Statistics

In France, Best sellers (Le Figaro, 2010)

1 Marc Levy 1 735 000
2 Guillaume Musso 1 385 000
3 Katherine Pancol 871 000
4 Anna Gavalda 784 000
5 Fred Vargas 633 000
6 Muriel Barbery 620 000
7 Amélie Notomb 584 000
8 Bernad Werber 566 000
9 Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt 552 000
10 Marie Ndiaye 458 000

In France, Best sellers 2008 (Le Figaro, 2009)

1 Marc Levy 1 516 000
2 Guillaume Musso 1 378 000
3 Fred Vargas 1 082 000
4 Anna Gavalda 1 004 000
5 Amélie Nothomb 734 000
6 Katherine Pancol 696 000
7 Bernard Werber 612 000
8 Jean-Marie Le Clézio 497 000
9 Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt 496 000
10 Muriel Barbéry 401 000

In France, Best sellers 2006 (Le Figaro, 2007)

1 Marc Levy 1 723 000
2 Fred Vargas 960 000
3 Bernad Werber 830 000
4 Anna Gavalda 824 000
5 Amélie Nothomb 792 000
6 Guillaume Musso 756 000
7 Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt 591 000
8 Jonathan Littell 504 000
9 Christian Jacq 407 000
10 Maxime Chattam 403 000

Amateur theatre , FNCTA,2007 In France

1 Georges FEYDEAU 30
2 Eric-Emmanuel SCHMITT 26
3 Jean-Michel RIBES 25
4 MOLIERE 21
5 Jean-Paul ALEGRE 20
6 René DE OBALDIA 16
7 Marc GAMOLETTI 15
8 Anton TCHEKHOV- JC GRUMBERG 13
9 Ray COONAY- Yvon TABURET- Denise BONAL 11
10 Carlo GOLDONI- Eugène IONESCO- ... 10

In German language 2005/2006

 AuteursOeuvresReprésentationsProductions
1 Shakespeare 29 2256 165
2 Schiller 33 2100 136
3 Brecht 22 1158 78
4 Grimm 25 1154 57
5 Goethe 17 950 66
6 Schmitt 10 834 38
7 Ibsen 12 821 55
8 Andersen 10 810 34
9 Lessing 6 669 34
10 Kleist 10 601 51
11 Beyeler 5 561 35
12 Tschechow 13 539 45
13 Büchner 4 537 42
14 Hübner 10 534 40
15 Molière 7 527 31
16 Christie 5 501 11
17 Vögel 3 485 8
18 Kastner 10 474 20

"Werkstatistik des Deutschen Bühnenvereins, Mykenae Verlag".

In German language2004/2005

 AuteursOeuvresReprésentationsProductions
1 Shakespeare 29 2156 146
2 Schiller 22 1517 111
3 Grimm 26 1342 53
4 Goethe 17 879 65
5 Schmitt 9 848 40
6 Brecht 18 837 56
7 Lessing 6 777 52
8 Ibsen 8 714 48
9 Hensel 4 691 41
10 Andersen 9 658 24
11 Sinclair, Mc Carten 1 651 28
12 Molière 8 641 40
13 Tschechow 13 614 47
14 Hübner 11 568 41
15 Kleist 12 559 45
16 Vögel 3 556 15
17 LaBute 7 498 41
18 Büchner 4 469 36

"Werkstatistik des Deutschen Bühnenvereins, Mykenae Verlag".

International fiction bestsellers Publishing Trends 2003 Year-end

 Title Author
Original Publisher/ US Publisher		Index*Rights LicensorTerritories
1 Eleven minutes Paolo Coelho
Rocco / Harper Collins 		100 Sant Jordi Associates, Spain 53
2 Harry Potter (Books1-5) J.K. Rowling
Bloomsbury / Scholastic		 62 Christopher Little, UK 60
3 The King of Torts John Graham
Double day		 50 The Gernet Company, US 32
4 The Way to Paradise Mario Vargas Llorca
Allaguara / FSG		 38 Carmen Balcelis Agency, Spain 20
5 The Duplicate Man José Saramago
Carminho / Harcourt 		36 Ray Gude Mertin, Germany 17
6 The Alchemist Paolo Coelho
Rocco / Harper Collins 		31 Sant Jordi Associates, Spain 60
7 Before the Frost Henning Mankell
Leopard / The New Press		 29 Leonhardt & Høler, Danmark 12
8 Hornet Flight Ken Follet
Macmilian / Dutton 		28 Writers House, US 19
9 The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Planet / Penguin		 27 Antonia Kerrigan Litterary Agency, Spain 12
10 The Book of Illusion Paul Auster
Henry Holt		 25 Carol Mann Agency, US 25
11 The Hours Michael Cunningham
FSG		 24 Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, US 36
12(tie) The Red Wolf Liza Marklund
Piratforlagat 		22 Bengt Nordin Agency, Sweden 6
12(tie) The piano Tuner Daniel Mason
Knopf		 22 Carlisle & Company, US 24
13 White Seeds Yochi Brandes 21 Yochi Brandes 1
14(tie) Life of Pi Yann Martel
Random House Canada / Hartcourt		 18 Westwood Creative Artists, Canada 41
14(tie) Oscar and the Lady in Pink Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Albin Michel / The Other Press 		18 French Publishers Agency, US 12
14(tie) Blue Horizon Wilbur Smith
Macmilian / Thomas Dunne Books		 18 Charles Pick Consultancy, UK 19
15 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 17 Dunow & Carlson Agency, US 35