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Sue Lynn Tan's Immortal debuts in first place

Sue Lynn Tan’s latest offering takes the top spot thanks to subscription box pick.

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Richard Osman, David Nicholls, Dolly Alderton and Stanley Tucci honoured at Nielsen's Bestseller Awards

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The fight against misinformation is on

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Julia Donaldson supplants JK Rowling to become the UK’s all-time top author by volume

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Exclusive: Unbound faces 'financial uncertainty' as authors wait for delayed payments

The British Book Awards

Got it Covered: Nibbies 35th anniversary special

Today's News Stories

British Academy names Liverpool University Press as its new publishing partner

Poet Laureate Simon Armitages embarks on the next leg of his 10-year library tour

Waterstones celebrates Rebecca Yarros' Onyx Storm with late-night openings

Andrew O'Hagan features in Bookbanks' new author series

New centre for writing in the North East gets £5m government boost

Vintage's managing editorial director Rowena Skelton-Wallace to retire after 37 years

Rachel Johnson rejoins Bonnier Books UK as Ruth Howells is appointed corporate communications director

Beatrix Potter gets the AI treatment via children's storytelling app yarn

Scholastic investigates reports of cyber attack

James Daunt and David Shelley to headline LBF's Main Stage

Review of the Year: On and on to the break of Don – Children’s titan tops the pile and bags TCM record

Kogan Page to launch new tourism, leisure and hospitality list

Manderley Press appoints Ed Ripley as sales and marketing director

Gay's The Word manager Jim MacSweeney steps down after 27 years

Matt Bomer to narrate new audiobook edition of Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life

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Jobs in Books

Commissioning Editor, Second Sky

Second Sky, the SFF imprint of the UK’s biggest digital publisher Bookouture, is looking for a commissioning editor

Rights Report

Penguin Michael Joseph signs Lucy Shepherd's story of her 'epic' jungle crossing

Bluebird to publish 'essential guide' to body positivity aimed at parents

LEAP buys She Wanted More by Poorna Bell

Hodder Fiction acquires Tiffany Crum's 'heart-wrenching' debut in a six-figure pre-empt

4th Estate lands 'remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance' from Yiyun Li

Little Toller to publish Horatio Clare's 'moving' account of the small boats crisis

Rock the Boat secures Allison Sweet Grant's debut YA novel

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Today's News Stories

Sue Lynn Tan's Immortal debuts in first place

British Academy names Liverpool University Press as its new publishing partner

Poet Laureate Simon Armitages embarks on the next leg of his 10-year library tour

Waterstones celebrates Rebecca Yarros' Onyx Storm with late-night openings

Richard Osman, David Nicholls, Dolly Alderton and Stanley Tucci honoured at Nielsen's Bestseller Awards

Andrew O'Hagan features in Bookbanks' new author series

New centre for writing in the North East gets £5m government boost

Vintage's managing editorial director Rowena Skelton-Wallace to retire after 37 years

Rachel Johnson rejoins Bonnier Books UK as Ruth Howells is appointed corporate communications director

Beatrix Potter gets the AI treatment via children's storytelling app yarn

Scholastic investigates reports of cyber attack

James Daunt and David Shelley to headline LBF's Main Stage

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Latest Issue

17th January 2025

In this week's issue:

Review of the Year: Julia Donaldson reigns in our author-focused Review of the Year
Author Profile: Hallie Rubenhold on her new Crippen book Story of a Murder
Author Profile: Rozie Kelly discusses power dynamics in her upcoming novel, Kingfisher
Author profile: Ian Leslie on the Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership
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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Bad news for good books

by Lydia Wilkins

I am a ’diverse’ author. The TGLA was a lifeline.

The fight against misinformation is on

by Amelia Fairney

... and publishing needs to arm itself.

Passing the baton

by Julia Kingsford

As TGLA closes, we must reflect on how the industry can keep pushing for change.

A government move puts at risk a centuries-old commitment

by Philip Jones

The government’s recent pronouncements around artificial intelligence suggest it wants to weaken the rules around how written content is used and repurposed by, in the main, big tech.

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Bad news for good books

by Lydia Wilkins

I am a ’diverse’ author. The TGLA was a lifeline.

The fight against misinformation is on

by Amelia Fairney

Passing the baton

by Julia Kingsford

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Bestsellers

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Weekly print bestsellers based on data supplied by Nielsen BookScan. Other digital charts from Bookstat and Audible.

Bestsellers

2020s vision: Richard Osman Hoovers up sales

PrinteBookAudio

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Immortal

2

The List of Suspicious Things

3

What's Your Dream?

4

Water Moon

5

Orbital

6

The Glucose Goddess Method

7

Atomic Habits

8

Iron Flame

9

Open When…

10

Fourth Wing

1

I Will Find You

2

The Wives

3

The Boyfriend

4

An Ideal Husband

5

The Locked Door

6

7

The Bookshop Ladies

8

Message Deleted

9

Deceived By The Light

10

The Housemaid

1

Atomic Habits

2

What's Your Dream?

3

We Solve Murders

4

The House of My Mother

5

The Hotel Avocado

6

Murder on the Marlow Belle

7

Make Change That Lasts

8

I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

9

Unruly

10

The Thursday Murder Club

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Authors interviews, news and book previews

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Books in the Media: Pope Francis' autobiography dominates reviews

This week two high-profile memoirs received attention across the nationals and cultural magazines.

Author Interviews

Rozie Kelly delves into the power dynamics of her award-winning novel Kingfisher

The NorthBound Book Award-winning Kingfisher centres on a queer man who finds himself attracted to an elusive older woman.

Author Interviews

Ian Leslie: his new book on Lennon and McCartney is 'a love story in songs'

Caroline Sanderson reports on the latest and perhaps most insightful book to explore the phenomenon that was the Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership.