Assegnato il Warwick Prize for Writing

24 febbraio: il Warwick Prize for Writing è stato assegnato a Naomi Klein per il libro “The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism”.

Il Warwick Prize for Writing, assegnato ogni 2 anni, è dedicato ad opere scritte in lingua inglese su un tema che cambia ogni edizione: il tema del 2009 è la complessità.

“The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” è l’ultimo saggio della giornalista canadese autrice di No Logo! Una panoramica sulla storia economica dgli ultimi 50 anni e sull’ascesa del capitalismo dei disastri.

Novità febbraio-marzo 2009

Dal sito del Wall Street Journal tre nuovi romanzi di scrittori esordienti in uscita in questi giorni:

Kathryn Stockett, “The Help” February 10, 2009.

Philipp Meyer, “American Rust” February 24, 2009.

Robert Goolrick, “A Reliable Wife” March 31, 2009.

Comprali su Libon.it!

Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Online, February 12, 2009

UK: top ten bestsellers (8-14 febbraio 2009)

Top 10 paperbacks – fiction

1. “When Will There be Good News?” by Kate Atkinson (Transworld Publishers)

2. “All the Colours of Darkness” by Peter Robinson (Hodder)

3. “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink (Orion)

4. “The Miracle at Speedy Motors” by Alexander McCall Smith (Little Brown)

5. “Change of Heart” by Jodi Picoult (Hodder)

6. “Confessions of a Shopaholic” by Sophie Kinsella (Dell)

7. “The Secret Scripture” by Sebastian Barry (Faber)

8. “Hold Tight” by Harlan Coben (Orion)

9. “The Gargoyle” by Andrew Davidson (Canongate)

10. “Revolutionary Road” by Richard Yates (Vintage)

Top 10 paperbacks – non fiction

1. “Jordan” by Katie Price (Arrow)

2. “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher” by Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury)

3. “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama (Canongate)

4. “Shadows of the Workhouse” by Jennifer Worth (Orion)

5. “The Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama (Canongate)

6.  “Cut” by Cathy Glass (Harper)

7. “Endal” by Allen and Sandra Parton (Harper)

8. “Marley and Me” by John Grogan (Hodder)

9. “He’s Just Not That into You” by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (Harper)

10. “The Bolter” by Frances Osborne (Little, Brown)

Fonte: The Sunday Times Bestseller List, February 22, 2009

La lista è pubblicata da “The Bookseller”, i dati sono forniti da Nielsen BookScan e si riferiscono alla settimana 8-14 febbraio 2009.

Germania: i più venduti della settimana (9-14 febbraio 2009)

I libri più venduti i Germania: settimana dal 9 al 14 febbraio 2009.

FICTION:

1. “Biss zum Morgengrauen” Stephenie Meyer (Piper Verlag)

2. “Biss zum Morgengrauen” Stephenie Meyer (Piper Verlag)

3. “Das Echo der Schuld” Charlotte Link (Blanvalet Verlag)

4. “Der Vorleser” Bernhard Schlink (Diogenes)

5. “Die Vermessung der Welt” Daniel Kehlmanns (Rowohlt)

6. “Mörderische Tage” Andreas Franz (Droemer Knaur)

7. “Die Chemie des Todes” Simon Beckett (Rowohlt)

8. “Mieses Karma” David Safier (Rowohlt)

9. “Verblendung” Stieg Larsson (Heyne Verlag)

10. “Die Frau im Mond” Milena Agus (Hoffmann)

NON FICTION:

1. “Die Leber wächst mit ihren Aufgaben” Eckart von Hirschhausen (Rowohlt)

2. “Gomorrha” Roberto Saviano (Hanser, Carl)

3. “Denken Sie selbst! Sonst tun es andere für Sie” Vince Ebert (Rowohlt)

4. “Schmitz’ Katze” Ralf Schmitz (Fischer)

5. “Generation Doof” Anne Weiss, Stefan Bonner (Luebbe)

6. “Alles über Bella und Edward” Lois H. Gresh, (Piper)

7. “Der Crash kommt” Max Otte (Ullstein)

8. “Der Mathematikverführer” Christoph Drösser (Rowohlt)

9. “Fucking Berlin” Sonia Rossi (Ullstein)

10. “Verheimlicht – vertuscht – vergessen” Wisnewski, Gerhard (Knaur)

Fonte: SPIEGEL ONLINE, 20.02.2009

I dati relativi ai libri più venduti in Germania ogni settimana forniti da SPIEGEL ONLINE sono ricavati da una rete di 350 librerie sul territorio tedesco.

