The definitive list of the best-selling books for Sant Jordi 2026

BarcelonaThe Guild of Booksellers of Catalonia confirmed this Wednesday, two weeks after Sant Jordi, the record figures that were advanced at the end of the celebration: 26.7 million euros were invoiced, a figure that represents a slight increase compared to the 26.1 million in 2025. For the celebration, 2 million copies were sold, corresponding to 71,000 different titles.

The Guild has also made public the definitive rankings of the best-selling books, which represent 7% of the total, with some changes compared to the trend lists announced during the celebration, which were limited to the first five titles in each category. The top spots in the four lists are for Regina Rodríguez Sirvent, Òscar Andreu, Eduardo Mendoza, and James Clear, who moves up compared to the figures from the celebration.

The most significant changes in Catalan fiction are that Albert Sánchez Piñol enters at number 3 with Després del naufragi and Agnès Marquès also moves up to 5th place with the Ramon Llull prize, La segona vida de Ginebra Vern. Following them are the Sant Jordi prize by Carles Rebassa and the Santa Eulàlia prize by Roger Bastida. Regina Rodríguez Sirvent enters the list twice: the book that was the surprise of the 2023 ranking, Les calces al sol, is still in 8th place.

In Spanish, the Nadal prize winner David Uclés' La ciudad de las luces muertas

In Spanish, the Nadal Prize by David Uclés rises to number 2, Why was the definitive list released two weeks after the celebration? It was the same last year. According to the Guild, since Sant Jordi fell on a Thursday, the bulk of sales from stalls (which represent 40% of sales) were not entered into the LibriRed system until the following week, so they had to be separated from the usual bookstore sales of that week, which also had a mid-week holiday. The lists are compiled using LibriRed and GFK estimates for stores that are not part of it.

The best-selling books for Sant Jordi 2026

Catalan continues to be the dominant language of the Diada, unlike the rest of the year. This 2026, 54.7% of the books sold have been in Catalan and 45.3% in Spanish. It must be said that if we look at it by genre, 71% of children's and young adult books are in Catalan, in fiction and non-fiction the parity is extreme at 50%, and, on the other hand, in comics 36% are sold in Catalan and 64% in Spanish.

By genre, fiction represents 37% of the books dispatched, children's and young adult literature 29%, non-fiction 22.3%, and comics 11.6%, according to the Gremi.

Fiction in Catalan

Midnight popcorn, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent (La Campana)The game of silence, by Gil Pratsobrerroca (La Campana)After the shipwreck, by Albert Sánchez Piñol (Univers)You have never been alone, by Albert Espinosa (Rosa dels Vents)Ginebra Vern's second life, by Agnès Marquès (Columna)Prometheus in a thousand ways, by Carles Rebassa (Univers)Passeig de Gràcia, by Roger Bastida (Comanegra)Trousers in the sun, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent (La Campana)Fish, by Eva Baltasar (Club Editor)The city of dead lights, by David Uclés (Destino)Non-fiction in Spanish

Defense manual of Catalan, byÓscar Andreu (Univers)Where the light is born, by Oriol Mitjà (Columna)Anatomy of hope, by Francesc Torralba (Destino)Quick and easy cooking, by Arnau París (Ara Llibres)The last time I tell you goodbye, by Natza Farré (Angle)Impact, by Carles Porta (La Campana)Dragon Ball and philosophy: strength, power, and destiny in the construction of the hero, by Claudio Kulesko (Blackie Books)Garland: words, losses, and other celebrations, by Maria Rovira (Blackie Books)We were so young, by Silvia Soler (Univers)Relic, by Pol Guasch (Anagrama)Children's and young adult literature in Spanish

My name is Goa 10. What a mess, Goa!, by Miriam Tirado (B de Blok)Valentina de Montblanc, by Míriam Bonastre Tur (Entredos)Titó, excursion to the legend of Saint George,, by Cristina Jiménez Carbó (Estrella Polar)Fiesta mayor 2. Saint George and the dragon, by Oriol Garcia Molsosa (Combel)The Faura. Between sense and desire, by Mar Picó (Montena)The legend of Saint George, by Gina Samba (Estrella Polar)Ticniks 3. Vampi, by Meritxell Martí i Xavier Salomó (Combel)Titó: excursion with dinosaurs, by Cristina Jiménez Carbó (Estrella Polar)Pitus's zoo, by Carles Miralles and Galleta María (La Galera)The legend of Saint George, by Emma Martínez (Estrella Polar)Saint George and the dragon, by Oriol Garcia Molsosa (Combel)Fiction in Spanish

The intrigue of the inconvenient funeral, byEduardo Mendoza (Seix Barral)The city of dead lights, by David Uclés (Destino)You will eat flowers, by Lucía Solla Sobral (Libros del Asteroide)Lie, by Juan Gómez Jurado (Ediciones B)A good girl, by Elísabet Benavent (Suma de Letras)Maite, by Fernando Aramburu (Tusquets) It will bear your name, by Sonsoles Ónega (Planeta)The assistant, by Freida McFadden (Suma de Letras)You were never alone, by Albert Espinosa (Grijalbo)The peninsula of empty houses, by David Uclés (Siruela)Non-fiction in Spanish

Atomic Habits, by James Clear (Diana)Murdoku: 80 logic and murder puzzles, by Manuel Garand (Temas De Hoy)Happy Menopause, by Sandra Moñino (Harpercollins)Neuroscience for Real Life: the 10 steps that improve your brain, by Ana Ibáñez (Planeta)Cooking for Everyone: the 560 recipes that never fail, by Karlos Arguiñano (Planeta)How to Make Good Things Happen to You, by Marian Rojas (Espasa)Lifting Grief, by Paz Padilla (Harper Collins)Novitiate Instruction, by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita (Blackie Books)Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl (Herder)Kindness, Compassion, and Friendliness to Live with Joy, by Víctor Kuppers (Plataforma)Children's and young adult literature in Spanish

If we were eternal, by Emma Gil (Martínez Roca)Tommen's Boys 01. Binding 13, by Chloe Walsh (Montena)KPop Demon Hunters. For the fans!, by various authors (Montena)Godeik 1. Godeik and the cursed gem, by Godeik (Destino)Jude's Echoes, by Joana Marcús (Montena)Game Changers 02. More than rivals, by Rachel Reid (Montena)El Rulas 05, by Animalize21 (Destino)My name is Goa 10. What a mess, Goa!, by Miriam Tirado (B de Blok)The Russian 03, by Alesgf (Destino)Guinness World Records 2026, by Guinness World Records (Planeta)