The most popular books of 2014. Rating of books by popularity

Now you can often hear a sarcastic opinion that in a short time the inhabitants of the Earth will lose their ability to read. Of course, this is not so. People still read a lot, only nowadays, not electronic media, but electronic devices rule the ball. Although what's the difference? Yes, the format of reading has changed, but the form is not as important as the content. And with the content, I must say, there are no problems - every year decent works are published, and the readers have only to track them. But this can just be difficult. Unfortunately, we do not have a popular advertisement for mass media and books, so it's sometimes difficult for people to understand what works are worth paying attention to.

Rating of Russia. Fiction

In this review, we will highlight the most popular books of 2014 in our country, so that you have something to navigate when choosing printed products for reading. Agree that a bad thing is unlikely to become known, because the rumor will in any case spread information about its quality. So we included in the list of popular books only the most noteworthy works in the literary world over the past year. They will be an excellent choice for those who are wondering what to read at their leisure.

1. "50 shades of gray"

This scandalous novel, created by the English writer EL James, in the past year became the unconditional sales leader in the market of Russian fiction. In Russian, the book was published by the publishing house "Eksmo". The work tells the story of the relationship of businessman Christian Gray and a graduate of Anastacia Steel University, abounding with erotic scenes. The frank content and sales data, indicating that the lion's share among buyers was women over the age of thirty, led to the fact that the book in the press was dubbed "my mother's porn." Also an impressive part of the audience were female students and teenage girls. Many critics who wrote reviews on popular books for reading, found the work of EL James rather controversial. But such opinions did not affect sales in any way, and in 2014 "50 shades of gray" were bought up in millions of copies. Such popularity marked the adaptation of the work - February 13, 2015 is expected to be released in the rental of a film shot on the book.

2. "The Russian canary. Zheltukhin »

On the second place of our rating is the first part of the family saga written by Dina Rubina. This is a turbulent and colorful novel, telling about the history of a diverse family, about the amazing interweaving of destinies through distances and years. Alma-Ata, Odessa and Israel are inextricably linked in the work. It's about two births, united by one little bird, about a young man with a unique singing talent and a deaf girl with boundless inner freedom. This is both an exciting detective and a deep drama about the maestro and his descendants.

3. "Russian canary. Vote"

The third part of the rating is occupied by the second part of the ruby's trilogy - the continuation of an intricate spy-detective story, consisting of closely intertwined stories of two completely different, but related to one common secret families from Odessa and Alma-Ata, past all the twists and turns of the twentieth century. Not surprisingly, the most popular books of 2014 are represented by the novels of Dina Rubina, because her piercing and deep syllable touches the most delicate soul strings.

4. "The Abode"

This work Zahar Prilepin, dedicated to Solovki - the archipelago in the White Sea. The book draws a wide canvas with clear traces of the past and glimpses of the future, with dozens of heroes - it's a whole life, fit in one fall. In the Solovetsky lake, as in a mirror, against the background of a dramatic love story, the tragic history of an entire country with its pain, blood, and hatred was reflected. The novel "Abode" weaves into a tangle of majestic nature and human destinies, where it is impossible to distinguish the executioners from the victims. Zakhar Prilepin created a very powerful work on the boundaries of personal human freedom and the degree of physical abilities that could not be overlooked, so the novel was included in the "Most Popular Books of 2014" rating.

5. Inferno

Another mystical blockbuster Dan Brown was placed on the fifth line of our top-10. While professional critics exploring popular books for reading, seek out inaccuracies from the author and factual errors, ordinary readers enthusiastically solve the riddles of the past with the main character of the novel - a specialist in the history of art Robert Langdon. This time a historian with a Harvard diploma is waiting for an interesting trip to the Apennine peninsula, where he will plunge into the world of the mysterious "Divine Comedy" created by Dante Alighieri. The work will again present to readers everything that they loved the previous popular books of Dan Brown: these are codes, symbols, and, of course, the secret, from the disclosure of which depends the fate of all mankind.

6. "Blame the stars"

On the sixth line, in contrast to the heroic mysticism is the romantic drama of John Green, which tells of a piercing love story, which nevertheless did not crown a happy ending. The fact that this work was included in the "Most Popular Books of 2014" rating, is due to the recent adaptation, which caused a new round of glory. The plot of the novel is based on one of the most tragic phenomena of our time - the lives of adolescents who are sick with cancer. 17-year-old girl Hazel has suffered a severe form of cancer for several years. She miraculously survives, but now she is forever deprived of the opportunity to breathe on her own. Hazel does not go to college, suffers from depression and stays in a world of his own fantasies. But one day an event that completely changes her life happens - the girl meets Ogostus. In the hearts of young people the first tender feelings are born, and all this occurs against the backdrop of the impending sword of Damocles, because the cancer almost never recedes irrevocably.

