Keira Knightley is latest star to publish a children’s book, but some say trend pushes aside genuine writers and makes it harder to find great children’s fiction“A modern classic by Keira Knightley” reads the provisional cover of the actor’s debut children’s book, I Love You Just the Same. Set... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-20 13:00:48 UTC ]
The third book in the Crescent City series becomes third fastest-selling science fiction and fantasy title since records beganThe story of a half fairy, half human woman has gripped UK book buyers this week, as a novel about the hybrid heroine shot to the top of the bestseller chart.House of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-07 14:13:13 UTC ]
Oxford University Press dominates Nielsen’s academic charts, with 19 of the top 20 titles, however Mary Beard’s latest—and its hefty average selling price—has given a boost to its publisher Princeton University Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 23:46:44 UTC ]
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Vintage) has reigned atop the UK Official Top 50 for a second week running, selling 36,380 copies in its first full week on sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 10:29:01 UTC ]
David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has accelerated by 21% in volume week-on-week for its second week in the Official UK Top 50 number one spot, selling 112,672 copies through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Victoria Hislop has posted her 14th number one, with Cartes Postales from Greece (Headline) selling 22,798 copies for £94,497. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last week's surprise announcement of a forthcoming To Kill a Mockingbird sequel has propelled Harper Lee's classic novel up the charts, with the book bursting into the UK Official Top 50 for the first time in almost five years. Meanwhile, J K Rowling has scored her second overall number one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A memoir by a man who claims his father was the Zodiac Killer, kept under lock and key by HarperCollins for months, rocketed up Amazon's bestseller chart on May 13, the book's publication date. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US Top 20 for week ending 23rd March has a decidedly chilly feel to it, as eight books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]