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In 2016, the bestselling book written by an Italian author was “L’Altro Capo del Filo” by Andrea Camilleri, with *** thousand copies. The book is a crime story and has been published by Sellerio Editore. The Sicilian publishing house released of the Italian top 100 bestselling books in 2016, competing with much bigger book publishers.

Sicilian crime stories

“L’Altro Capo del Filo” belongs to the series of crime stories settled in Sicily and have the Inspector Montalbano as main character. In Italy, the series has become so popular that a TV series was made based on it. In a survey about the preferred TV series in 2018, ** percent of respondents indicated their preference for Montalbano’s series.

Crime is getting popular

In general, crime fiction is a popular genre across the EU. In a survey conducted in 2019, **** percent of German speaking individuals answered that their favorite television genre was crime. In a poll from 2017, ** percent of French readers reported to read spy or crime novels, while crime fiction has been the third bestselling genre in Sweden as of 2018.