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Swiss books are piled up on Swiss bedside tables

Oliver Fischer
23.1.2025
Translation: machine translated

Swiss authors dominate the 2024 annual charts, with seven books from Switzerland making it into the top 10, including places 1, 2 and 4. In the previous year, there were "only" four books by Swiss authors.

Swiss women like to read Swiss authors and vice versa. This conclusion can definitely be drawn for the 2024 Swiss bestseller list. Eleven of the 20 best-selling novels were written by Swiss authors, including the first and second places and five other articles in the top 10. Some of the books were already included in the bestseller article I wrote in November:

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Some well-known names are represented, such as Martin Suter, who appears twice on the list. Also popular were crime novels such as "Missing - The Anna Case" by former court reporter Christine Brand, both represented works by Graubünden native Philipp Gurt "Die Tote im St. Moritzersee" and "Bündner Blutmond", Donna Leon's 30th Commisario Brunetti "Feuerprobe" and Silvia Götschi's "Alpstein".

With five authors, Germany is the most frequently represented country on the annual bestseller list after Switzerland. Other authors come from the English-speaking world and then there is the Danish thriller grandmaster Jussi Adler-Olsen.

So, enough preamble. Here are the bestsellers in the "Fiction Hardcover 2024" category in Switzerland - and perhaps some inspiration for your next bedtime reading:

1. Christine Brand 🇨🇭

Missing - The Anna case (German, Christine Brand, 2024)
Fiction
CHF17.90

Missing - The Anna case

German, Christine Brand, 2024

Thriller

2nd Alex Capus 🇨🇭

The little house on the sunny slope (German, Alex Capus, 2024)
Fiction
CHF21.70

The little house on the sunny slope

German, Alex Capus, 2024

Autobiographical literary novel

3. Sebastian Fitzek 🇩🇪

Das Kalendermädchen (German, Sebastian Fitzek, 2024)
Fiction
CHF24.70

Das Kalendermädchen

German, Sebastian Fitzek, 2024

Thriller

4. Martin Suter 🇨🇭

Allmen and Mr Weynfeldt (German, Martin Suter, 2024)
Fiction
CHF25.70

Allmen and Mr Weynfeldt

German, Martin Suter, 2024

Thriller

5th Jean-Luc Bannalec 🇩🇪

Breton longing (German, Jean-Luc Bannalec, 2024)
Fiction
CHF17.90

Breton longing

German, Jean-Luc Bannalec, 2024

Thriller

6th Silvia Götschi 🇨🇭

Alpstein (German, Silvia Gochi, 2024)
Fiction
CHF19.70

Alpstein

German, Silvia Gochi, 2024

Thriller

7th Zora del Buono 🇨🇭

Because of him (German, Zora del Buono, 2024)
Fiction
CHF22.70

Because of him

German, Zora del Buono, 2024

Autobiographical novel

8th Martin Suter 🇨🇭

Melody (German, Martin Suter, 2023)
Fiction
CHF25.70

Melody

German, Martin Suter, 2023

Thriller

9th Philipp Gurt 🇨🇭

The dead woman in Lake St. Moritz (German, Philipp Belt, 2024)
Fiction
CHF19.95

The dead woman in Lake St. Moritz

German, Philipp Belt, 2024

Thriller

10th Hannah Grace 🇬🇧

Icebreaker (German, Hannah Grace, 2023)
Fiction
CHF15.–

Icebreaker

German, Hannah Grace, 2023

Romance novel

11th Philipp Gurt 🇨🇭

Graubünden blood moon (German, Philipp Belt, 2024)
Fiction
CHF21.70

Graubünden blood moon

German, Philipp Belt, 2024

Thriller

12th Caroline Wahl 🇩🇪

Windstärke 17 (German, Caroline Wahl, 2024)
Fiction
CHF23.70

Windstärke 17

German, Caroline Wahl, 2024

Coming-of-age novel

13th Charlotte Link 🇩🇪

Dark water (German, Charlotte Link, 2024)
Fiction
CHF25.–

Dark water

German, Charlotte Link, 2024

Thriller

14th Jussi Adler-Olsen 🇩🇰

Betrayed (German, Jussi Eagle-Olsen, 2024)
Fiction
CHF25.70

Betrayed

German, Jussi Eagle-Olsen, 2024

Thriller

15th Donna Leon 🇨🇭/ 🇺🇸

Trial by fire (German, Werner Schmitz, Donna Leon, 2024)
Fiction
CHF25.70

Trial by fire

German, Werner Schmitz, Donna Leon, 2024

Thriller

16th Lisa Graf 🇩🇪

Lindt & Sprüngli (Lindt & Sprüngli Saga 1) (German, Lisa Graf, 2024)
Fiction
CHF16.90

Lindt & Sprüngli (Lindt & Sprüngli Saga 1)

German, Lisa Graf, 2024

Biographical/historical novel

17th Margrit Schriber 🇨🇭

The embroiderer (German, Margrit Schriber, 2024)
Fiction
CHF29.70

The embroiderer

German, Margrit Schriber, 2024

Biographical/historical novel

18th Lucinda Riley 🇮🇪

Das Mädchen aus Yorkshire (German, Lucinda Riley., 2024)
Fiction
CHF24.70

Das Mädchen aus Yorkshire

German, Lucinda Riley., 2024

Family/generational novel

19th Martin Walker 🇨🇭

At the Château (German, Martin Walker, Michael Windgassen, Johannes Steck, 2024)
Fiction
CHF17.80

At the Château

German, Martin Walker, Michael Windgassen, Johannes Steck, 2024

Thriller

20th Miranda July 🇺🇸

On all fours (German, Miranda July, 2024)
Fiction
CHF24.70

On all fours

German, Miranda July, 2024

Women's novel (for lack of a better term)

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