Over the past year, the world has seen hundreds of new books. Among them are truly noteworthy specimens that were sold in hundreds of thousands. Below are the TOP 10 bestsellers of 2017-2018.
“The Story of a New Name” by Elena Ferrante
This book is a continuation of the story of two friends of Lena and Leela. The girls' life has changed. Leela became the wife of a successful and intelligent man. He adores the young spouse and is ready for her to move mountains. Lila herself wants to have a baby. The second girl Lena devotes her time to learning. Her life does not indulge bright moments. But soon fate will give the girls trials that will test not only their characters, but also their friendship.
"The Week of the Three-Eyed" Boris Akunin
In 2018, a new creation from Boris Akunin, which was highly expected by his fans, hit the bookstore shelves. This time the new detective novel tells about the adventures of Markel Trekhglazov from Moscow. The book is written in the classic style of the author. At the end of the book, Akunin added a short play called Kill the Serpent.Readers will plunge into the atmosphere of famous riots, meet with the robbers and try to solve the secret in the 17th century, along with the main character.
"Scandinavian gods" Neil Gaiman
The writer tried to put on paper his eyes on the mythical gods of Scandinavia. It is possible to draw a parallel between the sensational Marvelian heroes, but the characters of Gayman have a number of fundamental differences. As in the story about Ragnarok, the author describes nine worlds. He does this in detail and colorfully, so that the reader can easily imagine these fantastic worlds.
“You won't scare me” Jennifer McMahon
Jennifer McMahon - the author of a huge number of books, many of which have become bestsellers. This year, her new creation “You will not frighten me” has expanded this list. In the plot of the cruel serial killer Neptune has committed a series of terrible crimes. All his victims were women. The scheme of the murder was specific: Neptune tormented the victim for five days, kept it locked up, after which the dead woman was sent to the gutter. Since then, 25 years have passed. The last victim of the maniac was a fashion model, who had an adult daughter Regina. The girl tried to find her missing mother, but her talo was never discovered. A few years later, a fashion model was found in one of the shelters. By a strange coincidence, it was at this time that Neptune went hunting again. Most likely, he aimed at the previously failed victim.
"Eve" William Paul Young
On the ocean shore a mysterious container was found with frightening contents. There were 20 female bodies in it. Some of the bodies were disfigured beyond recognition, and one victim of violence Eve was still alive. She has to tell you about what really happened. Unfortunately, the girl was unconscious. When she came to, it became clear that Eve did not remember everything that happened.
"Tales of the Old Vilnius 6" Max Fry
Despite the fact that this book is a novelty, its circulation has already exceeded one million. The true number of the streets of old Vilnius is unknown to nobody: some say that there are 108, others - 130. Readers will again have anarchy, spirits and demons, death deals and a lot of beer.
"Night Train" Emily Barr
A resident of a small quiet town named Lara Finch is experiencing due to difficulties in personal relationships. Communication with the spouse does not add up, and the situation is only getting worse every day. As a result of emotional throwing, the heroine spends the night with an unfamiliar man. As a result of this meeting, the young man is found dead, and the girl disappears without a trace. Police representatives decided that she was responsible for the death of a man.
"Lake House" by Kate Morton
This book is confidently gaining popularity. It tells the story of past years, when in 1933 a boy disappears in a mysterious way. This happened in a small town Loennet by a picturesque lake. After many years, the business interested the wise Sadie Sparrow, who is in the service of a detective. For the sake of disclosing a mysterious disappearance, the detective is ready to sacrifice his vacation.
"Wasteland. House of Fear "Blake Crouch
The story tells about the successful author of dozens of best-selling books named Andrew Thomas. One day a writer receives a strange and sinister letter. It was written that the author of the letter knows about the body of a woman in the house and describes in detail where the body is. In order to keep the story ugly for Andrew in secret, he will have to pull the phone out of his dead woman’s pocket and make a call.
“An autopsy will show” Alexey Reshetun
Each person responds differently to stressful situations. Someone is afraid of the dead, another faces them every day and has no emotions about it. The protagonist of the novel belongs to the second group. He deals with the dead every day and considers it a common thing. The bodies that appear to the gaze of the hero are not just dead, they are crippled and disfigured by bad habits. In his book, Aleksey Reshetun claims that only one cigarette can cause irreparable harm to the body, and alcohol becomes a source of irreversible effects. Proper nutrition and moderate sport is a guarantee of health.The book contains unique theses and recommendations that can not be obtained from the media.
All of the above books have already gained popularity, despite their relative "freshness." If for the keen reader among them there was nothing original and new, then we can recommend a number of no less interesting publications:
- “My Imperfect Life” by Sophie Kinsella
- “Thirst” by Yu Nesbe
- The Chronicles by Bob Dylan
- “The Story of Loneliness” by John Boyne
- "Sisters of the Night" Jennifer McMahon
- "Stamp number 2" Cecilia Ahern
- "Girl from Brooklyn" Guillaume Musso
- “Mind is on fire. The Month of My Madness "by Suzanne Kahalan
- "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
- "Rumo, or wonders in the dark" Walter Moers
- “Born twice” by Margaret Mazzantini
- “Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
- "Game of Thrones" George Martin
- “Lenin's daughter. A look at the history of "Edward Ryadzinsky
This list goes on. The authors regularly supply numerous bestsellers to the stores, so the choice of books is wide and varied.
