YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. This week’s Yerevan Bestseller list is topped by “Letter to the Turkish writer” by Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, President of the Writers’ Union of Armenia (2001-2013) Levon Ananyan.  The book summarizes the author’s thoughts on the international recognition process of the Armenian Genocide in 15 languages.

Gurgen Eghiazaryan’s “Wolf’s Loop Operation” is 2nd in the list.

“Nausea” is ranked 3rd. It is a philosophical novel by the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, published in 1938. It is Sartre's first novel and, in his opinion, one of his best works.

“And the Mountains Echoed” by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini is 4th.

“Captain Pantoja and the Special Service”  is a relatively short comedic novel by acclaimed Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, which is ranked 5th this week.

According to the author himself, the work is based on facts, as he was able to verify them in 1958 and in 1962 when he travelled to the Peruvian jungle.

“Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson comes next. It is a motivational tale by Spencer Johnson written in the style of a parable or business fable. The text describes change in one's work and life, and four typical reactions to those changes by two mice and two "little people," during their hunt for cheese. 

“The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green comes next. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, “The Fault in Our Stars” is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

"Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez is 7th in this week’s list. “People are not always born the day their mothers bring them to the world: Life forces them to be reborn many times”, this is the philosophy of the novel. It was translated to Armenian by Frunzik Kirakosyan

Mark Aren’s “Where wild roses bloom” comes next. This is the second novel of the author which describes the inner world of an Armenophobic Turkish former serviceman, when he, already an old man, suddenly hears a lullaby song that reminds him of his mother and later finds out that the song is in Armenian: realizing his parents were Armenians. The same former serviceman spends his remaining life searching the graves of his parents, without knowing that it was a misunderstanding.

“The Alchemist” by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho concludes this week’s ranking. Originally written in Portuguese, it has been translated into at least 67 languages.

An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago in his journey to Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding treasure there

To complete the bestseller list, the following bookshops have participated in the survey: “New Book” (093-60-40-64), “Noah’s Ark” (56-81-84), “Armenian Book” (54-07-06), “Narek” (51-91-36), “Bookinist” (53-74-13), “Antares” (091-90-01-23) and “Zangak” (23-25-28).