7. The Fiery Finger

The popular books of 2014 are also a collection of three novels, written by Boris Akunin, or Grigory Chkhartishvili (this is the real name of the writer). The action of the works unfolds in different epochs. Thus, the first story introduces the reader to the superintendent with the Byzantine spy, who lived in the ninth century AD, who travels through pagan Russia. The second story tells of a heroine who lived at a time when the rivalry of the decrepit Byzantium and Kievan Rus was observed. The third story takes the reader to an era when Rus was fragmented into principalities. And, of course, the works did not do without love!

8. "Call of the Cuckoo"

We all know the popular books of Joan Rowling, but the "Cuckoo's Call" was the author's first creation, written in a detective genre using the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. This is an amazing story, tied to the mysterious death of the model. At first glance, the cause of the death of the girl is known - she fell from the balcony, but the former military, and now private detective Kormoran Strike intuition suggests that there is not so simple.

9. "Hundred Years of the Way"

Detective Tatyana Ustinova, who narrates about the history of the first Russian State Duma against the backdrop of mysterious collisions and amorous twists, turned out to be quite specific, so to speak, for an amateur. But there were a lot of such amateurs, so the work "One Hundred Years of the Way" earned its place in the "Popular Books of 2014" rating.

10. "To kill a mockingbird"

This novel was first published in 1960, but the excitement around it still does not cease. The work is recognized as one of the best in the twentieth century, its author, the American writer Harper Lee, received for him the Pulitzer Prize. The action takes place in Alabama in the 30s of last century, when the US experienced the difficult times of the Great Depression, the aggravation of interracial and social conflicts. The story is told from the face of a girl named Glazastik. The book shows the world with childish eyes, illuminates eternal questions from the position of a sincere and direct child. This work on human freedom and injustice is especially relevant these days due to the aggravation of the problems of violence and xenophobia. Perhaps, therefore, the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", written more than 50 years ago, was so in demand by readers in 2014 and entered the list of "Popular Books of the Year".

Non-fiction

According to the sales ratings in Russian book stores among the printed products from the non-fiction series, the leader was the History of the Russian State. From the source to the Mongol invasion. " Its author is Boris Akunin, who has already mentioned us, who has an amazing talent to write popular scientific books with an easy-to-comprehend language and a language that is far from scientific dryness.

In demand in the past year were immediately three works by Paola Volkova, a famous art historian, from the five-volume series "Bridge across the abyss". These popular books represent a highly artistic series of art programs, and the most famous was the third volume of the series, devoted to the theme of children's painting.

The leading position on sales was also taken by the practical reference book of the hereditary doctor Alexander Myasnikov, in which he gave advice on how to lead a healthy lifestyle. The book was published under the title "How to live longer than 50 years. Private conversation with a doctor about medications and medicine. " The popular health books of 2014 are presented by two more works of this famous writing physician: "Russian Roulette. How to survive in the struggle for one's own health "and" On the most important thing with Dr. Myasnikov ".

Among the most purchased books in 2014, one can not help but note the social anti-utopia "Atlas straightened up", created by the Russian American Ain Rand. It is a novel combining realism and fantasy, in which each part is entitled according to the laws of formal logic. It took the author a whole twelve years to write the work. Many economists and philosophers who study popular scientific books call the novel "a textbook on the theory of public choice."

Bestsellers Abroad

In the rating of fiction in the UK, the book "Blame the Stars" is in the lead, about which we have already talked about. Also among the British in 2014, the children's product "The Terrible Aunt", written by David Walliams, was popular. It tells the story of how Aunt Alberta seeks to deprive the young girl of the status of Stella Saxby, heiress of a rich family. Popular books from Russians and English are often the same, and here the novel "Inferno", widely circulated in Russia, is also in the top positions in the list of sales in the UK.

In the US in 2014, readers often purchased the work "Diary of a Weak Girl: Long Road". This book was recognized as the most popular among schoolchildren in the lower grades. Also in demand was the detective novel "Gray Mountain" by John Grisham. On the third place in the rating of the most widely read books in 2014, the Americans secured a detective story "In the hope of dying," written by James Patterson.