Who were the 10 best-selling Catalan authors in 2025?
The list is topped by the latest novels from Xavier Bosch, Sílvia Soler and Estel Solé
BarcelonaDiagonal Manhattan, by Xavier Bosch (Column); Strong heart, by Silvia Soler (Universo), and This piece of lifeThe three novels originally written in Catalan that sold the most copies in 2025, according to the Libridata list, an online digital platform linked to the Guild of Booksellers of Catalonia that records the daily sale of books in more than 150 points in Catalonia, including bookstores and large stores. Bosch, Soler and Solé were already the best-selling authors during the last Sant Jordi festival. To which we should add Joël Dicker, although since it is a translation, it is not included in this ranking.
In fourth position is We dreamed of an island, by Roc Casagran (Univers), with which the author from Sabadell won the last Sant Jordi prize, and in fifth place the thriller You won't sleep, by Oriol Canals (Compass Rose), one of the surprises of the seasonThe sixth and seventh positions on the list are occupied by two of the long-sellers most notable of recent years; I sing and the mountain dances, by Irene Solà (Anagrama), and Panties in the sunby Regina Rodríguez Sirvent (La Campana). Solà's book was published in 2019, and Rodríguez Sirvent's in 2022.
They close the Libridata list On the other side of fear, by Marta Orriols (Proa); The game of silence, by Gil Pratsobrerroca (La Campana), and Perfectly imperfectby Carla Gracia Mercadé (Universo). Both Pratsobrerroca's and Gracia Mercadé's novels have been unexpected successes, as has Canals's.
The list of the ten best-selling books written in Catalan in 2025.
- Diagonal Manhattanby Xavier Bosch (Column)
- Strong heartby Silvia Soler (Universe)
- This piece of lifeBy Estrella Solé (Column)
- We dreamed of an islandby Roc Casagran (Universe)
- You won't sleep, by Oriol Canals (Compass Rose)
- I sing and the mountain dancesby Irene Solà (Anagrama)
- Panties in the sun, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent (La Campana)
- On the other side of fear, by Marta Orriols (Proa)
- The game of silence, by Gil Pratsobrerroca (La Campana)
- Perfectly imperfect, by Carla Gracia (Universe)