Amazon Charts: Atwood doubles up as Cameron makes his debut

Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (Vintage) has held the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Fiction number one for a second week as former prime minister David Cameron makes his debut in the Most-Sold: Non Fiction chart on pre-orders alone. 

In the same week The Testaments shifted 103,177 copies through Nielsen BookScan's TCM to top the UK Official Top 50, Atwood held onto the Amazon top spot. The Booker-shortlisted title was joined in second place by a resurgent The Handmaid's Tale (Vintage), which rose six places in Amazon's ranking. Through the TCM, the 1996 paperback edition of the classic feminist dystopia improved 168% in volume to sell a whisker under 10,000 units, while the 2017 television tie-in edition bounced up into 35th place.

For the week of 15th September, Cameron's For the Record (William Collins) entered the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction chart in fifth place on pre-orders alone, ahead of its publication on Thursday this week. The book's serialisation in the Times over the weekend no doubt boosted sales. A busy publicity campaign has seen Cameron appear a prime time special for his first broadcast interview with journalist Tom Bradby for ITV New. The former prime minister will also appear on "Today" on BBC Radio 4 "featuring as presenter John Humphrys’ final big interview before the presenter retires". Further key interviews scheduled for the week of publication include "This Morning" on ITV, as well as discussions with Nick Ferrari on LBC and Chris Evans on Virgin Radio.

But another political memoir remained immovable from the Most-Read: Non-Fiction number one—Michelle Obama's Becoming (Penguin) spent a ninth week atop the pole.

Jamie Oliver's Veg (Penguin) held the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction top spot, though runner-up Pinch of Nom: Everyday Light (Bluebird), not due to be released until December, racked up the highest number of pre-orders in the list. Yotam Ottolenghi's Ottolenghi Simple (Ebury) made its debut in third place.

The Harry Potter titles (Pottermore/Bloomsbury) once again dominated the Most-Read: Fiction chart but The Testaments broke up the Potter party by debuting in fourth place.