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Rights Report

Material World author Ed Conway returns to WH Allen with Trade World

Viking acquires two new novels by award-winning author Saou Ichikawa

Headline Press snaps up debut from evolutionary biologist Matilda Brindle

Century acquires The Four Wives of Windsor from royal correspondent Simon Vigar

Wilton Square Books snares Emily Woof’s ‘electrifying’ novel

Kevin Quinn’s ‘timeless’ debut novel goes to Hutchinson Heinemann

Latest Issue

24th April 2026

In this week's issue:

Editor's Comment:Reading is worth scrapping for
Author Profile:James Marriott
Children's Previews: July
Paperback Preview: July
Feature:Findings from the National Year of Reading's first UK census

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

A capital that wants to read differently

by Latifa Moftaqir

As UNESCO World Book Capital for 2026, Rabat has ambitious plans.

We need more bridges

by Derek Owusu

Who feels that reading belongs to them in the first place?

Reading within military life

by David Orson Newton

We need to make a concerted effort to provide our armed forces with books.

The performing writer

by Shaun Wilson

How I learnt to cope with the public demands of authorship.

Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

A capital that wants to read differently

by Latifa Moftaqir

As UNESCO World Book Capital for 2026, Rabat has ambitious plans.

Reading within military life

by David Orson Newton

Bestsellers

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

Bestsellers

A sporting chance: a poor start, but it’s all to play for…

Sales are down on Sport books, but a summer of football could turn things around.

PrinteBookAudio

1

The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks

2

We All Live Here

3

Starside

4

Exit Strategy

5

The Names

6

The Hawk is Dead

7

She Didn't See It Coming

8

Atmosphere

9

Comfy Corner

10

The Rebel Witch

1

Dear Debbie

2

Silent Bones

3

Beautiful Ugly

4

An Offer From a Gentleman

5

When the Cranes Fly South

6

The Housemaid

7

Missing

8

The Housemaid's Secret

9

The Daughter

10

Bridgerton: Daphne's Story

1

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2

Project Hail Mary

3

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

4

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

5

London Falling

6

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

7

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

8

Yesteryear

9

The Let Them Theory

10

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

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Books

Authors interviews, news and book previews

Books on BookTok: how can readers avoid getting stuck with genre oversaturation?

This week, creators reflected on whether the TikTok algorithm prioritises certain books and genres on the platform, resulting in oversaturation and homogenisation.

James Marriott's new book confronts the reality of the reading crisis

With literacy levels plummeting in this National Year of Reading, a timely book arrives to make the case for the vital importance of reading off-screen.

Books in the Media: Lena Dunham's memoir confirms her as a 'generational voice'

Actor and screenwriter Lena Dunham, best known for creating and starring in the TV comedy-drama series Girls, which began in 2012 and ran for six seasons, has penned her second memoir, Famesick (4th Estate).

Andrew Sean Greer's latest comic novel takes place at an Italian villa

The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer draws on his own experiences in his new novel, staging a young man’s journey of self-discovery in a remote Tuscan villa with a revolving cast of eccentrics.

James Marriott's new book confronts the reality of the reading crisis

Books in the Media: Lena Dunham's memoir confirms her as a 'generational voice'

Andrew Sean Greer's latest comic novel takes place at an Italian villa

Books on BookTok: reading retreats – escape or content opportunity?

More Author Interviews

Melissa Albert examines a fraught sibling relationship in her adult debut

Heart-stopping: Alice Oseman on drawing Heartstopper to an end

Ben Willbond on how a lifetime collecting voices prepared him for narrating audiobooks

Ed Vere introduces the stars of his new picture book, Waffles and Julius

Foreign correspondent and author Sally Hayden on finding light in the dark

Latest Previews

Paperback Previews

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

by Will Smith

These Wild English: A Family, a Class, a Country on Fire

Nicola Wilding

Contrapposto

Dave Eggers

Mother Mary Comes to Me

Arundhati Roy

Bone Head: Guardian of the Underworld

Jamie Gregory

The New Dark Ages: The End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society

James Marriott

Land

Maggie O’Farrell

Waist Deep

Linea Maja Ernst, Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg (trans)

The Summer After the Night Before

Lisa Williamson

This Is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World

Sally Hayden

Discover Previews

by Natasha Onwuemezi

Non-fiction Previews

by Caroline Sanderson

Fiction Previews

by Madeleine Feeny

Children's Previews

by Charlotte Eyre

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