Asterix, One Piece ... The Best Sales Of Manga And Comics Of The End Of The Year

In the absence of newcomers this week in our fiction and essay charts, let’s talk a little about the very popular genre (especially by young people) of manga and other comics. Which, if notified here, would sweep away most “classic” works.

So let’s salute Asterix and the Griffin, first in front of the Prix Goncourt, before declining the wave of illustrated books: the mangaka Eiichiro Oda (One Piece – Original Edition T. 100, Glénat), stainless steel Blake et Mortimer (volume 28), the duo Christophe Blain and Jean-Marc Jancovici (The Endless World, Dargaud), the sympathetic Riad Sattouf (The Young Actor, volume 1, Books of the future), Kaze’s bestseller, Naoya Matsumoto with two manga (Kaiju n ° 8 T. 2 and T. 1), but also the cartoonists Etienne Davodeau (The Law of the soil. Diary of a vertigo, Futuropolis), Catherine Meurisse (The Young Woman and the Sea, Dargaud), Penelope Bagieu (The Strata, Gallimard BD), Mr Tan and Diane Le Feyer (Mortal Adele. Weird Show !, Bayard Jeunesse), Philippe Francq and Eric Giacometti (Largo Winch T. 23, Dupuis) or even Fabcaro (Moon River, Six feet under) … To be placed under the trees. MP

Code 612. Who killed the Little Prince?

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By Michel Bussi

A thriller in the form of a tribute to Little Prince, that is to say the favorite genre of the French allied to the mythical novel … No wonder this treasure hunt, notably evaluating the various theories peddled on the death of Saint-Ex in the light of the clues sown in The little Prince, have a great career.

The Great Forgotten. Why history has erased women

By Titiou Lecoq

Published on September 16, this account of all the remarkable women of yesterday who have fallen into oblivion continues to attract readers. Dubbed by historian Michelle Perrot, journalist and essayist Titiou Lecoq demonstrates with humor and in the light of the latest discoveries how, from the age of caves to the present day, history textbooks have endorsed a pseudo- male domination.

Better Off Dead : A Jack Reacher Novel

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

Little known in France, the Englishman Lee Child (67) has been sailing from success to success with his ex-policeman Jack Reacher. 26th investigation of his hero – and second collaboration with his younger brother Andrew -, Better Off Dead, alternating action scenes and dramatic twists and turns, climbs onto the second step of the podium of the Sunday Times.