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Asako Yuzuki's Butter tops the chart in the last week of the year

Nearly 10 months after publication, Butter (Fourth Estate) has made its way to the top of the Official UK Top 50, according to data from Nielsen Bookscan’s Total Consumer Market (TCM).

Kazuo Ishiguro, Jacqueline Wilson and Alan Hollinghurst recognised in King Charles' New Year's Honours list

Guinness takes Christmas number one and sets record for lowest-selling festive chart topper

Features

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Philippa Sitters launches new agency

The British Book Awards

Got it Covered: Nibbies 35th anniversary special

Today's News Stories

The Bookseller’s top 10 most read stories 2024

The Bookseller team's favourite festive-themed books

Romantic Fiction tops the Christmas wish-list

France to have its own book sales tracker from 2025

Thames & Hudson announces Book Design Prize winner for students

Simon & Schuster staff brave Arctic challenge to raise £16,000 for National Literacy Trust

Creative Rights in AI Coalition responds to government AI consultation

Alex Cochran joins Greyhound Literary

Publishers Association wins High Court bid ordering internet service providers to block pirate websites

Independent publisher sees boxes of books returned from Europe amid GPSR 'mess'

HarperCollins UK donates 20,000+ books to charities, hospitals and hospices for Christmas

RHS to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram children's classic

Industry bodies recommend consistency in AI audiobook narration terminology

German booksellers pinning hopes on Christmas shopping frenzy after slow start

Ana Maria Allessi promoted to president and publisher of Hachette Audio

Jobs in Books

Head of Key Accounts, UK Trade

Profile Books are looking for a Head of Key Accounts, UK Trade

Rights Report

The Bookseller’s most read rights deals of 2024

Jamie Oliver announces new air fryer cookbook for the new year

Five Christmas-themed books acquired by publishers over the last year and released this winter

Hachette Children's signs three-book deal with Jim Beckett and Aurélie Lise-Anne

Penguin Modern Classics to publish Gerald Durrell's 'timeless' Corfu trilogy

Tidy! Transworld snags James Corden and Ruth Jones’ Gavin & Stacey memoir

#Merky Books lures back Derek Owusu in pre-empt

Latest Issue

13th December 2024

In this week's issue:

Editors of the Year: The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors
Books in the Media: Review of the Year
Author Profile: Natasha Brown discusses her second novel Universality
Previews: Paperback and Children's – New titles publishing in March
Spotlight: Wellbeing – Publishers look to man
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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Blurred lines

by Christopher Norris

The case for an AI-authored book format.

You're not listening

by Nathan Hull

Publishing events are woefully failing audiobooks.

My AI forecast for 2025

by Nadim Sadek

Here’s what I think (hope) publishing can expect from AI in the year ahead.

The pitching paradox

by James Spackman

Why editors struggle with this vital publishing skill—and how to nail it.

Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Blurred lines

by Christopher Norris

The case for an AI-authored book format.

You're not listening

by Nathan Hull

My AI forecast for 2025

by Nadim Sadek

Bestsellers

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

Romantic Fiction tops the Christmas wish-list

When it comes to Christmas, there are only two types of fiction: festive-themed romance and murder under the mistletoe.

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Butter

2

Orbital

3

We Solve Murders

4

The 1% Club

5

Guinness World Records 2025

6

The Let Them Theory

7

Big Jim Begins

8

Hot Mess

9

Private Eye Annual 2024

10

In Too Deep

1

The Last Juror

2

Yellowface

3

The Wives

4

The Midnight Hour

5

Butter

6

Lights! Camera! Mayhem!

7

The Truth About Melody Browne

8

The Hobbit

9

The Bookshop Ladies

10

The Housemaid

1

We Solve Murders

2

Wind and Truth

3

I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

4

The Hotel Avocado

5

The Mind of a Murderer

6

Atomic Habits

7

Here One Moment

8

Unruly

9

Odyssey

10

The Satsuma Complex

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Books

Authors interviews, news and book previews

Books in the Media: critics pick the books to look out for in 2025

The Sunday Times, Guardian and Financial Times all published round-ups of the books to look out for in 2025.

Books in the Media: Jeremy Strong's 'enchanting' children's book strikes a chord

This week critics turned to Jeremy Strong’s last children’s book, a history of the British railway and a short story by Kevin Barry was published in the Observer.

Books on BookTok: creators select their book of the year

This week BookTok creators were asked to select their BookTok Book of the Year based on visibility on the app.

Books in the Media: Annie Atkins and Fia Tobing's festive tale charms

This week a festive children’s book captured the heart of Lucy Bannerman at the Times while Peter Singer featured in reviews for his book on the life of a turkey.