This year’s Gaudeamus book fair hosted over 200 participants and over 600 publishing events at Romexpo. At the end of the five days full of books, the biggest publishing houses in the country announced the top sellers – be they fiction or non-fiction, they are ideal to put under the Christmas tree, for the whole family. Also, at this edition, the Humanitas Publishing House received the Gaudeamus Trophy – 1st place, by public vote.
Humanitas
• “Bracelet on your ankle”, Radu Paraschivescu
• “There is peace in me”, Ana Blandiana
• “I invented Păltinișul”, Constantin Noica, Gabriel Liiceanu, Andrei Pleșu
• “Who longs for the mouths of the Danube?” A wartime journey in the extended Delta: Transnistria, Ukraine, Bessarabia, Romania”, Sabina Fati
• “The Road to the Sun-East”, Ioana Nicolaie
Humanitas Junior
• “Chocolate Grandfather”, Narine Abgarian and Valentin Postnikov, illustrations by Marina Puzirenko, translated from Russian by Elena Drăguşin-Richard
• “King of the Flies”, William Golding, adaptation and illustrations by Aimée de Jongh, translated from English by Radu Paraschivescu;
• “Harap-Alb’s treasure”, Mihai Mănescu, illustrations by Bianca Bratu;
• “The Amazing Journey of the Scorţișoara Elf”, Andreea Răsuceanu, illustrations by Anca Smărăndache;
• “The Mesteacăn brothers and the 7 vampires who had only one pair of panties”, Augustin Cupşa, illustrations by Andreea Dobreci.
Humanitas Fiction
• “Life is fairer than death”, Narine Abgarian
• “Cafe with cats”, Anna Sólyom
• “Rival”, Eric-Emanuel Schmitt
• “Caterina’s smile: Mother of Leonardo da Vinci”, Carlo Vecce
• “Faces of Evil in Today’s World. Fiction as a vital necessity”, Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel Liiceanu
Litera Publishing House
• “Temple of Shadows. Michelangelo’s lie”, Igor Bergler
• “Breaking the curse. The Romanian Revolution of December 1989″, Cătălin Ranco Piţu
• “Patriot. Memoirs”, Aleksei Navalnyi
• “Freedom. Memories 1954 – 2021”, Angela Merkel
• “Silence is not always golden”, Ileana Badiu
Polyrom
• Haruki Murakami, The city and its uncertain walls
• Yuval Noah Harari, A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
• Tracy Chevalier, The Glazier
• Paul Cornea, Diary (1933-2017)
• Vasile Ernu, The Cannibal Generation
• Elif Shafak, Island of the Vanishing Trees
Nemira Publishing House
• Dunes. Community of Sisters – Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
• A winter in New York – Josie Silver
• Sonny Boy – Al Pacino
• Society for the Protection of Kaiju – John Scalzi
• From here to the great unknown – Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough
• A lonely rose – Muriel Barbery
• The ultra-secret society of unusual witches – Sangu Mandanna
• Nettle and bones – T. Kingfisher
• An Impossible Life – Matt Haig
• Restless legs syndrome – Ioana Unk
Curtea Veche Publishing
• “The New World War of old pride”, Adrian Cioroianu
• “Toop. Finding”, Alex Donovici
• “My Russia”, Mihail Şişkin
• “Tango in mirrors”, Camelia Radulian
• “When the body says no”, Gabor Maté
Trei Publishing House
Top 5 – best selling fiction titles
• “The Black Sun”, Bogdan-Alexandru Stănescu
• “Dostoevsky in love. An intimate biography”, Alex Christofi
• “Always thinking of her”, Jean Baptiste Andrea
• “Pettson’s Christmas Party”, Sven Nordqvist
• “The Ministering Spirit,” Leigh Bardugo
Top 5 non-fiction
• “The world. A family history”, Simon Sebag Montefiore
• “The golden branch.” A Study of Magic and Religion”, James George Frazer
• “Everything is fine in me and in the world”, Petronela Rotar
• “Archetypal symbols in fairy tales. The Hero’s Journey – Complete Works 2″, Marie-Louise von Franz
• “The Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from Antiquity to the Modern Age,” Mary Beard
