Amazon Charts: Wicks and Rooney score a hat-trick

For a third week running, Joe Wicks' Wean in 15 (Bluebird) and Sally Rooney's Normal People (Faber) have topped the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold categories for the week ending 17th May. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 23:05:04 UTC ]

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Weekly E-Ranking: Hawkins treading water

Paula Hawkins is treading water in the Weekly E-Ranking top 20, with Into the Water holding the top spot for the second week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Into the Water dives in for a second week at number one

Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water (Doubleday) has held the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week running, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Blob bounces to third week at top of charts

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J K Rowling praises booksellers to mark first Specsavers Bestseller Awards

J K Rowling has praised booksellers as she and other authors, including Paula Hawkins and Joe Wicks, were honoured at the Specsavers Bestseller Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Joe Wicks's Lean in 15 books earn fattest sales of any British diet plan

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Lean in 15 becomes bestselling diet book since records began

Joe Wicks has leapfrogged himself to claim the number one spot in the book chart for a third week running—this time with his debut Lean in 15 (Bluebird). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Lean in 15 chart hat-trick for The Body Coach

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Joe Wicks tops Amazon trends report

Joe Wicks was the bestselling author in print on Amazon's UK website last year, according to the internet giant’s 2016 Trends Report. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Walliams holds off Wicks, Rowling and Zoella for third week at the top

David Walliams has clinched the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a third week running, as The Midnight Gang (HarperCollins Children's) sold 78,950 copies for £449,629 through Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Walliams' The Midnight Gang strikes number one again

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Faber bags 'intimate' debut after seven-way auction

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One million for Moyes' Me Before You duo

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Lee Child elbows Joe Wicks off the top spot for 14th number one

Lee Child has claimed his 14th number one as Make Me (Bantam), the 20th Jack Reacher novel, swiped the top spot from Joe Wicks’ Lean in 15 (Bluebird). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Channel 4 commissions Joe Wicks TV show

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Wicks relights as Lean in 15 lunges back into the top spot

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