« Hunger Games », an elephant in a skittle game – Liberation

Difficult to miss out: the prequel after the prendness « May everyone expect » of Hunger Games, Sunrise on the harvestmakes a shattering entry into the ranking. World exit, preview at the Grand Rex and in the partner bookstores, landing of mauve volume columns since Thursday throughout France … The fifth volume of the dystopia from across the Atlantic signed Suzanne Collins promises to make a bite of the novel « Up of children » From Joël Dicker, after having crushed all the others in his ascent. The figures are staggering: print at 130,000, 3 million copies sold from the previous four components, including a million for the first translated in 2009 (which took place twenty-four years after this new title which revolves around Haymitch Abernathy, mentor of Katniss for those who followed). American cannonade, with a film already programmed at the end of 2026. Let us point out that the saga is located in a post-apocalyptic and despotic America, and we no longer dream. F. RL

Source: Datalib and Adelc, according to a panel of 356 first -level independent bookstores. Ranking of new features noted (excluding pocket, school, guides, games, etc.) out of a total of 92,797 different titles.