{"id":8418,"date":"2026-01-15T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8418"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:03:26","slug":"romania-today-read-between-the-lines-what-2025s-books-reveal-about-romanians-new-priorities-5-out-of-the-top-10-titles-overall-focus-on-health-emotional-balance-and-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8418","title":{"rendered":"Romania today, read between the lines: what 2025\u2019s books reveal about romanians\u2019 new priorities. 5 out of the top 10 titles overall focus on health, emotional balance, and well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tBookTok is setting the bestsellers again: Animal Farm and 1984 rank high in Fiction, alongside two other \u201cclassics\u201d boosted by TikTok.<br \/>\n\tFyodor M. Dostoevsky leads the authors\u2019 chart in 2025. Ioana P\u00e2rvulescu is the best-selling Romanian author.<br \/>\n\tThe Little Prince, the undisputed winner in Children\u2019s Books: No. 1 in the category for the past three years and Libris\u2019 best-selling book in 2025.<br \/>\n\tThriller and romantasy are the subgenres dominating Young Adult and Books in English.<br \/>\n\tThe Big Dictionary of Diseases and Conditions ranks in the top 3 in 27 counties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Libris\u2019 2025 data outlines a clear picture of how Romanians are calibrating their cultural choices in a context marked by constant pressure, uncertainty, and a growing need for personal stability. An analysis of last year\u2019s reading behavior shows that books about health, the relationship between body and emotions, and stress management are reaching the mainstream for the first time\u2014reflected directly in the overall bestseller chart.<\/h3>\n<p>The fact that several mind\u2013body balance titles appear among the top positions in the overall chart alongside classic literature and established fiction signals a shift in priorities: reading is being used as a tool for clarification, regulation, and personal decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2025, we see that Romanians no longer choose books only for information or relaxation. Reading is used to better understand how to manage stress, the body, emotions, and the pace of everyday life. It\u2019s a far more pragmatic and deliberate choice than in the past,\u201d explains Loredana Tudor, Marketing Manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libris.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Libris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health moves beyond a niche and becomes a major cultural choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, interest in health is no longer limited to a distinct category. Books that address how the body works, the nervous system, metabolism, or the link between emotions and health are purchased by the same audience that reads classic literature or contemporary fiction. This overlap indicates that health is becoming a transversal theme, not an isolated interest. Titles such as The Big Dictionary of Diseases and Conditions, Healing Plants, The Glucose Revolution, or The Brain and the Mysteries of the Soul are among the overall bestsellers, confirming growing demand for practical information with a direct impact on quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing a turn toward books that offer structured explanations and concrete solutions, which signals a real need for control and stability. This evolution marks a significant shift from nutrition as a lifestyle to health as a personal investment\u2014with a focus on prevention, understanding, and long-term decisions,\u201d Loredana Tudor adds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classics and the search for meaning: anchors in a tense context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, classic literature continues to play a central role in reading choices. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry and White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky hold top positions in the overall chart for 2025, while other canonical titles such as Animal Farm or 1984 have remained solid in readers\u2019 preferences. Their association with books such as Man\u2019s Search for Meaning points to a preference for reading that offers moral reference points, interpretive frameworks, and clarity in a climate of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>A phenomenon that clearly took shape in 2024 and is confirmed in 2025 is the increasingly stable role of social media reading communities\u2014especially BookTok. The TikTok-driven popularity of the novella White Nights showed that these platforms do not create short-lived spikes of interest, but rather build \u201clong waves\u201d of consumption. The title, which captured Gen Z\u2019s attention through themes like loneliness, the need for connection, and emotional vulnerability, maintains its leading position in 2025 as well, climbing to second place in Libris\u2019 overall chart (up from 9th place in 2024).