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I CAN believe it is Butter: translated fiction outstrips wider category

Sales of translated fiction so far in 2025 are up 8% compared with the same period in 2024, according to data from NielsenIQ BookScan’s TCM – although more than three quarters of that number is down to Asako Yuzuki’s Butter.

Indie-mezzo: Sally Rooney tops the Indie Bookshop chart

Chloe Walsh releases Richard Osman from the top spot

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Breathless

McCulloch, Amy

Imprint: PenguinISBN: 9781405950343RRP: £8.99, ASP: £6.30Publish Date: Oct 27, 2022

2

The Winter Killer

Pine, Alex

Imprint: AvonISBN: 9780008520267RRP: £8.99, ASP: £4.68Publish Date: Oct 13, 2022

3

The Killer in the Snow

Pine, Alex

Imprint: AvonISBN: 9780008453381RRP: £7.99, ASP: £2.17Publish Date: Nov 11, 2021

4

Things We Never Got Over

Score, Lucy

Imprint: Hodder PaperbackISBN: 9781399713740RRP: £8.99, ASP: £5.56Publish Date: Jul 14, 2022

5

The Herd

Edwards, Emily

Imprint: PenguinISBN: 9781529176919RRP: £8.99, ASP: £5.35Publish Date: Sep 15, 2022

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