Guillaume Musso is once again the best-selling author in 2021

Best selling author for eleven years

He is the champion of book sales ! Guillaume Musso is once again the best-selling author in 2021, according to a ranking published by Livres Hebdo. With a book in 3rd position of the best annual sales and another in fourth place, not to mention the reissue of his first novel, Skidamarink, ranked 51st in the TOP 100 fictions, Guillaume Musso retains his title as the most widely read novelist in France with a total of 1,278,000 copies sold in 2021. he has been at the top of the charts for eleven years.

The master of suspense

Translated into 40 languages, Guillaume Musso, 47, has made a name for himself successfully thanks to his novels with a supernatural tone. For several years, he has established himself as one of the essential authors of French suspense, with titles such as L’Appel de l’ange, Central Park and more recently L’instant present. His fantasy thriller, Et après…, was brought to the screen with Romain Duris and John Malkovich. The best-selling French books (a ranking calculated by combining large-format and paperback sales) are held by five men and five women. Virginie Grimaldi (877,000 copies) remains in second place, ahead of Franck Thilliez, who climbs to the third step of the podium with 750,000 copies. It outclasses Michel Bussi, 4th with 721,000 copies.