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dynamic highlights a structural difference compared to classic recommendation models. BookTok does not produce rapid title rotation; it consolidates a relatively stable core of around 15\u201320 books that remain relevant long-term. Choices are driven primarily by emotional impact rather than critical analysis or literary notoriety, which helps explain the return of classic authors to the charts through a contemporary reading lens aligned with the concerns of today\u2019s young audiences,\u201d adds Loredana Tudor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How books are purchased in 2025: mobile, fast, recurring. Children\u2019s Books Remain the best-selling category<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Libris data shows a clear dominance of mobile devices, which generate 80.4% of traffic, compared to 19.48% on desktop. This behavior suggests that purchases are integrated into everyday life made quickly, in varied contexts, not within a dedicated \u201conline shopping\u201d setting.<\/p>\n<p>Demand structure also confirms a shift in priorities. In 2025, children\u2019s books account for 27.14% of total orders the highest share across all categories followed by Fiction (15.48%). The pandemic accelerated a reorientation toward education and family; this continues today, reflected in sustained interest in children\u2019s titles as well as parenting books.<\/p>\n<p>Categories that indicate the need for understanding and guidance Humanities, Religion, and Personal Development complete the picture of a careful, selective cultural consumption oriented toward meaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsumption behavior in 2025 shows a high level of loyalty. For example, a reader from Constan\u021ba made purchases totaling 81,950 lei across 87 orders, while a reader from Bucharest placed 170 orders in a single year. In the corporate segment, the largest single order included 4,600 copies, totaling 154,901.73 lei. These figures show that reading remains a consistent and relevant choice for both individual readers and organizations. The book is perceived as an instrument for education, reflection, and development not as occasional consumption,\u201d emphasizes Loredana Tudor.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Libris data for 2025 shows that the highest number of book orders per capita came from Ilfov, Bra\u0219ov, and Bucharest, while Harghita, Covasna, and Teleorman rank at the opposite end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What romanians read in 2025. Rankings as a airror of priorities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The overall bestseller chart for 2025 reflects this combination of interest in health, meaning, and classic literature, alongside contemporary bestsellers especially those with viral visibility or screen adaptations.<\/p>\n<p>The most-read categories, the number of books ordered, mobile traffic, and data about the most loyal readers\u2019 orders in each county can be explored via Libris\u2019 interactive map, created by processing 2025 sales data*, available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libris.ro\/romania\" target=\"_blank\">Romania in Books Read, 2025 Edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*To increase relevance to real reading preferences, the analysis treats separately sales of textbooks and school books or titles included in the school reading list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best-Selling Books on Libris.ro in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tThe Little Prince \u2014 Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<br \/>\n\tWhite Nights \u2014 Fyodor Dostoevsky<br \/>\n\tThe Big Dictionary of Diseases and Conditions \u2014 Jacques Martel<br \/>\n\tMan\u2019s Search for Meaning \u2014 Viktor E. Frankl<br \/>\n\tThe Power of Your Subconscious Mind \u2014 Joseph Murphy<br \/>\n\tThe Secret of Secrets \u2014 Dan Brown<br \/>\n\tThe Brain and the Mysteries of the Soul \u2014 Leon D\u0103n\u0103il\u0103<br \/>\n\tHealing Plants \u2014 Nicolae Onu, Mihaela Onu<br \/>\n\tThe Glucose Revolution: Balancing Your Blood Sugar Can Change Your Life \u2014 Jessie Inchausp\u00e9<br \/>\n\tAnimal Farm \u2014 George