Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital tops UK bestseller list

The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its winSamantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital has rocketed to the top of the UK bestseller chart, becoming the first Booker novel to hit number one in the week of its win.20,040 copies were sold in the UK last week across paperback and hardback editions, according to Nielsen BookData. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-11-20 15:01:38 UTC ]

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Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital tops UK bestseller list

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