LitRes named the most popular books of 2022

The LitRes service sums up the results of the outgoing year with a selection of the most popular digital books and audiobooks among Russians. Top by the number of digital and audio copies sold looks like this:

1. “Gentle to yourself. A book about how to appreciate and take care of yourself, Olga Primachenko
2. 1984 George Orwell
3. "Choice. On the freedom and inner strength of man, Edith Eva Eger
4. "A romance with myself. How to balance the inner yang and yin and not be distracted by all sorts of crap, Tatyana Muzhitskaya
5. "Anxious People" Frederick Backman
6. "A month behind the Rubicon", Sergey Lukyanenko
7. «KGBT+”, Victor Pelevin
8. "The Richest Man in Babylon" by George Samuel Clason
9. "Summer of the Volunteer", Sergey Lukyanenko
10. "Three Days of Indigo", Sergey Lukyanenko

Among the audiobooks, the leaders are:

1. "A romance with myself. How to balance the inner yang and yin and not be distracted by all sorts of crap, Tatyana Muzhitskaya
2. 1984 George Orwell
3. "The subconscious can do anything!" - John Kehoe
4. «KGBT+», Victor Pelevin
5. "The Richest Man in Babylon" by George Samuel Clason

Here are some more interesting details from the statistics of the service:

• The most popular novelty of the year is “A Month Beyond the Rubicon” by Sergey Lukyanenko.
• Boris Akunin is the leader in terms of revenue among authors.
• The most popular classic writer is George Orwell, Erich Maria Remarque and Mikhail Bulgakov are also in the top 3.
• The most popular genres are: fantasy, romance, science fiction, psychology and motivation, knowledge and skills.

Previously leading audiobook statistics shared service "Yandex Music" - he also noted the popularity of "Tender to yourself. A book about how to value and take care of yourself "and" 1984 ".