Bestsellers, books: rating by popularity (2014-2015). Best bestsellers

Bestsellers are books whose rating is compiled by different sources: online bookstores, websites, as well as newspapers and magazines. Of course, the basis of any ranking is the demand of readers for this or that book.

Any top, however, is quite subjective, since there will always be someone who does not agree with the current rating or with the position of a book in it.

Best-selling books-2014

The list of popular books of the past year can be something like this:

• R. Galbraith "Call of the Cuckoo": a detective story written by the author Harry Potter under the man's pseudonym, tells the story of the suicide investigation of the model, which her brother does not believe. Together with a private detective, they are trying to figure out what really happened.
• S. King "Country of Joy": another hit book from the master of horror and mysticism. Incredibly bright, colorful and juicy story, if one can say so about the book. In the amusement park, the body of a young girl is found, but no one particularly wants to understand it. This crime is of interest only to a student who has settled in the park for work. However, does he really need to know the truth or not. After all, this can adversely affect your future life.
• J. Green "The stars are to blame": probably there is no one who has not heard about this book. A sad and sad story about seriously ill teenagers. In it, and love, and jealousy, and misunderstanding. They want to live like everyone else, and they try to live like that.
• J. Dashner "Running through the maze": it's impossible to say what is better - a book or a film shot on it, because they are both good enough. The plot can be called apocalyptic, since everything revolves around the main character, falling into a mysterious labyrinth in which he is surrounded only by guys who do not remember anything about their past, except, perhaps, the name. Around their place of residence is a huge and intricate labyrinth, in which messengers are sent to search for a way out. An important rule is that you can not stay at night. An exciting story for fans of this genre.
• Joe Hill "Country of Christmas": King's son decided not to use his father's popular name, apparently to prove that he was not a writer by reason of a writer. His third book was appreciated by readers. It is quite confusing, while reading, sleep is mixed with reality. At some point it seems that you already do not understand anything. Perhaps this is the main advantage of history. The annotation is recommended not to be read, since it contains some spoilers.

So, the best-selling books-2014, the list of which was listed above, are mainly represented by a mystical-fantastic genre.

Bestsellers of 2015

Although 2015 has not yet ended, you can already try to consider the rating of best-selling books in Russia for the first half of this year:

• A. Marinina "Angels on ice do not survive": an excellent detective from the master of Russian crime novels. In the world of figure skating, a murder was committed, one of the famous mentors, a legendary coach, was shot. Witnesses talk about his quarrel with another famous coach, but whether it was a real motive and what actually happened, you can find out just by reading this exciting novel.
• J. Armentrout "I'm waiting for you": a good youth novel. In the center of the story is a girl who tries to hide from her past in a small village, where she gets acquainted with a local boy who also has secrets from the past.
• E. Dorr "The whole world is invisible to us": a novel that the author wrote about ten years. The main characters are a blind girl from France and a boy from Germany. Everyone is trying to survive. There is a war. Everyone has his own problems and his own character. I must say that despite the fact that the book took the top places in the ratings of prestigious foreign periodicals, it is often not so positive for us.

Genre rating

Which genres are most popular with readers? Consider the rating of best-selling books by genre. The first place, as in past years, takes a fantastic genre of various orientations: it's apocalyptic books, and novels about fellow-travelers, and just science fiction. In the last few years, the genre of Yang-Edalts has also gained popularity among readers, in which unreal characters often appear that are endowed with some inhuman characteristics.

In addition, on the wave of popularity "50 shades of gray" there are books of a similar genre that is difficult to define unequivocally. They, however, are not qualitative and rarely really deserve to be wasted on them. Of course, a worthy place in the ranking is occupied by good and easy ladies' novels. Also popular is the children's literature. By the way, it is worth noting that some publishers have recently reissued old Soviet books without changing their design. They need to pay attention, especially if you have children.

Popular romantic books

Who does not like to read about love? Unless men like these books. Therefore, it is undoubtedly important to pay attention to romantic bestsellers. Let's consider love books-bestsellers, the list of which is presented below:

• D. Nichols "One Day": perhaps, many watched the movie with the same name, so the plot can be familiar. The book also deserves attention. The main characters for a long time were friends and could not figure out what kind of feelings they actually feel for each other. A very bright and kind love affair and friendship.
• R.N. Gyuntekin "Korolek, birdie singing": a very beautiful love story. Events unfold in colorful Turkey. The main heroine is awaited by life challenges and difficulties that she will be able to overcome, carrying through her love for her cousin.
• E. Bronte "Wuthering Heights": an incredibly mysterious, it is possible to say, Gothic novel, in which the inhuman passions are raging between the grim Heathcliff and the beautiful girl Katherine. Drama and love, betrayal, passions and vices - all mixed up in this exciting book.
• S. McBratney: a short children's story in pictures, which tells about what it is, true love. One of the quotes is known, probably, to everyone: "I love you to the moon ... and back".

Bestsellers of all time

The most popular books are usually known to everyone. However, not everyone at the same time can boast that he read absolutely all the works included in the rating of best-selling books of all time. Such lists are made up of various magazines, authors, websites, bookstores. Most often they contain the following books-bestsellers (this list probably contains books that you have already read):

1. A. Conan Doyle "Notes on Sherlock Holmes."
2. M. Mitchell "Gone with the Wind".
3. S. King "The Green Mile".
4. E. Remarque "Three Comrades."
5. J. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings".
6. D. Kiz "Flowers for Algernon."
7. M. Bulgakov "Master and Margarita."
8. H. Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird".
9. A. Dumas "The Count of Monte Cristo".
10. B. Vasiliev "A dawn here are quiet."