Orwell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best-Selling Authors on Libris.ro in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tF. M. Dostoevsky<br \/>\n\tFreida McFadden<br \/>\n\tAntoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<br \/>\n\tIoana P\u00e2rvulescu<br \/>\n\tLiane Schneider<br \/>\n\tGeronimo Stilton<br \/>\n\tRoald Dahl<br \/>\n\tJacques Martel<br \/>\n\tEric-Emmanuel Schmitt<br \/>\n\tDav Pilkey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best-Selling Romanian Authors on Libris.ro in 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tIoana P\u00e2rvulescu<br \/>\n\tLeon Magdan<br \/>\n\tIoana Chicet-Macoveiciuc<br \/>\n\tAlex Donovici<br \/>\n\tAlec Blenche<br \/>\n\tVeronica D. Niculescu<br \/>\n\tDan-Silviu Boerescu<br \/>\n\tRadu Paraschivescu<br \/>\n\tNiculina Gheorghi\u021b\u0103<br \/>\n\tIgor Bergler<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Most Popular Categories and Top 10 Titles in Each Category Children\u2019s Books*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tThe Little Prince \u2014 Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<br \/>\n\t101 Bedtime Stories<br \/>\n\tFirst Poems and Songs for the Littlest Ones<br \/>\n\tA Summer with Isidor \u2014 Veronica D. Niculescu<br \/>\n\t101 Animal Stories<br \/>\n\t500 Clever Riddles for Children (Ed. 2)<br \/>\n\tThe Girl Who Didn\u2019t Like Her Name or\u2026 \u2014 Elif Shafak<br \/>\n\t99 Stories in Large Print for Kids and Grandparents<br \/>\n\tSTEM Activities. Sensational Science \u2014 Stephanie Clarkson<br \/>\n\tThe Invisibles \u2014 Ioana P\u00e2rvulescu<br \/>\n\t*The chart excludes authors from Textbooks \/ School Books categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tWhite Nights \u2014 Fyodor M. Dostoevsky<br \/>\n\tThe Secret of Secrets \u2014 Dan Brown<br \/>\n\tAnimal Farm \u2014 George Orwell<br \/>\n\t1984 \u2014 George Orwell<br \/>\n\tAs Long as the Lemon Trees Grow \u2014 Zoulfa Katouh<br \/>\n\tI Am Emilia del Valle \u2014 Isabel Allende<br \/>\n\tThe Body of the Soul \u2014 Ludmila Ulitskaya<br \/>\n\tThe Housemaid \u2014 Freida McFadden<br \/>\n\tDon\u2019t Lie to Me \u2014 Freida McFadden<br \/>\n\tThe Catcher in the Rye \u2014 J.D. Salinger<\/p>\n<p><strong>Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tBreaking the Curse. The Romanian Revolution of December 1989 \u2014 C\u0103t\u0103lin Ranco Pi\u021bu<br \/>\n\tThe Psychology of Money \u2014 Morgan Housel<br \/>\n\tMeditations \u2014 Marcus Aurelius<br \/>\n\tNexus. A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI \u2014 Yuval Noah Harari<br \/>\n\tThe Mineriad Was Born out of the Revolution. The Events of June 13\u201315, 1990 \u2014 C\u0103t\u0103lin Ranco Pi\u021bu<br \/>\n\tThe Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind \u2014 Gustave Le Bon<br \/>\n\tThe Art of War \u2014 Sun Tzu<br \/>\n\tScattered Minds \u2014 Gabor Mat\u00e9<br \/>\n\tSapiens. A Brief History of Humankind \u2014 Yuval Noah Harari<br \/>\n\tWoke Religion \u2014 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Braunstein<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tNonviolent Communication \u2014 Marshall B. Rosenberg<br \/>\n\tEverything Is Fine in Me and in the World \u2014 Petronela Rotar<br \/>\n\tThe Courage to Be Disliked \u2014 Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga<br \/>\n\tAtomic Habits \u2014 James Clear<br \/>\n\tThe Five Love Languages (Ed. 6) \u2014 Gary Chapman<br \/>\n\tHealing the Inner Child \u2014 Stefanie Stahl<br \/>\n\tThe Hour of the Heart \u2014 Irvin D. Yalom, Benjamin Yalom<br \/>\n\tThe Art of Manipulation \u2014 Kevin Dutton<br \/>\n\tWhen the Body Says No \u2014 Gabor Mat\u00e9<br \/>\n\tThe Life That\u2019s Waiting for You \u2014 Brianna Wiest<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spirituality &amp; Esotericism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tThe Power of Your Subconscious Mind \u2014 Joseph Murphy<br \/>\n\tThe 5 Wounds That Prevent You from Being Yourself \u2014 Lise Bourbeau<br \/>\n\tHealing the 5 Wounds \u2014 Lise Bourbeau<br \/>\n\tSupernatural \u2014 Dr. Joe Dispenza<br \/>\n\tThe Monk Who Sold His Ferrari \u2014 Robin Sharma<br \/>\n\tComplete Works \u2014 Neville Goddard<br \/>\n\tThe Four Agreements: A Toltec Wisdom Book \u2014 Don Miguel Ruiz<br \/>\n\tYou Are the Placebo \u2014 Joe Dispenza<br \/>\n\tThe Big Book of Spells, Charms and Curses \u2014 Dan-Silviu Boerescu<br \/>\n\tBox Set: Conversations with God, Volumes I\u2013IV \u2014 Neale Donald Walsch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tThe Big Dictionary of Diseases and Conditions \u2014 Jacques Martel<br \/>\n\tThe