According to the Russian Book Chamber, about one and a half million books are published annually in the world. It is very difficult to navigate this huge stream, so from time to time the question arises before book lovers: what interesting novelties to read?
Novelties of "intellectual" literature
Lovers of serious literature do not ignore the book-laureates of various competitions. So in 2013 the winner of the prestigious "Big Book" prize was the novel "Laurel" by Evgeny Vodolazkin. The publication of this book became an important event in the literary life of Russia.
Evgeny Vodolazkin is a Doctor of Philology, a literary critic, a specialist in Old Russian literature, an employee of the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He literally burst into modern literature when in 2010 his debut Roma Soloviev and Larionov was shortlisted for the Big Book. Three years later, the author's second novel "Laurel" received this prestigious award, and he also received awards from the Portal and Yasnaya Polyana conventions.
The protagonist of the novel, being a medieval doctor, has the gift of healing. However, he fails to save his beloved, and then he decides to go through the earthly path instead of her.
Fans of Dina Rubina's “watercolor” talent will certainly be pleased with the publication of her new novel, the first book of the Russian Canary trilogy. Zheltukhin . This is a multifaceted family saga, covering the life of 2 families (Odessa and Alma-Ata) for 100 years, which are connected by a thin thread of the avian genus - the canary Zheltukhin and his descendants.
Another significant novelty of the book market is the historical project of Boris Akunin / Grigory Chkhartishvili. The famous Russian writer, translator and literary critic, author of popular detective stories about Erast Fandorin, this time will delight history lovers and connoisseurs of adventure literature.
The historical project of Boris Akunin is designed for 10 years. During this time, it is planned to publish 8 volumes of "History of the Russian State" and the same number of fiction books in the series.
Within the framework of the new project, it is planned to simultaneously publish 2 books, one of which will be a richly illustrated volume of "History of the Russian State", and the other - a fiction book about the life of one Russian family, its ups and downs, a kind of book accompanying a historical volume. You can already read the first 2 books of the series: “The history of the Russian state. From the origins to the Mongol invasion”and“The Fiery Finger”.
Best-selling novelties of genre literature
Finally, the long-awaited new novel by Dan Brown has been translated into Russian. Inferno is the fourth book in the series about Robert Langdon. This time the action of the novel takes place in Florence, the hometown of Dante Alighieri, the author of The Divine Comedy, whose secret Professor Langdon is trying to unravel with danger to his life.
J. K. Rowling's first "adult" book was The Accidental Vacancy, which received mixed reviews from critics.
Made a gift to lovers of detective stories and "Harry Potter's mother" J. K. Rowling, having published the detective novel "Call of the Cuckoo" under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith. It is assumed that this will be the first book in the series about the private detective Cormoran Strike, who became disabled in the war.
In Call of the Cuckoo, Strike investigates the suicide of a famous top model. But delving into the history of the star, a private investigator falls into a trap, exposed to mortal danger.
