Hawkins has biggest-selling Amazon ebook of 2015

Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Transworld) is Amazon.co.uk’s biggest selling ebook of 2015 so far, the retailer has revealed. The list of top 20 ebooks of the year is dominated by female authors, with E L James’ Fifty Shades of Grey companion novel, Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as told by Christian (Cornerstone) in second place. Head of Zeus has two books in the top 20, with Nadine Dorries’ Hide Her Name (Head of Zeus) in ninth and The Throwaway Children by Diney Costeloe (Head of Zeus) in 13th. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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