Babelio#Prix Babelio

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Guillaume Teisseire
Vassil Stefanov
Pierre Fremaux

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Babelio is a French social cataloging website and a mobile app dedicated to literature. It is a social network for users to review books and generate personal library catalogs, which can be shared and commented on by other users.

It has been called the French equivalent of Goodreads.{{Cite web |date=20 May 2020 |title=Curtis Brown authors longlisted for Prix Babelio 2020 |url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/curtis-brown-authors-longlisted-for-prix-babelio-2020 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=www.curtisbrown.co.uk}}{{Cite web |date=10 April 2019 |title=Une première plateforme pour parler de ses lectures au Québec |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1163676/premiere-plateforme-partage-lectures-quebec |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Ici Radio-Canada |publisher=Radio-Canada |language=fr-ca}}{{Cite web |date=5 March 2015 |title=Pour Babelio, "la lecture n'est pas une passion comme une autre" |url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/reportages/pour-babelio-la-lecture-n-est-pas-une-passion-comme-une-autre/58588 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=ActuaLitté |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Morin |first=Violaine |date=6 August 2015 |title=Le top départ du marathon lecture est donné sur YouTube |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2015/08/06/le-top-depart-du-marathon-lecture-est-donne-sur-youtube_4714292_3260.html |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Le Monde |language=fr}}

History

Babelio was launched in January 2007 by three bibliophiles: Guillaume Teisseire, Vassil Stefanov and Pierre Fremaux.{{Cite web |title=Notre équipe |url=https://www.babelio.com/apropos.php |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Babelio |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title="Les réseaux sociaux sont au coeur de l'industrie du livre" |url=https://www.booksquad.fr/webinar/guillaume-teisseire-babelio-reseaux-sociaux-livre/ |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=BookSquad |date=27 September 2018 |language=fr-FR}} It began as a social media website specializing in books. In France, Babelio was the first of its kind to be created.{{Cite web |last=Torre |first=Marina |date=24 May 2011 |title=Bookish, Babelio, MyBoox... le web, dernier salon littéraire |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2011/05/24/web/livres/bookish-babelio-myboox-le-web-dernier-salon-litteraire/ |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Les Inrockuptibles |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Fanny |first=Monneaux |date=18 August 2016 |title=Internet, club de lecture du XXIème siècle |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/internet-club-de-lecture-du-xxieme-siecle_1813858.html |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=L'Express |language=fr}} It is supported by publishers such as Éditions Albin Michel, Éditions du Seuil and Fayard. Many of the site's most active users receive copies of books in advance from various publishers and are invited to share their reviews.{{Cite web |last=De Larminat |first=Astrid |date=25 February 2010 |title=Facebook, le nouvel ami des écrivains |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2010/02/25/03005-20100225ARTFIG00002-facebook-le-nouvel-ami-des-ecrivains-.php |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}} Users can participate in the "Masse critique" contest to win book copies.{{Cite web |title=Babelio, Booknode, Livraddict : des communautés de lecteurs influentes |url=https://www.livre-provencealpescotedazur.fr/nos-actions/les-influenceurs-une-opportunite-pour-le-livre-et-la-lecture/babelio-booknode-livraddict-des-communautas-de-lecteurs-influentes-79 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=www.livre-provencealpescotedazur.fr |language=fr}}

In October 2018, Babelio had 650,000 users and was visited monthly by approximately 3.7 million internet users.{{Cite web |last=Leblanc |first=Léopoldine |date=16 October 2018 |title=Les couvertures que voudraient les lecteurs de Babelio |url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/les-couvertures-que-voudraient-les-lecteurs-de-babelio |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Livres Hebdo |language=fr}} By June 2020, Babelio had a community of 950,000 users.{{Cite web |last=Hecht |first=Nicolas |date=5 June 2020 |title=Interview de la Babelionaute ChuutJelis: A la rencontre des membres de Babelio |url=https://www.babelio.com/article/1325/A-la-rencontre-des-membres-de-Babelio--ChuutJeLis |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Babelio |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=18 June 2020 |title=Jean-Laurent Del Socorro, lauréat du prix Babelio 2020 |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/jean-laurent-del-socorro-laur%25C3%25A9at-du-prix-babelio-2020 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=ActuSF |language=fr}} By June 2021, Babelio had a community of 1.1 million users.{{Cite web|url=https://actualitte.com/article/100885/prix-litteraires/roman-manga-bd-les-10-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2021|title=Roman, manga, BD : les 10 lauréats du Prix Babelio 2021|website=ActuaLitté|date=17 June 2021|access-date=19 December 2021}}

Features

=For the general public=

For the books that are in their library, users have the ability to rate, write a review, extract quotes, create thematic lists, participate in games and create quizzes. Members also have a personalized home page that offers a news feed related to their literary tastes. Based on members' libraries and the ratings they have given to books, the site also offers users the opportunity to discover other user with similar literary tastes. Users also have the opportunity to converse through a group function, allowing them to send public messages. A thematic labeling system also allows users to navigate the database of books. Users thereby explore using keyword clouds, offering a collaborative and community form of classification.

Babelio offers excerpts from reviews and links to the vast majority of professional literary columns{{Cite web |title=Babelio : retrouvez les critiques littéraires de la presse |url=https://www.babelio.com/critiques-presse |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Babelio |language=fr}} published in the general and specialized press. Columns from a large number of media sources are thus included in the cataloging data of each book.

The site also offers a mobile application compatible with the iOS and Android operating systems.{{Cite web |last=Gary |first=Nicolas |date=26 January 2019 |title=Pour faire rentrer tout Babelio dans une application, il a fallu tasser |url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/lecture-numerique/pour-faire-rentrer-tout-babelio-dans-une-application-il-a-fallu-tasser/93016 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=ActuaLitté |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=7 February 2019 |title=Babelio, arrive sur application mobile pour iOS et Android. |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/c-connecte/gironde/babelio-arrive-sur-application-mobile-pour-ios-et-android |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=France Bleu |language=fr}}

At the beginning of 2018, Babelio launched a Spanish-language version of their website.

=For literary professionals=

Babelio offers a social network of authors{{Cite web |title=Auteurs membres de Babelio - tous |url=https://www.babelio.com/auteursbabelio.php |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Babelio |language=fr}} intended to connect writers and their readers according to their literary tastes.{{Cite web |last=Varza |first=Roxanne |date=29 March 2010 |title=Babelio lance un réseau social dédié aux auteurs et aux écrivains |url=http://fr.techcrunch.com/2010/03/29/babelio-lance-un-reseau-social-dedie-aux-auteurs-et-aux-ecrivains/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331191009/http://fr.techcrunch.com/2010/03/29/babelio-lance-un-reseau-social-dedie-aux-auteurs-et-aux-ecrivains/ |archive-date=31 March 2010 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=TechCrunch France |publisher=TechCrunch |language=fr}} The site also offers public libraries the opportunity to enrich their catalogs with community content (reviews, quotes, keyword clouds) through its Babelthèque website.{{Cite web |title=Babelthèque – Enrichissez les catalogues de bibliothèque |url=http://www.babeltheque.fr/ |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Babelthèque |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Anne |first=Julie |date=21 December 2012 |title=Babelio, un réseau de lecture, une communauté de lecteurs |url=http://www.cafepedagogique.net/lemensuel/lenseignant/documentation/Pages/2012/138_CDI_Babelio.aspx |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Café pédagogique |language=fr}}

Prix Babelio

In 2019, Babelio launched its annual readers' prize, the Prix Babelio, which rewards 10 winners in 10 categories. The first edition of the prize was awarded on 19 June 2019 and was decided as the result of 29,000 votes by 7,000 participating users.{{Cite web |last1=Vavasseur |first1=Pierre |last2=Bajos |first2=Sandrine |date=8 July 2019 |title=Quels prix littéraires faut-il lire cet été ? |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/livres/quels-prix-litteraires-faut-il-lire-cet-ete-07-07-2019-8111469.php |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Le Parisien |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Guchereau |first=Alexiane |date=23 May 2019 |title=La sélection du prix des lecteurs Babelio 2019 |url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/la-selection-du-prix-des-lecteurs-babelio-2019 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Livres Hebdo |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Payeton |first=Lucile |date=20 June 2019 |title=Franc succès pour la première édition du Prix Babelio |url=https://www.booksquad.fr/franc-succes-pour-la-premiere-edition-du-prix-babelio/ |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=BookSquad |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Peras |first=Delphine |date=25 June 2019 |title=Edition : les prix décernés par les lecteurs rapportent gros |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/edition-les-prix-decernes-par-les-lecteurs-rapportent-gros_2085135.html |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=L'Express |language=fr}} The 2nd Prix Babelio was awarded on 17 June 2020 as the result of 50,000 votes by 11,500 voters participating users.{{Cite web |last=Mazin |first=Cécile |date=18 June 2020 |title=Les 10 lauréats du Prix Babelio 2020 |url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/culture-arts-lettres/les-10-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2020/101315 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=ActuaLitté |language=fr}} The 3rd Prix Babelio was awarded on 17 June 2021 as the result of 52,500 votes by 11,000 voters participating users. The 4th Prix Babelio was awarded on 15 June 2022 as the result of 51,000 votes by 10,000 voters participating users. The 5th Prix Babelio was awarded on 15 June 2023 as the result of 70,000 votes by 14,000 voters participating users.{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2023 |title=Les 10 lauréats du Prix Babelio 2023 |url=https://actualitte.com/article/112197/prix-litteraires/les-10-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2023 |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=ActuaLitté |language=fr-FR}} The 6th Prix Babelio was awarded on 12 June 2024 as the result of 78,000 votes by 16,000 voters participating users.{{Cite web |date=12 June 2024 |title=Qui sont les lauréats du Prix Babelio 2024 ? |url=https://actualitte.com/article/117621/prix-litteraires/qui-sont-les-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2024 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}}

