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Ice and spice: romance sales are running hot and cold as the year develops

This year things have begun to look up, with 800,794 copies sold so far in the Romance & Saga category.

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Publishing rigorously researched non-fiction is 'key' to safeguard trust in books, IPG Conference hears

Rachel rejoices: The Homemade God makes it with the indies

Discover why bookshops matter

Dear Debbie retains its place: Freida McFadden’s latest snares its second number one

Comment

American Psycho back in the spotlight

Why do you choose bookshops?

Today's News Stories

Creative UK appoints Emily Cloke as chief executive

Andrew Franklin, founder and publisher of Profile Books, wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award

The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction unveils 'hopeful' 2026 longlist

Veteran literary agent Andrew Hewson dies aged 83

Bonnier Books UK makes a series of editorial promotions

Isabella Depiazzi appointed rights director of Granta Publications

Rob Brydon jokes that writing his first children's book was a 'crushing cliché'

Liam Donnelly and Tony Hayes win the O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award

Fatima Naveed wins Bloomsbury's Academic Writing Fellowship

Irish indie Little Island Books to act as international sales agent for Bad Book Press

Dead Ink Bookshop to close as ‘economic realities sap crucial energy’ from team

Production company behind The Rest Is History to launch new books podcast

Penguin Random House launches 'major new' £150,000 grant scheme for indie bookshops

PRH recalls multiple Peppa Pig books due to ‘choking hazard’

Books in the Media: Madeline Cash declared an 'energising' new voice

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Rights Report

Hachette Children’s to publish two new illustrated editions of Benjamin Zephaniah books

Pulitzer Prize-winner Hernán Díaz returns to Picador with new novel

Transworld acquires debut Cold War horror novel by Benedict Anning

Firefinch signs Susan Walter’s ‘high-octane, high-altitude’ thriller

HarperNonFiction signs Katherine Dunn’s story of the GPS satellite system

Seven Dials bags biography of footballer Kylian Mbappé

Today's News Stories

Creative UK appoints Emily Cloke as chief executive

Andrew Franklin, founder and publisher of Profile Books, wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award

Publishing rigorously researched non-fiction is 'key' to safeguard trust in books, IPG Conference hears

Rachel rejoices: The Homemade God makes it with the indies

The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction unveils 'hopeful' 2026 longlist

Veteran literary agent Andrew Hewson dies aged 83

Bonnier Books UK makes a series of editorial promotions

Isabella Depiazzi appointed rights director of Granta Publications

Rob Brydon jokes that writing his first children's book was a 'crushing cliché'

Liam Donnelly and Tony Hayes win the O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award

Fatima Naveed wins Bloomsbury's Academic Writing Fellowship

Dear Debbie retains its place: Freida McFadden’s latest snares its second number one

Latest Issue

6th February 2026

In this week's issue:

Editor's Comment:The centre has shifted, but have we?
Author profile:Sophie Anderson
Fiction Preview:May
Review of the Year:Digital
Travel Focus:Features, previews and more

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

On feminist librarianship

by Kirsten MacQuarrie

Investment in libraries is investment in women.

The future is written in the margins

by Ted Hodgkinson

Why we’re launching Indie Night at the Southbank Centre.

American Psycho back in the spotlight

by Natasha Tripney

The revived musical of Bret Easton Ellis’ iconic book feels unnervingly relevant.

Apprenticeships are for everyone

by Elinor Potts

Publishing needs to ditch old assumptions and embrace the power of apprenticeships.

Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

On feminist librarianship

by Kirsten MacQuarrie

Investment in libraries is investment in women.

The future is written in the margins

by Ted Hodgkinson

American Psycho back in the spotlight

by Natasha Tripney

Bestsellers

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

Ice and spice: romance sales are running hot and cold as the year develops

This year things have begun to look up, with 800,794 copies sold so far in the Romance & Saga category.

PrinteBookAudio

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Dear Debbie

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Don’t Let Him In

3

The Wild Rose

4

It Should Have Been You

5

Heated Rivalry

6

The Housemaid

7

The Wasp Trap

8

Cozy Corner

9

Learn Like a Lobster

10

The Love Letter

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Dear Debbie

2

Silent Bones

3

Beautiful Ugly

4

An Offer From a Gentleman

5

When the Cranes Fly South

6

The Housemaid

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Missing

8

The Housemaid's Secret

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The Daughter

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Bridgerton: Daphne's Story

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

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

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

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The Let Them Theory

5

My Husband's Wife

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The Housemaid

7

The Names

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Dear Debbie

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

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Project Hail Mary

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Books

Authors interviews, news and book previews

Books on Podcasts: Kathy Reichs on her latest Temperance Brennan novel

This week, hosts Matt Williams and Simon Mayo spoke to Kathy Reichs on the Simon Mayo’s Books of the Year podcast about Evil Bones (Simon & Schuster), the latest novel to star Temperance Brennan.

Rachel rejoices: The Homemade God makes it with the indies

The latest novel from Rachel Joyce, The Homemade God (Transworld), has ascended to the summit of the Independent Bookshop Top 20, according to the latest data from NielsenIQ BookScan.

Books in the Media: Madeline Cash declared an 'energising' new voice

This week, a debut, two crime novels and a biography of a former UK prime minister made it into the critics’ top picks.

Books on BookTok: BookTok not a 'true reflection of who enjoys reading'

This week, discussion focused on the possible reasons why BookTok is more popular with female creators.

Rachel rejoices: The Homemade God makes it with the indies

Books in the Media: Madeline Cash declared an 'energising' new voice

Books on BookTok: BookTok not a 'true reflection of who enjoys reading'

Author Interviews

Sophie Anderson returns to the world of The House with Chicken Legs with the sequel

More Author Interviews

Rory MacLean: Pushing the boundaries of travel writing

Gwendoline Riley’s new novel explores an enduring and unlikely friendship formed at a highbrow critical magazine

Christopher Buehlman's horror novel charts an epic journey through plague-ridden Medieval France

Librarian Lucas Maxwell draws on his own childhood growing up in Nova Scotia for his YA debut

Sabine Durrant on her latest gripping psychological thriller, a sun-drenched tale of envy and betrayal

Latest Previews (Beta)

Non-fiction Previews

From Shakespeare to the Campaign to Protect Rural England to Eurovision, there are a number of noteworthy anniversaries in April, marked by key titles

by Caroline Sanderson

The Original

Nell Stevens

Is This a Plum?

Dan and Finn Ojari

Jan Morris: A Life

Sara Wheeler

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Hanna Thomas Uose

Lifeboat at the End of the World

Dominic Gregory

The Palm House

Gwendoline Riley

Her Hidden Fire

Clíodhna O’Sullivan

The Daffodil Days

Helen Bain

A Line You Have Traced

Roisin Dunnett

Paperback Previews

by Will Smith

Discover Previews

by Natasha Onwuemezi

Fiction Previews

by Madeleine Feeny

Children's Previews

by Charlotte Eyre

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