Author of the best-selling book in Brazil in 2023 and 2024 (so far), Junior Rostirola spoke to CNN about the success of “Coffee with God the Father” and how religious literature differs from self-help.
“Human beings today are searching for many answers, as we live in a society that has sought to fill some internal voids,” he explained.
Writer and evangelical pastor, Rostirola is one of the names confirmed for this year’s São Paulo Book Biennial, which takes place between September 6th and 15th.
According to him, the search for answers stimulates the sale of self-help books, as well as religious books, but he pointed out that there is a difference between them: “Self-help consists of finding the answer within oneself, while ‘Coffee with God the Father’ does not point to ourselves, but directs us upwards, to find the answer in God and understand his purpose for our lives, where we discover the reason for which we were born, since this is one of the greatest dilemmas of humanity.”
“Due to your day to day, the hustle and bustle of everyday life, [as pessoas] end up leaving aside the time dedicated to God. And the book allows us, in the midst of this whirlwind of our daily lives, in a short coffee break, to have the presence of God with us,” he said.
For him, this is the “great difference of the book”: “Through simple and profound language, ‘Coffee with God the Father’ has connected people with God, leading to a true relationship with him, and therefore being a true miracle. A phenomenon that reaches all over Brazil and now also outside of Brazil.”
According to Publishnews surveyprepared based on consultations with more than 30 bookstore chains in the country – which excludes sales figures on Amazon and other websites –, “Café com Deus Pai” sold more than 90 thousand copies, becoming the best-selling book in Brazil in 2023, still in its first edition, by Editora Vida.
The 2024 edition, published by Vélos (created by the pastor to sell his books), sold 36,000 copies last year, reaching 12th place on the list. In the ranking of best-selling works this year, “Coffee with God the Father – 2024” reigns in 1st place, with more than 180,000 copies sold until September, a number more than three times greater than the second place (“This is how it ends”, by Colleen Hoover).
The book is a devotional diary with 366 messages, with the proposal of taking a moment of the day to reflect on a text or quote every day.
“Coffee with God the Father – 2025” will be launched during the São Paulo International Book Biennial.
This content was originally published in “Society seeks to fill internal voids”, says author of “Café com Deus Pai” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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