The definitive ranking of the best-selling books for Sant Jordi 2025

BarcelonaThe Catalan Booksellers' Guild confirmed this Wednesday, two weeks after Sant Jordi, the record figures that were announced the night before: €26 million in sales, representing a 2.8% increase compared to 2024, and 2 million copies sold. According to the Book Chamber, "these figures make this year's day the best in history and reaffirm the consolidation of the growth trend of recent years." It turns out that Easter, so close to Sant Jordi, instead of harming sales, actually boosted them.

Following the usual trend for the day, 52.3% of the books sold were in Catalan and 47.7% in Spanish. If we look at it by district, Catalan always wins, except in Tarragona: in Barcelona, Catalan accounted for 51.6% of copies sold, in Girona 64.3%, in Lleida 61.3%, and in Tarragona 49.5%.

74,450 different titles were sold, which demonstrates "the creative talent, the editorial power, and the extent of the bookseller network," according to the sector itself. By genre, fiction represents 35%, children's and young adult literature 29.9%, non-fiction 23.8%, and comics 11.3%.

This Wednesday, the final rankings of the best-selling books were also published, with few changes compared to the trending lists from two weeks ago. The top of the four lists are Xavier Bosch, Xavier Sala y Martín, Javier Cercas, and Joël Dicker, who replaces María Dueñas in first place (in Catalan, Dicker drops one position, leaving Silvia Soler in second place). Industry sources point out that these lists represent less than 6% of sales. The list is compiled using data from LibriRed (which brings together 230 bookstores), including sales from street stalls, and according to estimates by GFK.

Definitive lists of the best-selling books in 2025

Fiction in Catalan

1. Diagonal Manhattan, of Xavier Bosch (Column)
2. Strong heart, of Silvia Soler (Universe)
3. The catastrophic visit to the zoo, of Joel Dicker (The Bell)
4. This piece of life, ofEstrella Solé (Column)
5. We dreamed of an island, of Roc Casagran (Universe)
6. In love and war, ofIldefonso Falcones (Rose of the Winds)
7. The assistant, by Freida McFadden (Rose of the Winds)
8. The darkness of the heart, by Albert Sánchez Piñol (La Campana)
9. You won't sleep, ofOriol Canals (Rose of the Winds)
10. The Golden Book, of Lluís Llach (Universe Books)

Non-fiction in Catalan

1. Between paradise and the apocalypse, of Xavier Sala i Martín (Rose of the Winds)
2. The pass to space, of Manel Vidal Boix (Destination)
3. Crimes 4. The Hour of Truth, by Carlos Porta (La Campana)
4. The art of being human, of David Bueno (Destination)
5. The woman of the century, of Toni Cruanyes (Column)
6. The memory of the Catalans, of Borja de Riquer (Editions 62)
7. How to get shit started politely, by Alba Cardalda (Rose of the Winds)
8. The passion of strangers, of Marina Garcés (Gutenberg Galaxy)
9. Superconsciousness exists, by Manuel Sans and Juan Cebrián (Column)
10. The escape, by Mayka Navarro and Francisco Marco Fernández (Column)

Fiction in Spanish

Of the books sold in Spanish for Sant Jordi, fiction accounts for 36.5%, non-fiction 27%, children's and young adult literature 20.4%, and comics 16.1%.

1. The very catastrophic visit to the zoo, of Joel Dicker (Alfaguara)
2. In case we return one day, by María Dueñas (Planeta)
3. The assistant, by Freida McFadden (Suma)
4. In love and in war, by Ildefonso Falcones (Grijalbo)
5. Those who don't sleep. NASH, by Dolores Redondo (Destino Editions)
6. The peninsula of empty houses, by David Uclés (Siruela)
7. Opposition, of Sara Mesa (Anagram)
8. The boy who lost the war, by Julia Navarro (Plaza & Janés)
9. The master plan, by Javier Sierra (Editorial Planeta)
10. The bad habit, by Alana S. Portero (Seix Barral)

Non-fiction in Spanish

1. God's Fool at the End of the World, of Javier Cercas (Random House)
2. Atomic Habits, by James Clear (Diana Editorial)
3. How to say fuck off politely, by Alba Cardalda (Vergara)
4. Superconsciousness exists, by Manuel Sans and Juan Cebrián (Editorial Planeta)
5. The bridge where the papallones live, by Nazareth Castellanos (Siruela)
6. The mind also plays, by Andrés Iniesta (Espada Libros)
7. Hope., by Pope Francis (Plaza & Janes)
8. How to make good things happen to you, by Marian Rojas Estapé (Espada Libros)
9. Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari (Debate)
10. Recover your mind, reclaim your life, by Marian Rojas Estapé (Espada Libros)

Children's and young adult books in Catalan

Of what was sold for Sant Jordi in Catalan, children's and young adult literature represents 38.6%, just ahead of fiction books (33.7%), non-fiction (20.8%) and comics (6.9%).

1. Titón. Excursion to the legend of Sant Jordi, by Cristina Jiménez Carbó (Polar Star)
2. A scary house, by Meritxell Martí (Editorial Flamboyant)
3. What a beastly story, Minimoni!, by Rocío Bonilla (Animalibros)
4. Grandma's Wonderful and Horrible House, by Meritxell Martí and Xavier Salomó (Combel Editorial)
5. Learning to Read at Monster School 18 - Without Fear or Float, by Sally Rippin (Montena)
6. Grandpa's mysterious and surprising house, by Meritxell Martí and Xavier Salomó (Combel Editorial)
7. Fear in the pocket, of Miriam Tirado (Cep and Asa)
8. Networks, by Eloy Moreno (Ink Cloud)
9. My name is Goa 6 - What a drama, Goa, by Miriam Tirado (B de Blok)
10. My name is Goa 1 - My name is Goa, by Miriam Tirado (B de Blok)

Children's and young adult books in Spanish

1. The Hunger Games 5 - Dawn of the Harvest, by Suzanne Collins (Molino)
2. Wings of Blood, by Rebecca Yarros (Editorial Planeta)
3. El Rulas 4. El Rulas trapped in the gamer world, by Animalize21 (Destino)
4. Speeding on redby Iryna Zubkova (Crossbooks)
5. Binding 13, by Chloe Walsh (Montena)
6. Quicksilver, by Callie Hart (Faeris Editorial)
7. Networks, by Eloy Moreno (Ink Cloud)
8. Onyx wings, by Rebecca Yarros (Editorial Planeta)
9. Invisible, by Eloy Moreno (Ink Cloud)
10. Fearless, by Lauren Roberts (Alfaguara)