=Winners=

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scope=col\|Year !scope=col\|French literature !scope=col\|Foreign literature !scope=col\|Crime and thriller !scope=col\|Comics !scope=col\|Manga !scope=col\|Children's !scope=col\|Young adult !scope=col\|Speculative fiction !scope=col\|Romance !scope=col\|Non-fiction
scope=row\|2019{{Cite web \|last=Simonienko \|first=Maxim \|date=20 June 2019 \|title=Olivier Norek, Franck Bouysse... Les lauréats du prix Babelio 2019 \|url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/culture-arts-lettres/olivier-norek-franck-bouysse-les-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2019/95416 \|access-date=8 September 2020 \|website=ActuaLitté \|language=fr}} \|Né d'aucune femme by Franck Bouysse \|Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami \|Surface by Olivier Norek \|En route vers de nouvelles aventures Lou!, by Julien Neel \|The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu \|Engrenages et sortilèges by Adrien Tomas \|Un si petit oiseau by Marie Pavlenko \|Une sirène à Paris by Mathias Malzieu \|Laisse tomber la neige by Cécile Chomin \|À nous la liberté ! by Christophe André, Alexandre Jollien and Matthieu Ricard
scope=row\|2020{{Cite web \|last=Thomas \|first=Vincy \|date=18 June 2020 \|title=Les dix lauréats des Prix Babelio 2020 \|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/les-dix-laureats-des-prix-babelio-2020 \|access-date=8 September 2020 \|website=Livres Hebdo \|language=fr}} \|Mamma Maria by Serena Giuliano \|The Testaments by Margaret Atwood \|Victim 2117 by Jussi Adler-Olsen \|Sacrées sorcières by Pénélope Bagieu \|Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama \|Legacy by Shannon Messenger \|Heartstopper by Alice Oseman \|Je suis fille de rage by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro \|La vie a plus d'imagination que nous by Clarisse Sabard \|Votre temps est infini by Fabien Olicard
2021{{Cite web\|url=https://actualitte.com/article/100885/prix-litteraires/roman-manga-bd-les-10-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2021\|title=Roman, manga, BD : les 10 lauréats du Prix Babelio 2021\|website=ActuaLitté\|date=17 June 2021\|access-date=5 October 2021}} \|Chère Mamie au pays du confinement by Virginie Grimaldi \|Le Fabuleux Voyage du carnet des silences by Clare Pooley \|Le Mystère de la main rouge by Henri Lœvenbruck \|Ne m'oublie pas by Alice Garin \|The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyūga, Itsuki Nanao and Nekokurage \|J'ai 14 ans et ce n’est pas une bonne nouvelle by Jo Witek \|Le syndrome du spaghetti by Marie Vareille \|Les voleurs de fumée by Sally Green \|Les étoiles brillent plus fort en hiver by Sophie Jomain \|Vivre avec nos morts by Delphine Horvilleur
2022{{Cite web \|title=Les 10 lauréats du Prix Babelio 2022 sont connus \|url=https://actualitte.com/article/106503/prix-litteraires/les-10-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2022-sont-connus \|access-date=June 16, 2022 \|website=ActuaLitté \|language=fr-FR}} \|Les Douleurs fantômes by Mélissa Da Costa \|Blackwater by Michael McDowell \|Dans les brumes de Capelans by Olivier Norek \|Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe \|Spy × Family by Tatsuya Endo \|Mémoires de la forêt : Les Souvenirs de Ferdinand Taupe by Mickaël Brun-Arnaud and Sanoe \|La Passeuse de mots, L'Œil de la vérité by Alric and Jennifer Twice \|Capitale du Nord: Citadins de demain by Claire Duvivier \|Vous reprendrez bien un peu de magie pour Noël ? by Carène Ponte \|Les Fossoyeurs by Victor Castanet
2023 \|Les Femmes du bout du monde by Mélissa Da Costa \|La Petite Fille by Bernhard Schlink \|La Constance du prédateur by Maxime Chattam \|Le Cœur en braille by Joris Chamblain and Anne-Lise Nalin \|Orange, tome 7 by Ichigo Takano \|Les gens sont beaux by Baptiste Beaulieu and Qin Leng \|Just wanna be your brother by Nine Gorman and Mathieu Guibé \|Fairy Tale by Stephen King \|Captive, tome 2 by Sarah Rivens \|Seul l'espoir apaise la douleur by Simone Veil
2024 \|Cinq cœurs en sursis by Laure Manel \|Les Armes de la lumière by Ken Follett \|Les Secrets de la femme de ménage by Freida McFadden \|La Route by Manu Larcenet \|Le Voyage de Shuna by Hayao Miyazaki \|Les femmes aussi ont fait l'Histoire by Titiou Lecoq \|L'Effet boule de neige by Clara Héraut \|Babel by R. F. Kuang \|Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros \|Ma vie sans gravité by Thomas Pesquet

