Mystical story “If all cats in the world disappear” Japanese writer Ganka Kavamura unexpectedly turned to the list of best sales books in Russia in the first half of 2025. According to the country’s largest book networks, the circulation of the novel was about 50,000 copies.
The novel tells the story of a young postman who stayed for only a few months. Suddenly, it is a mysterious spirit with an attractive proposal to Him: For every day of life, the hero must wash something important from the world forever. Since it accepts the conditions of the process, it deeper realizes how valuable even the most perceived things are apparently.
Publishers explain the popularity of the book with an unreasonable interest in moral choice. Evgeny Kapyev, General Manager of Eksmo, is concerned about the face of good and evil today. Perhaps that’s why the novel also found such an answer among the readers.
However, online sales leaders are slightly different. Popular Markets Leader: Allen Carr’s “easy way to quit smoking” and George Cleeson’s “the richest man in Babylon” money. According to experts, non -fictional tastes are stable: readers have been returning to stories that have been tested over time for years.
Among the other hits of half – Holly Jackson’s detective cycle “Killing Good Girls”, inspired by the last adaptation of the BBC, the motivational novel “God always travels secret” Laurent Gunel and Late Russian writer Anna Jane’s love drama.
Despite the interest in young writers such as Viktor Dashkevich and Liya Arden, the general leadership in the book market is still with foreign writers. According to experts, the Russian industry needs to gain experience and publish books that can compete not only on paper but also on the screens with the Western.
In the meantime, we have previously written a new study that confirms that the profession affects the love of the book. Read more here.
Source: People Talk
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