At the 16th Bookfest International Book Fair, which ended on Sunday at Romexpo, “Bordello Carnations. Stories” by Radu Paraskivescu became a bestseller at the Humanitas publishing house, followed by two volumes signed by Andriy Plesho: “Masterpieces in Dialogue” and “Eye and Things”. The Portofino Hotel by JP O’Connell and The Reserve, Prince Harry’s memoir, became bestsellers on the Unrest. Three of Fredrik Buckman’s books are among the top 10 sellers of the ART publishing group, and among the art books published by Litera were the signatures of Shelly Reed, Hanya Yanagihara, Damon Galgut, Doina Rusty. In the Polirom publishing house, readers bought Olga Tokarchuk’s “Books of Yakov”, as well as the anniversary edition of Gabriela Adameshtianu’s “Lost Morning”.

Humanitas

• 1. Radu Paraskivescu “Carnations in a public house. Story”
• 2. Andrii Pleshu, “Masterpieces in Dialogue”
• 2. Andrii Pleshu, “Eye and Things”
• 3. Katalin Vasilescu, “Bestiary. Seven stories with surgeons and their scandalous operations”
• 4. Gabriel Liichanu, “Exit”
• 5. Tetiana Niculescu “An Englishman from the North Station. Based on a true story”
• 6. Alex Drace-Francis, “The history of polenta. Global history of the national dish”
• 7. Oliver Jens Schmitt “The state church or the church in the state? History of the Romanian Orthodox Church, 1918–2023”
• 8. Michnea Marutze, “Virtual identity. How and why social networks are changing us”
• 9. Liviu Stenescu, “I was at the edge of the world”
• 10. Tudor Dinu “Fashion in Wallachia. Between Phanar, Vienna and Paris, 1800-1850.

Polirom Publishing House.

• 1. “Books of Jacob”, Olga Tokarchuk
• 2. “Lost morning. Anniversary edition. 40 years since its appearance”, Gabriela Adameshtianu
• 3. “Kiwi 2023. Anthology of short prose. The past”, Marius Chivu (compiler)
• 4. “Granddaughter”, Bernhard Schlink
• 5. “Our unexpected brothers”, Amin Maaluf
• 6. “Escape from Auschwitz. The Story of Rudolph Vrba”, Jonathan Friedland
• 7. “Shakespeare. The World as a Stage,” Bill Bryson
• 8. A Cultural History of Madness, Andrew Scull
• 9. “Love in the time of hatred. Chronicle of one feeling (1929-1939)”, Florian Illis
• 10. “Tolstoy”, Henri Troy

Curtea Veche Publishing House

Top 5 Romanian authors

• “The hay was beautiful under my flowers.” Notes of the Romanian Ambassador in Paris between Bataclan ’15 and COVID-19 is one of the most anticipated books of Bookfest, signed by historian Adrian Coroianu.
• “When the body says no” by Gabor Mate continues to enjoy reader appreciation and remained a bestseller at this edition of the Book Fair.
• “Careful teachers. Sânziana, fata Soarelui” by Alexa Donovichi became one of the most anticipated volumes of children’s literature of the year from the series of stories “Caring Teachers”.
• “Photo code. Observation. Space-time-light-emotions. Moment of grace” by Vlada Efteni is another new title, a volume that has already been appreciated by the public as an aesthetic tool from which one can learn how to take unique photographs.
• The Road Without Priority by Marianne Godine is a collection of short stories in search of meaning, in which readers will discover moments of both Marianne Godine’s personal and professional life.

Top 5 foreign authors

• Gabor Mate
• Gary Chapman
• Loretta Graziano Bruning
• Daniel Goleman
• Barbara Oakley

“Nemira” and “Nemi” publishing houses.