Brain and the Mysteries of the Soul \u2014 Leon D\u0103n\u0103il\u0103<br \/>\n\tHealing Plants \u2014 Nicolae Onu, Mihaela Onu<br \/>\n\tThe Glucose Revolution: Balancing Your Blood Sugar Can Change Your Life \u2014 Jessie Inchausp\u00e9<br \/>\n\tThe Food Revolution and Heart Health \u2014 Gheorghe Cerin<br \/>\n\tThe Vagus Nerve. Goodbye Stress, Inflammation, Digestive Disorders and Immune Problems \u2014 Yann Rougier, Marie Borrel<br \/>\n\tYou Can Heal Your Life \u2014 Louise L. Hay<br \/>\n\tHealth from the Lord\u2019s Pharmacy. Advice and Verified Herbal Treatments \u2014 Maria Treben<br \/>\n\tThe Second Brain. The Microbiome and the Gut\u2013Brain Axis \u2014 Emily Leeming<br \/>\n\tReflexology of Body and Soul. Therapeutic Guide \u2014 Gabriel Socaciu, Vasile Valentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best-Selling Young Adult Titles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tFish in a Tree \u2014 Lynda Mullaly Hunt<br \/>\n\tThe Catcher in the Rye \u2014 J.D. Salinger<br \/>\n\tPowerless: The Game. The Powerless Series \u2014 Lauren Roberts<br \/>\n\tThe Giver \u2014 Lois Lowry<br \/>\n\tFearless. The Finale. The Powerless Series \u2014 Lauren Roberts<br \/>\n\tA Pocket Full of Stars \u2014 Aisha Bushby<br \/>\n\tReckless. The Chase. The Powerless Series \u2014 Lauren Roberts<br \/>\n\tCuban Recipes for a Broken Heart \u2014 Laura Taylor Namey<br \/>\n\tThe Monet Family. The Princess. Part 2 \u2014 Weronika Anna Marczak<br \/>\n\tThe Last Cherry Blossom \u2014 Kathleen Burkinshaw<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best-Selling Books in English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tWe Did Ok, Kid \u2014 Sir Anthony Hopkins<br \/>\n\tAlchemised \u2014 SenLinYu<br \/>\n\tMatilda. Special Edition \u2014 Roald Dahl<br \/>\n\tWhite Nights \u2014 Fyodor Dostoevsky<br \/>\n\tOnce Upon a Broken Heart \u2014 Stephanie Garber<br \/>\n\tFake Skating \u2014 Lynn Painter<br \/>\n\tWonder \u2014 R.J. Palacio<br \/>\n\tPowerless. The Powerless Trilogy #1 \u2014 Lauren Roberts<br \/>\n\tGangsta Granny. Gangsta Granny #1 \u2014 David Walliams<br \/>\n\tFearless \u2014 Lauren Roberts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best-Selling Authors from the School Reading List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tIon Creang\u0103<br \/>\n\tIoan Slavici<br \/>\n\tMark Twain<br \/>\n\tIon Luca Caragiale<br \/>\n\tAntoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<br \/>\n\tMihail Sadoveanu<br \/>\n\tMircea Eliade<br \/>\n\tJules Verne<br \/>\n\tPetre Ispirescu<br \/>\n\tIoana P\u00e2rvulescu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 Best-Selling Books from the School Reading List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tChildhood Memories \u2014 Ion Creang\u0103<br \/>\n\tThe Big Recess \u2014 Mircea S\u00e2ntimbreanu<br \/>\n\tThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer \u2014 Mark Twain<br \/>\n\tNobody\u2019s Boy (Sans Famille) \u2014 Hector Malot<br \/>\n\tIon \u2014 Liviu Rebreanu<br \/>\n\tFram, the Polar Bear \u2014 Cezar Petrescu<br \/>\n\tEnigma of Otilia \u2014 George C\u0103linescu<br \/>\n\tThe Wonderful Grove \u2014 Mihail Sadoveanu<br \/>\n\tThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas \u2014 John Boyne<br \/>\n\tFrom the World of Those Who Cannot Speak \u2014 Emil G\u00e2rleanu<\/p>\n<p><strong>About LIBRIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 100% Romanian business, Libris entered the book market in 1991 with the \u0218t. O. Iosif bookstore in Bra\u0219ov. In 2009, Libris.ro launched and, over 15 years of online presence, became a reference name in Romania\u2019s bookstore sector.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Libris has actively taken on the role of supporting reading and has run numerous campaigns to promote it. Since 2019, Libris has developed the CarteTeca project, aiming to attract children and teenagers to reading by providing access to new and relevant books for school libraries. Every year, dozens of libraries receive\u2014following a project competition\u2014books most desired by children, as well as essential titles included in school reading lists, so that young readers can discover reading through new, colorful, and appealing books.<\/p>\n<p>*This is a press release<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 BookTok is setting the bestsellers again: Animal Farm and 1984 rank high in Fiction, alongside two other \u201cclassics\u201d boosted by TikTok. Fyodor M. Dostoevsky leads the authors\u2019 chart in 2025. Ioana P\u00e2rvulescu is the best-selling Romanian author. 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