ten years. He got in touch with the criminal world, was a drug courier, was again caught and served six years. In the end, he returned to India, where he became president of the charity foundation. Shantaram is an autobiographical work partially written during the author’s stay in an Australian prison. Although the best book was published five years ago, it continues to enjoy steady popularity in the Russian market.
1. Boris Akunin, “Planet Water”
168,000 books
Tops the readership rating of books of 2015. 56-year-old, but still peppy Erast Petrovich Fandorin descends to the bottom of the sea, looks for a maniac on the tropical islands of the Atlantic, wanders around the Volga region, and investigates the robbery of a train against the backdrop of the ghost of communism walking across Europe. Fantasy about Russia-which-we-lost-still enjoys popular love.
