What are the most successful books and authors in Brazil? An overview of the PublishNews's bestselling charts is the perfect way to start understanding what kind of book can become a bestseller in Brazil.

1. The Brazilian Bestsellers
Frankfurt, October 12
by Carlo Carrenho

2. The Brazilian bestsellers on the last
week of September*
1. Fifity Shades of Grey, E. L. James, Intrínseca, 11. Diary of a wimpy kid – Cabin fever, Jeff Kinney,
Vergara & Riba
2. Fifty Shades Darker, E. L. James, Intrínseca
12. Agapinho, Padre Marcelo, Globo
3. Nada a perder, Edir Macedo, Planeta
13. Nunca fui santo, Marcos Reis e Mauro Beting,
4. A queda, Diogo Mainardi, Record Universo dos Livros
5. Mentes brilhantes, Alberto Dell'Isolla, Universo 14. A dance with dragons, George R. R. Martin, LeYa
dos Livros
15. The choice, Nicholas Sparks, Novo Conceito
6. Bared to you, Silvia Day, Companhia das Letras
16. As melhores receitas do que marravilhas, Claude
7. Safe haven, Nicholas Sparks, Novo Conceito Troisgros, Globo
8. Desperte o milionário que há em você, Carlos 17. Game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, LeYa
Wizard Martins, Gente
18. The servant, James Hunter, Sextante 3 million
copies!!!
9. Casamento blindado, Renato e Cristiane Cardoso,
Thomas Nelson 19. The wedding, Nicholas Sparks, Sextante
10. No way out, Kevin Maurer, Companhia das Letras 20. The little prince, Antoine Saint-Exupéry, Ediouro
* Source: PublishNews

3. The Brazilian bestsellers on the last
week of September
There was only one
Brazilian writer among the
top 20 fiction books on
PublishNews bestselling
chart for the last week of
September:
Mr. Paulo Coelho

4. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Agapinho
Agape for Kids
By Father Marcelo Rossi
1
Category: Children’s
Publisher: Globo
Agent: Seibel Publishing Services
Sales: 630,000 since Apr 2012
A children’s sequel to the megaseller Ágape, that
sold 8 million copies in Brazil in two years. In this
book, the TV-famous Father Marcelo writes about
truth, justice, forgiveness, trust and solidarity to
young readers.

5. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
O X da questão
The X Factor
By Eike Batista
2
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Sextante
Agent: Seibel Publishing Services
Sales: 160,000 since Dec 2011
With a fortune over US$ 20 billion, Eike Batista is
the richest man in Brazil. In his book, he tells the
adventures that took him to the top, including his
triumphs, failures and challenges that
contributed to his growth. All his companies’
names include the letter X.

6. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
É tudo tão simples
Everything is so simple
3
By Danuza Leão
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Ediouro
Sales: 200,000 since Oct 2011
Brazil-famous journalist Danuza Leão
teaches how to socially behave in our
modern times. With charm and humor,
she helps us in the very simple situations
of daily life and claims: To be “chic” is to
be simple and joyful about life!

7. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
A privataria tucana
The privatization of the Social
Democrats 4
By Amaury Ribeiro Jr.
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Geração Editorial
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 130,000 since Nov 2011 | 90,000 in one
month
A very controversial book that denounces the
corruption that happened inside the federal
privatization program carried during Fernando
Henrique Cardoso´s presidential term. Amaury
Ribeiro is an award-winning investigative
journalist.

8. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Ágape
Agape
By Father Marcelo Rossi
5
Category: Self-help | Religion
Publisher: Globo
Agent: Seibel Publishing Services
Sales: 8.8 million since Aug 2010
This megaseller sold 8 million copies in Brazil in
two years, and was written by Father Marcelo
Rossi, a priest and also a TV celebrity. He writes
about truth, justice, forgiveness, trust and
solidarity based on biblical texts.

9. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Guia politicamente incorreto da história
do Brasil
The politically incorrect guide to
Brazilian history
6
By Leonardo Narloch
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: LeYa
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 350,000 since Nov 2009
Leandro Narloch prefers to adopt a different
approach that goes beyond the established good
guys and bad guys when it comes to history. He
tries to review some concreted concepts of the
Brazilians history in this book.

10. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Guia politicamente incorreto da história
da filosofia
The politically incorrect guide to
philosophy history
7
By Luiz Felipe Ponde
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: LeYa
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 100,000 since Abr 2012
Luiz Felipe is a Brazilian philosopher and a
pessimist. Here, he uses his well-known irony to
tell the history of the politically correctness
through the works of philosophers, scientists and
writers such as Nietzsche and Darwin.

11. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Mentes ansiosas
Anxious minds
8
By Ana Beatriz Barbosa Silva
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Objetiva
Agent: The own publisher
The author, a psychiatrist, tries to make
use of his clinical experience to explain
what happens when anxiety and fear go
beyond normality and how to overcome
the disturbances this may cause.

12. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
As esganadas
The strangled Women
Jô Soares
9
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
Agent: Rogers, Coleridge & White
Sales: 200,000 since Oct 2011
Total author sales: 1.2 million with 4 titles
Jô, how he is better known, is a humorist, TV
host, visual artist, playwright, theater director,
musician, Brazilian actor, and yes, a writer. Full of
humor, this fiction is about a dangerous killer
who kills young, beautiful and fat women.

13. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Mulheres inteligentes, relações
saudáveis
Smart Women, Healthy
Relationships 10
By Augusto Cury
Category: Self-help
Publisher: Planeta
Sales: 250,000 since May 2011
Total author sales: Over 15 million
This book aims to present different personality
types of women, showing the positive and
negative of each of them.

14. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
A vida sabe o que faz
Life knows what it does
By Zíbia Gasaparetto
11
Category: Fiction | Self-help
Publisher: Vida & Consciência
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 350,000 since August 2011 (author has
sold over 16 million)
The author is a Brazilian spiritualist writer who is
also a medium. In this fictional book, a story takes
place between Brazil and Italy after the II World
War, and the author tries to prove that,
depending on our attitudes, things can change,
but at the end of day, the wisdom of life will
always prevail.

15. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
1808
1808
By Laurentino Gomes
12
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Planeta
Agent: Jonah Straus Straus
Sales: 1 million since Sep 2077
“How a mad queen, a fearful prince and a corrupt
court deceived Napoleon and changed the history
of Portugal and Brazil”. This subtitle says a lot
about the book which is the result of ten years of
investigative journalism to tell the history of the
Portuguese court in Brazil.

16. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Desperte o milionário que há em você
The millionaire inside you
By Carlos Wizard Martins 13
Category: Self-help | Business
Publisher: Gente
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 50,000 since May 2012
This book presents the 7 golden keys for
prosperity. These keys work to change the
reader’s mindset offering him a new way to think,
believe and act. The author is a successful
entrepreneur in Brazil who has developed several
companies into high profitability.

17. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Feliz por nada
Happy for nothing
By Martha Medeiros
14
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: L&PM
Sales: 200,000 since Jul 2011
This book presents a collection of more than 80
chronicles about several topics and a diversity of
everyday issues, including love, family, friendship
and femininity. According to the author, to be
happy for nothing is to choose a life consciously
and lightly lived, not less visceral.

18. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
O que realmente importa?
What does really matter?
By Anderson Cavalcante
15
Category: Self-help
Publisher: Sextante
Sales: The author has sold almost a million copies
of his books in Brazil.
This book offers a series of reflections for the
reader to discover and live his own truth.
According to the author, a life without purpose
doesn’t allow freedom and growth, since
everybody is born to accomplish a mission.

19. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
A fascinante construção do eu
The Fascinating Construction
of the “I”
By Augusto Cury 16
Category: Self-help
Publisher: Planeta
Sales: 150,000 since Nov. 2011
Total author sales: Over 15 million
This book shows how to train our mind to control
our memory formation and our storage of
unpleasant memories allowing us a happier and
better life.

20. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Encantadores de vidas
Life Enchanters
By Eduardo Moreira
17
Category: Non-fiction | Self-help
Publisher: Record
Agent:Villas-Boas & Moss
Sales: 60,000 since Apr 2012
This autobiography shows how the author's life
changed after suffering two serious accidents
that allowed him to meet two people who helped
him to restructure his life: a horse tamer and a
physical trainer.

21. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
Tempo de esperas
Time to wait
18
By Father Fabio de Melo
Category: Fiction | Self-help
Publisher: Planeta
Sales: 380,000 since Aug 2011
Written by a priest who is also a famous singer
in Brazil, this book brings discussions on
philosophy, love, friendship and happiness
through the exchange of correspondence
between two fictional characters, Alfredo and
Abner.

22. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
O livro do Boni
The book by Boni
19
By José Bonifácio Oliveira
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: LeYa
For 17 years, Boni was the vice president
of operations of TV Globo, the most
powerful media company in Brazil. This
memoir brings together a series of
professional and personal stories, whose
protagonists are very famous people of
communication.

23. The 20 Brazilian bestsellers
(Jan 1 – Sep 27, 2012)
A queda
The fall
By Diogo Mainardi
20
Category: Non-fiction | Memoir
Publisher: Record
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 75,000 since Aug 2012
A well-known and acid Brazilian journalist, Diogo
Mainardi wrote this memoir about his son Tito,
who was victim of medical error when born. The
author seeks to show how the relationship with
his son guided his life ever since, and how he
deals with the guilty he feels for Tito’s paralysis.

24. Fiction Highlights
Monica de Castro
Category: Fiction | Spiritualism
Publisher: Vida & Consciência
Bestselling book: Gêmeas (Twins)
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 1,6 million
After Zibia Gasparetto, probably the
best-selling spiritualist author in Brazil
with 11 psichographed novels published
since 2001.

25. Fiction Highlights
Eduardo Spohr
Category: Fiction | Fantasy
Publisher: Record
Bestselling book: A batalha do
apocalipse / The apocalypse battle
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: Over 500,000
Originally a self-published author, Spohr
got a contract with a big publisher and
his first book sold 400,000 copies in
Brazil.

26. Fiction Highlights
Luis Fernando Verissimo
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Objetiva
Bestselling book: Comédias para ler na
escola / Comedy to read at school
Agent: Riff Agency
Sales: Over 5 million
Son of classic Brazilian author Erico
Verissimo, Luis Fernando is one of the
most succesful fiction writers in Brazil.

27. Non-Fiction Highlights
Gustavo Cerbasi
Category: Personal Finance
Publisher: Sextante
Bestselling book: Casais inteligentes
enriquecem juntos / Intelligent couples
get rich together
Agent: Ana Mota / Vogal Advocacia
Sales: 1,5 million
Probably the best personal finance
author in Brazil. Gustavo uses a very
human and practical approach to help
common people manage their money.

28. Non-Fiction Highlights
Ana Beatriz Barbosa Silva
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Objetiva
Bestselling book: Mentes perigosas /
Dangerous minds
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 1 million (600,000 for Mentes
Perigosas)
From a academic thesis, this Brazilian
doctor developed the “Minds” series
with three titles and also wrote another
four successful books.

29. Non-Fiction Highlights
Miriam Leitão
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: Record
Bestselling book: A saga brasileira / The
Brazilian saga
Agent: :Villas-Boas & Moss
Sales: 60,000 since May 2011
From hiperinflation to the Real Economic
Plan, the journalist Miriam Leitão shows
how Brazilians dealt with the monetary
instability. The most successful Brazilian
book about the recent economic changes
in the country.

30. Y.A. Highlights
Thalita Rebouças
Category: Young Adult
Publisher: Rocco
Bestselling book: Fala sério, filha / Get
real, daughter
Agent: Seibel Publishing Services
Sales: 1,3 million
Thalita is the Brazilian author when it
comes to teenage girls. She has
published 13 books, will soon be in the
movies, and is always present in the
media as writer and consultant.

31. Y.A. Highlights
Paula Pimenta
Category: Young Adult
Publisher: Autêntica
Bestselling book: Fazendo meu filme /
Making my movie
Agent: The own publisher
Sales: 200,000
Paula could be called the new Thalita
Rebouças. Most of her sales took place in
the last 18 months, and her ascending
career is probably only starting.

32. Thank you!
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