Roald Dahl scores first number one in book chart

Roald Dahl has scored his first ever Official Top 50 number one, as World Book Day title The Great Mouse Plot (Puffin) leapfrogged Cavan Scott’s The Escape: Star Wars (Egmont). The Great Mouse Plot, illustrated by Quentin Blake, sold 32,096 copies for £32,096, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]

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

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Star Wars: Rogue One rockets into the top spot

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'Night School' takes Lee Child to 16th number one

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Blob bounces to third week at top of charts

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Roald Dahl's final children's book to be reissued with new illustrations

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