List of best-sellers for Sant Jordi: Xavier Bosch and Javier Cercas top the ranking

BarcelonaSant Jordi Day has once again been a massive and record-breaking event. Publishers and booksellers were forecasting good figures, given the sales of the previous days, and the sun has done the rest: a record of more than 26 million copies invoiced and 2 million copies sold has been broken. "It is estimated that the overall sales figure will be the best in history and thus continues the growth trend of recent years," states the Book Chamber of Catalonia. Just after 8 p.m., they published the ranking of the best-selling books, trends that will be definitively confirmed next week, including final data from bookstores and sales at street stalls [today's rankings are based on estimates from the member bookstores of the Gremi de Llibreters (Booksellers' Guild) at 2 p.m. and from the days leading up to Sant Jordi, compiled by LibriRed]. These titles represent only about 5% of total titles sold, the Chamber notes.

These are the best-selling books of 2025.

Fiction in Catalan

• Diagonal Manhattan, of Xavier Bosch (Column)
• The catastrophic visit to the zoo, of Joel Dicker (The Bell)
• Strong heart, of Silvia Soler (Universe)
• This piece of life, ofEstrella Solé (Column)
• We dreamed of an island, of Roc Casagran (Universe)

Non-fiction in Catalan

• Between paradise and the apocalypse, by Xavier Sala i Martín (Rose of the Winds)
• The pass into space, of Manel Vidal Boix (Destination)
• The woman of the century, of Toni Cruanyes (Column)

Behind these and with similar sales figures are:

• The art of being human, of David Bueno (Destination)
• The memory of the Catalans, of Borja de Riquer (Editions 62)
• Crimes 4. The Hour of Truth, by Carlos Puerta (The Bell)
• The escape, by Mayka Navarro and Francisco Marco Fernández (Column)

Fiction in Spanish

• In case we return one day, by María Dueñas (Planeta)
• The very catastrophic visit to the zoo, by Joël Dicker (Alfaguara)
• The assistant, by Freida McFadden (Suma)

Behind these and with similar sales figures are:

• In love and in war, by Ildefonso Falcones (Grijalbo)
• The peninsula of empty houses, by David Uclés (Siruela)
• Opposition, by Sara Mesa (Anagrama)
• The sweet existence, of Milena Busquets (Anagram)
• Camera obscura cannon, by Enrique Vila-Matas (Seix Barral)
• Ladies and gentlemen, by Pilar Eyre (Planeta)

Non-fiction in Spanish

• God's fool at the end of the world, of Javier Cercas (Random House)
• Atomic habits, by James Clear (Diana)
• The bridge where the papallones live, by Nazareth Castellanos (Siruela)
• Superconsciousness exists, by Manuel Sans Segarra (Planet)
• How to politely tell someone to fuck off, by Alba Cardalda (Vergara)

Children's and young adult literature in Catalan

• Titón. Excursion to the legend of Sant Jordi, by Cristina Jiménez Carbó (Polar Star)
• The legend of Sant Jordi, by Emma Martínez (Polar Star)

Behind these and with similar sales figures are:

• We treat each other well, by Lucía Serrano (Beascoa)
• What a beastly story, Minimoni!, by Rocío Bonilla (Animalibros)
• My name is Goa 6 - What a drama, Goa, by Miriam Tirado (B de Blok)

Children's and young adult literature in Spanish

• Hunger Games 5: Dawn of the Harvest by Suzanne Collins (Molino)
• Accelerating in red, by Iryna Zubkova (Crossbocks)
• Quicksilver, by Callie Hart (Faeris)

Behind these and with similar sales figures are:

• Fearless, by Lauren Roberts (Alfaguara)
• Our place in the world, by Inma Rubiales (Planeta)