Popular fantastic books

In this part, consider another ranking of best-selling books. Fantasy is loved by almost all men and an impressive number of women. We can say that this is a popular genre. So it would be wrong not to give him attention. Among the most popular fantastic works can be identified:

• R. Bradbury "451 degrees Fahrenheit": a very terrible and tense anti-utopia that depicts what will happen if television completely absorbs books: dissenters begin to undergo treatment and correction, books are burned, and around - a hopeless fear that will never end.
• The Strugatsky brothers "It's hard to be a god": a researcher from an advanced planet gets to more primitive beings, which can only be watched, but in no way interfere in their internal affairs, which are scary enough: around scandals, extermination of better and more Smart people. This book is sure to please fans of science fiction, because many consider it a classic of the genre.
• S. Lukyanenko "Draft": what to do if everyone around you stops recognizing you? This happens with the protagonist of the book, which seemed to have disappeared from the life of all his friends, relatives and friends. Together with the best friend, who nevertheless does not recognize him, they are looking for a solution to this problem.
• R. Heinlein "The Door to Summer": one of the first books that raised the topic of time travel, the possibility of applying to yourself something like a long sleep by freezing the human body to be well preserved in the distant future. An entertaining book, which, if I may say so, "smells" retroekhoy.
• J. Connolly "The Book of Lost Things": this book can be called fabulous, if everything was not so realistic. It is written at the junction of reality and fantasy: in the real world surrounding the protagonist, there is a war, in the world where it gets - also a struggle between different fantastic creatures for power. All this is interspersed with fairy tales, but rather gloomy, so the book is more for adults.

Children's books

More and more books for children have been published recently. Therefore, you can not ignore the rating of best-selling books (with reviews) for children:

• M. Parr "Waffle Heart": a nice and kind history of the life of two bosom and inseparable friends is very popular with young readers. It is full of adventures and various events. It is both funny and sad. Definitely recommended for reading to children of different ages.
• R. Gossini "Little Nicholas and his friends": a wonderful children's book, consisting of funny stories-adventures of little Nicolas. Here the sea of fights, mischief, disputes and quarrels. All this is presented in an entertaining form. According to the reviews, the book can and should be re-read many times.
• N. Farmer "The sea of trolls": a boy and his sister are taken prisoner to Vikings, they have a lot of adventures, interesting events are happening. All this is mixed with Scandinavian mythology. Reviews recommend a book for reading to children of secondary school age.

Non-fiction bestsellers

Books, a rating, a description of works of the genre of non-fiction will be presented in this section. I must say that over the past few years there has been an increase in interest in non-fiction books. Perhaps this is due to better texts or simplification of the language with which they are written. So, if we consider the rating of best-selling books of non-fiction genre, then there will be such works as:

• A. Kazantsev "Who would have thought, how the brain makes us do stupid things": an exciting book about how our brain and nervous system works, what genes are, what activities they carry out. The author leads new experiments, talks about the achievements of modern scientists. The book is written in an accessible, scientifically-popular language, which, undoubtedly, is its big plus.
• S. Strogatz "Pleasure from x. Exciting excursion into the world of mathematics ...": the book was based on notes that the author published in an American newspaper and which the readers liked so much that they demanded more and more. Therefore, this book appeared. It is definitely worth reading to high school students, as well as just interested in mathematics, she will tell a lot of new and interesting, help to love this difficult subject.
• M. Kaku "The Physics of the Impossible": the author tells the readers about what seemingly incredible things will become possible in the future, which will affect their implementation. Using an understandable language, the American scientist describes complex phenomena so that it is clear even to those who are not very versed in physics.

Bestselling Cycles

Now let's look at a series of best-selling books. These works for a long time carry away their readers. And among the most popular serials there are also bestsellers. Books, whose rating is kept at a height, even though they are combined into cycles, is:

• J. Martin and his cycle "The Song of Ice and Fire": an intriguing and fascinating story about the struggle for the throne in an alternative reality, where magic operates, and in the neighborhood of people live fantastic creatures. The book is cruel and unpredictable and in part resembles the "Damned Kings" by M. Druon. In this story, human life is worthless, and the hero can perish at any moment.
• J. Rowling "Harry Potter": starting as a moderately good and magical book, the story gradually darkens as the characters and their readers grow up, so we can say that its relevance remains unchanged. Some of the characters are not what they seem at first, so the intrigue remains until the very end of the seventh book.

Drawing up ratings

Of course, the rating of best-selling books on online stores does not always really reflect the situation, because often their creators place in the top not very well-sold literature, as well as quite expensive works. In addition, sometimes arrange pseudo-voting, in which the book is pre-paid in advance. Sometimes it goes unnoticed, and the work is awarded with a proud sign "Choice of readers". Sometimes users notice injustice and protest against the winding up of votes, leaving the book negative reviews. Approximately this situation occurred with a book (or rather, one of a series of best-selling books) by a not very well-known writer Elena Zvezdnaya on one of the book sites.

Therefore, we can conclude that often bestsellers - books, whose rating does not fully reflect the choice of readers. Sometimes it's just an advertising move by marketers of a certain book publisher.