• 1. “Hotel Portofino”, J. P. O’Connell
• 2. The Reserve, Prince Harry
• 3. “Daughter from Auschwitz”, Tova Friedman and Malcolm Brabant
• 4. “Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles
• 5. It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey
• 6. “Asylum” by Sarah Pierce
• 7. Dune Hunters by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
• 8. “Living Fire”, Stephen King
• 9. “The girl cries in a glass”, Nora Yuga
• 10. “Who do you love more?”, Mihaela Buruyane

Germans

• 1. “Tina and her first ballet shoes”, Marilyn Singer
• 2. “Lava”, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
• 3. “Save the baby koala”, Tilda Kelly
• 4. “The Chicken That Didn’t Quit”, Jill Tomlinson
• 5. “The Little Penguin”, Tilda Kelly

Editorial group of ART

Books for adults:

• And every morning the journey home gets longer, by Fredrik Buckman, Musai Collection, Art Publishing House
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, Paladin Publishers.
• “Anxious people”, Fredrik Buckman, “Musai” collection, “ART” publishing house.
• “How to Know Your Cat is Planning to Kill You”, Oatmeal, Grafic Fun Collection, Grafic Publishing
• Circe, by Madeline Miller, Paladin Publishers
• Goodbye Ceausescu, Romain Dutter, Paul Bona, Bouqe, Grafic Publishing
• “History of writing. From cuneiform to emoji”, Vitaly Konstantinov, “Grafik” publishing house.
• “A Man Named Uwe”, Fredrik Buckman, Musai Collection, Mystetsvo Publishing House.
• “Grandma told me to tell you she was sorry,” Fredrik Beckman, Musai Collection, Art Publishing
• “The Devotee”, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Musai Collection, Art Publishing House

Children and adolescents:

• The 52 Story Tree by Andy Griffiths, Arthur Publishing.
• “Dog Man #4. Dog-Man and Super-Cat”, by Dave Pilkey, MiniGraphic Collection, Grafic Publishers
• “Club of babysitters. Christy’s Great Idea,” Raina Telgemeier, based on the novel by Anne M. Martin, MiniGraphic Collection, Grafic Publishing
• “The Odd 1s Out” by James Rallison, MiniGraphic Collection, Grafic Publishing
• “Captain Pantyhose and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Space Cooks”, Dav Pilkey, MiniGraphic Collection, Grafic Publishers
• “SpongeBob Comics #1. Mad Sea Adventures’ by Stephen Hillenberg, MiniGraphic Collection, Grafic Publishers
• “Home”, Alex Moldovan, Youngart publishing house
• “Order of storytellers 15”, Artur publishing house
• “The Astronaut’s Horns and 116 Other Nonsense”, Carmen Tiederle, ill. Vali Petridean, Arthur publishing house
• “Heroes of Olympus #3. Symbol of Athena’, Rick Riordan, Orange Fantasy Collection, Arthur Publishing

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Fiction:

• “Life is like a river” by Shelley Reed
• Hanya Yanagihara “To Paradise”.
• The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
• “Malna”, Beatrice Salvioni
• Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
• “The lechers from Gorgani. 52 more weirdos”, Doina Rusti
• “Measure of Life” by Nikki Ehrlick
• “Snow Country” by Sebastian Faulks
• The forest is burning under our feet, Jens Lillestrand
• Until Memories Are Erased by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Non-fiction:

• “You Can’t Hurt Me” by David Hoggins
• “Social Impact” by Zoe Chance
• “8 Rules of Love” by Jay Shetty
• “Emotional heritage”, Halit Atlas
• “Closer to Love” by Vex King

Modern prose:

• “Devil from Friesetzburg”, Roxana Rousseur
• “Neuroleptic”, Dorian Drone
• “The Thief in the Garden of Wonders” by Adrian Majuro
• “Birth of a Hero”, Andrii Unguryanu
• “a.normal”, Andriy Velya

Children’s book:

• “Adventure Atlas. Dinosaurs”
• “Encyclopedia of the world in numbers”
• Rosewood Chronicle Box by Connie Glynn.
• “Super easy. Math. A practical guide for school and home”
• Series: “My first Montessori notebook”