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Thrifty 50: sales drop across the Top 50 bestsellers
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Thrifty 50: sales drop across the Top 50 bestsellers

The Bookseller’s charts editor Alex Call takes a look at the Top 50 titles in the market to see how they are performing compared with 2025.
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In this week's issue:
  • Editor's Comment: Bloomsbury is consciously unglobaling
  • Author Profiles: Pulitzer-winning Andrew Sean Greer on his new novel, Villa Coco, and Melissa Albert on her adult debut, The Children
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Poetry isn't bulletproof

Poetry isn't bulletproof

by Nick Barley
In times of war, poetry can document devastation – and offer grassroots resistance.
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026: Horace Bent – Name, and passport number, of the Rosen

Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026: Horace Bent – Name, and passport number, of the Rosen

by Horace Bent
Airport killjoys hit the ’Super Hans’ award, while the fizz flies at Puffin
Small presses and the difference in kind

Small presses and the difference in kind

by Neil Griffiths
Publishing must come together to secure small press success.
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026: Horace Bent – This devil wears Balenciaga

Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026: Horace Bent – This devil wears Balenciaga

by Horace Bent
Horace Bent meets friends, villains and Villans as Bologna kicks into gear.
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Poetry isn't bulletproof

Poetry isn't bulletproof

by Nick Barley
In times of war, poetry can document devastation – and offer grassroots resistance.

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Weekly print bestsellers from Nielsen BookScan. Other digital charts from Bookstat and Audible.

 

Thrifty 50: sales drop across the Top 50 bestsellers
Bestsellers

Thrifty 50: sales drop across the Top 50 bestsellers

The Bookseller’s charts editor Alex Call takes a look at the Top 50 titles in the market to see how they are performing compared with 2025.
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The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks

The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks

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The Names

The Names

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Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy

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Rites of the Starling

Rites of the Starling

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We All Live Here

We All Live Here

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Pinch of Nom Air Fryer Light & Easy

Pinch of Nom Air Fryer Light & Easy

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The Hawk is Dead

The Hawk is Dead

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The Wicked Sea

The Wicked Sea

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Release Me

Release Me

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Onyx Storm

Onyx Storm

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Dear Debbie

Dear Debbie

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Silent Bones

Silent Bones

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Beautiful Ugly

Beautiful Ugly

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An Offer From a Gentleman

An Offer From a Gentleman

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When the Cranes Fly South

When the Cranes Fly South

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The Housemaid

The Housemaid

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Missing

Missing

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The Housemaid's Secret

The Housemaid's Secret

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The Daughter

The Daughter

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Bridgerton: Daphne's Story

Bridgerton: Daphne's Story

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Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Full-Cast Edition) 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Full-Cast Edition) 

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full-Cast Edition) 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Full-Cast Edition) 

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Full-Cast Edition) 

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Full-Cast Edition) 

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The Let Them Theory

The Let Them Theory

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London Falling 

London Falling 

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My Husband's Wife 

My Husband's Wife 

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The Names 

The Names 

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Books on Podcasts: ES McLeod challenges and reimagines the myth of Andromeda in her adult debut
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Books on Podcasts: ES McLeod challenges and reimagines the myth of Andromeda in her adult debut

This week, conversations ranged from reclaiming mythological figures, London’s dark underworld and the greatest threat facing humanity. 
Heart-stopping: Alice Oseman on drawing Heartstopper to an end
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Heart-stopping: Alice Oseman on drawing Heartstopper to an end

The award-winning author-illustrator reflects on the legacy of their bestselling graphic novel series.
Books in the Media: the latest from the 'master' of non-fiction, Patrick Radden Keefe
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Books in the Media: the latest from the 'master' of non-fiction, Patrick Radden Keefe

This week, the latest book from Baillie Gifford winner Patrick Radden Keefe was a triumph alongside a biography of Jan Morris and a new novel from Gwendoline Riley.
Ben Willbond on how a lifetime collecting voices prepared him for narrating audiobooks
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Ben Willbond on how a lifetime collecting voices prepared him for narrating audiobooks

Ben Willbond, star of Ghosts and Horrible Histories, on why narrating audiobooks is much less stressful than acting.

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This month will see the 20th annual Independent Bookshop Week, giving rise to a number of bookshop-themed paperbacks, plus a range of LGBTQ+ titles to mark Pride month
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