U.S.A. Best-sellers Books (WSJ) 8-14 febbraio 2009

La lista dei libri più venduti in U.S.A. Settimana dall’8 al 14 febbraio 2009.

FICTION

1.”Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw” Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

2. “The Associate”  John Grisham (Random House)

3. “Eclipse” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

4. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

5. “Run for Your Life” James Patterson (Little Brown)

6. “The Host” Stephenie Meyer, (Little Brown)

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8. “Diary of a Wimpy Rodrick Rules” Jeff Kinney (Penguin)

9. “Bone Crossed” Patricia Briggs (Ace Books)

10. “The Graveyard Book” Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)

NONFICTION

1. “The Yankee Years” Joe Torre, Tom Verducci (Random House)

2. “ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” Steve Harvey (Amistad)

3. “Outliers The Story of Success” Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown)

4. “The Three Laws of Performance” Steve Zaffron, Dave Logan (John Wiley)

5. “I Can Make You Thin” Paul McKenna (Sterling)

6.”Uncommon Finding Your Path to Significance” Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale House)

7. “Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)

8. “Get Motivated!” Tamara Lowe (Doubleday Business)

9. “Strengthsfinder 2.0” Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

10. “Obama The Historic Front Pages” D.E. Cohen, M. Greenberg (Sterling Publishing)

Fonte: Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2009

La lista pubblicata dal Wall Street Journal rappresenta le vendite nazionali di libri durante la settimana dall’8 al 14 febbraio 2009 nelle oltre 2.500 librerie Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co, Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano’s, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners e Waldenbooks oltre alle vendite online di Amazon.com e barnesandnoble.com

UK: top ten bestsellers (1-7 febbraio 2009)

Top 10 paperbacks – fiction

1. “The Miracle at Speedy Motors” by Alexander McCall Smith (Little Brown)

2. “When Will There be Good News?” by Kate Atkinson (Transworld Publishers)

3. “All the Colours of Darkness” by Peter Robinson (Hodder)

4. “Change of Heart” by Jodi Picoult (Hodder)

5. “Hold Tight” by Harlan Coben (Orion)

6. “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink (Orion)

7. “Revolutionary Road” by Richard Yates (Vintage)

8. “The Gargoyle” by Andrew Davidson (Canongate)

9. “Friday Nights” by Joanna Trollope (Black Swan)

10. “The Secret Scripture” by Sebastian Barry (Faber)

Top 10 paperbacks – non fiction

1. “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher” by Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury)

2. “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama (Canongate)

3. “Shadows of the Workhouse” by Jennifer Worth (Orion)

4. “The Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama (Canongate)

5. “Jordan” by Katie Price (Arrow)

6. “Marley and Me” by John Grogan (Hodder)

7. “Cityboy” by Geraint Anderson (Headline)

8. “Endal” by Allen and Sandra Parton (Harper)

9. “The Bolter” by Frances Osborne (Little, Brown)

10. “Who Runs Britain?” by Robert Peston (Hodder)

Fonte: The Sunday Times Bestseller List, February 15, 2009

La lista è pubblicata da “The Bookseller”, i dati sono forniti da Nielsen BookScan e si riferiscono alla settimana 1-7 febbraio 2009.

U.S.A. Best-sellers Books (WSJ) 1-7 febbraio 2009

La lista dei libri più venduti in U.S.A. Settimana dall’1 al 7 febbraio 2009.

FICTION

1. “The Associate”  John Grisham (Random House)

2.”Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw” Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

3. “Run for Your Life” James Patterson (Little Brown)

4. “Eclipse” Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

5. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)

6. “Bone Crossed” Patricia Briggs (Ace Books)

7. “The Host” Stephenie Meyer, (Little Brown)

8. “Diary of a Wimpy Rodrick Rules” Jeff Kinney (Penguin)

9. “The Graveyard Book” Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)

10. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

NONFICTION

1. “The Yankee Years” Joe Torre, Tom Verducci (Random House)

2. “ACT Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” Steve Harvey (Amistad)

3. “Outliers The Story of Success” Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown)

4. “I Can Make You Thin” Paul McKenna (Sterling)

5.”Uncommon Finding Your Path to Significance” Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (Tyndale House)

6. “Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)

7. “Strengthsfinder 2.0” Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

8. “The Three Laws of Performance” Steve Zaffron, Dave Logan (John Wiley)

9. “Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World” by Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central)

10. “A slobbering love affair” Bernard Goldberg (Regnery)

Fonte: Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2009

La lista pubblicata dal Wall Street Journal rappresenta le vendite nazionali di libri durante la settimana dall’1 al 7 febbraio 2009 nelle oltre 2.500 librerie Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co, Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano’s, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners e Waldenbooks oltre alle vendite online di Amazon.com e barnesandnoble.com

Letteratura proibita

HarperPerennial pubblica una nuova edizione di dieci “romanzi erotici”nella collana “Forbidden Classics”.

