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Book Map of Armenia | February

Mar 24, 2025 News Book Map of Armenia

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The list of the most-read fiction books for February includes 113 titles. With 13 books, Agatha Christie is the most popular author, as is typically the case. Vardges Petrosyan, with four books, Erich Maria Remarque, and Gohar Navasardyan, each with three books, come after him.

For the first time, "The Enemy's Decoration" by modern Belgian author Amelie Notombe was listed among the top ten. The novel "The Clarinet Player" by Cengiz Erjument, the poem "The Bride of Tetrachoma" by Kostan Zaryan applauding the Hayduk movement and the Armenian people's national liberation struggle, and the novella "Hrant" by prose writer and literary critic Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan about his encounters and interactions with Hrant Matevosyan.

For months, rare poetry books have been listed among the most sought-after books. February is a unique month in this sense. Among the most read books in libraries are the quatrains, poems, and collections "Shattered Dreams" by Anahit Sargsyan, "Don't Leave Me Absent" by Hamo Sahyan, "When I Love You" by Husik Ara, and "The Armenian Dante-esque" by Hovhannes Shiraz.

There has been no change in the top three most popular authors and books. The most-read books in the libraries that took part in the survey were "Gevorg Marzpetuni" by Muratsan, "Chaos" by Shirvanzadeh, and "Black Panther" by Ashot Aghababyan in both January and February. There is only one book by a foreign author in the combined list of regional libraries and Yerevan for the first time since the beginning of this top 10 compilation (January 2023): Alex Michaelides' The Fury.