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scope=col|Year

!scope=col|French literature

!scope=col|Foreign literature

!scope=col|Crime and thriller

!scope=col|Comics

!scope=col|Manga

!scope=col|Children's

!scope=col|Young adult

!scope=col|Speculative fiction

!scope=col|Romance

!scope=col|Non-fiction

scope=row|2019{{Cite web |last=Simonienko |first=Maxim |date=20 June 2019 |title=Olivier Norek, Franck Bouysse... Les lauréats du prix Babelio 2019 |url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/culture-arts-lettres/olivier-norek-franck-bouysse-les-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2019/95416 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=ActuaLitté |language=fr}}

|Né d'aucune femme by Franck Bouysse

|Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

|Surface by Olivier Norek

|En route vers de nouvelles aventures Lou!, by Julien Neel

|The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu

|Engrenages et sortilèges by Adrien Tomas

|Un si petit oiseau by Marie Pavlenko

|Une sirène à Paris by Mathias Malzieu

|Laisse tomber la neige by Cécile Chomin

|À nous la liberté ! by Christophe André, Alexandre Jollien and Matthieu Ricard

scope=row|2020{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Vincy |date=18 June 2020 |title=Les dix lauréats des Prix Babelio 2020 |url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/les-dix-laureats-des-prix-babelio-2020 |access-date=8 September 2020 |website=Livres Hebdo |language=fr}}

|Mamma Maria by Serena Giuliano

|The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

|Victim 2117 by Jussi Adler-Olsen

|Sacrées sorcières by Pénélope Bagieu

|Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama

|Legacy by Shannon Messenger

|Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

|Je suis fille de rage by Jean-Laurent Del Socorro

|La vie a plus d'imagination que nous by Clarisse Sabard

|Votre temps est infini by Fabien Olicard

2021{{Cite web|url=https://actualitte.com/article/100885/prix-litteraires/roman-manga-bd-les-10-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2021|title=Roman, manga, BD : les 10 lauréats du Prix Babelio 2021|website=ActuaLitté|date=17 June 2021|access-date=5 October 2021}}

|Chère Mamie au pays du confinement by Virginie Grimaldi

|Le Fabuleux Voyage du carnet des silences by Clare Pooley

|Le Mystère de la main rouge by Henri Lœvenbruck

|Ne m'oublie pas by Alice Garin

|The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyūga, Itsuki Nanao and Nekokurage

|J'ai 14 ans et ce n’est pas une bonne nouvelle by Jo Witek

|Le syndrome du spaghetti by Marie Vareille

|Les voleurs de fumée by Sally Green

|Les étoiles brillent plus fort en hiver by Sophie Jomain

|Vivre avec nos morts by Delphine Horvilleur

2022{{Cite web |title=Les 10 lauréats du Prix Babelio 2022 sont connus |url=https://actualitte.com/article/106503/prix-litteraires/les-10-laureats-du-prix-babelio-2022-sont-connus |access-date=June 16, 2022 |website=ActuaLitté |language=fr-FR}}

|Les Douleurs fantômes by Mélissa Da Costa

|Blackwater by Michael McDowell

|Dans les brumes de Capelans by Olivier Norek

|Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

|Spy × Family by Tatsuya Endo

|Mémoires de la forêt : Les Souvenirs de Ferdinand Taupe by Mickaël Brun-Arnaud and Sanoe

|La Passeuse de mots, L'Œil de la vérité by Alric and Jennifer Twice

|Capitale du Nord: Citadins de demain by Claire Duvivier

|Vous reprendrez bien un peu de magie pour Noël ? by Carène Ponte

|Les Fossoyeurs by Victor Castanet

2023

|Les Femmes du bout du monde by Mélissa Da Costa