Tra i romanzi ripubblicati due titoli del Diciottesimo secolo: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure di John Cleland  (1748 e 1749, generalmente noto come Fanny Hill), e Justine del Marchese de Sade (1791).

“Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleaure” by John Cleland, HarperPerennial

“Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue” by D.A.F. Marquis de Sade, HarperPerennial

“Venus in Furs” by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, HarperPerennial

“The Way of a Man with a Maid” by Anonymous, HarperPerennial

“The Autobiography of a Flea” by Stanislas de Rhodes, HarperPerennial

“Sadopaideia” by Anonymous, HarperPerennial

“The Pearl: Two Erotic Tales” by Anonymous, Harper Perennial

“My Secret Life” by Walter, HarperPerennial

“Venus in India” by Charles Devereaux, HarperPerennial

“Emmanuelle” by Emmanuelle Arsan, translated by Lowell Bair
HarperPerennial

Germania: i più venduti della settimana (2-7 febbraio 2009)

I libri più venduti i Germania: settimana dal 2 al 7 febbraio 2009.

FICTION:

1. “Biss zum Morgengrauen” Stephenie Meyer (Piper Verlag)

2. “Das Echo der Schuld” Charlotte Link (Blanvalet Verlag)

3. “Die Vermessung der Welt” Daniel Kehlmanns (Rowohlt)

4. “Mieses Karma” David Safier (Rowohlt)

5. “Die Chemie des Todes” Simon Beckett (Rowohlt)

6. “Verblendung” Stieg Larsson (Heyne Verlag)

7. “Die Stimmen des Flusses” Jaume Cabrè (Insel Verlag)

8. “Kalte Asche” Simon Beckett (Rowohlt)

9. “Verdammnis” Stieg Larsson (Heyne Verlag)

10.

NON FICTION:

1. “Die Leber wächst mit ihren Aufgaben” Eckart von Hirschhausen (Rowohlt)

2. “Schmitz’ Katze” Ralf Schmitz (Fischer)

3. “Denken Sie selbst! Sonst tun es andere für Sie” Vince Ebert (Rowohlt)

4. “Gomorrha” Roberto Saviano (Hanser, Carl)

5. “Generation Doof” Anne Weiss, Stefan Bonner (Luebbe)

6. “Der Mathematikverführer” Christoph Drösser (Rowohlt)

7. “Der Crash kommt” Max Otte (Ullstein)

8. “Verheimlicht – vertuscht – vergessen” Wisnewski, Gerhard (Knaur)

9. “Fucking Berlin” Sonia Rossi (Ullstein)

10. “Happy Aua” Bastian Sick (Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH)

Fonte: SPIEGEL ONLINE, 12.02.2009

I dati relativi ai libri più venduti in Germania ogni settimana forniti da SPIEGEL ONLINE sono ricavati da una rete di 350 librerie sul territorio tedesco.

UK: top ten bestsellers (25-31 gennaio 2009)

Top 10 paperbacks – fiction

1. “Change of Heart” by Jodi Picoult (Hodder)

2. “When Will There be Good News?” by Kate Atkinson (Transworld Publishers)

3. “Hold Tight” by Harlan Coben (Orion)

4. “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink (Orion)

5. “Friday Nights” by Joanna Trollope (Black Swan)

6. “Revolutionary Road” by Richard Yates (Vintage)

7. “The Reapers” by John Connolly (Hodder)

8. “The Brutal Art” by Jesse Kellerman (Little, Brown)

9. “Remember Me?“ by Sophie Kinsella (Transworld Publishers)

10. “Tell Me Something” by Adele Parks (Penguin)

Top 10 paperbacks – non fiction

1. “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher” by Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury)

2. “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama (Canongate)

3. “The Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama (Canongate)

4. “Shadows of the Workhouse” by Jennifer Worth (Orion)

5. “Marley and Me” by John Grogan (Hodder)

6. “Endal” by Allen and Sandra Parton (Harper)

7. “The Bolter” by Frances Osborne (Little, Brown)

8. “Cityboy” by Geraint Anderson (Headline)

9. “Scarred” Sophie Andrews (Hodder)

10. “Somewhere Towards the End” by Diana Athill (Granta)

Fonte: The Sunday Times Bestseller List, February 8, 2009

La lista è pubblicata da “The Bookseller”, i dati sono forniti da Nielsen BookScan e si riferiscono alla settimana 25-31 gennaio 2009.