Dolores Redondo: The Rising Basque Star of Crime Fiction

Dolores Redondo's novel The Invisible Guardian weaves the mythologies of the Basque culture into the a contemporary world, making for an unexpected international hit.

Discussion: Is There a Formula for an International Bestseller? Some bestselling novels are too culturally specific to resonate internationally. Those that are translated will always be subject to readers' unpredictable whims.

More News from PP: Tips for Technologists #13: Writing Software is like Writing a Book Good software requires programmers who are both creative and logical, who can build code that essentially tells a story. This sounds a lot like publishing a book. What If...? Italians, Swedes Spaniards Ponder the Future of Publishing Italy's 2013 IfBookThen conference on digital publishing takes place next week and opens to a new European synergy, thanks to partnerships with Sweden and Spain.

From the Archives: USA’s Top-Selling Print Books of 2012 from Nielsen It comes as no surprise that Nielsen BookScan’s top-selling print book lists for 2012 are dominated by Fifty Shades and the Hunger Games. See what else is on the lists.