Dan Brown has followed in the footsteps of J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer and has entered the German bestsellers list with The Lost Symbol. Bantam Press’ English-language original premiered as number two in the charts last week.

The book is selling especially well among the large chains, with Berlin’s leading...

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (Bantam Press) sold 550,946 copies in its first five days on sale, making the The Da Vinci Code follow-up the fastest-selling adult book since records began.

Buoyed by a numerous deep-discounted offers at UK book retailers, and substantial pre-orders, the conspiracy thriller has smashed...

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol has set new records with spectacularly high sales and discounts of more than 70%, meaning that it will become the highest discounted number one book ever.

Transworld claimed that in its first 36 hours the book had broken the record of total lifetime sales for any adult hardback novel ever...

Dan Brown mania has hit the shops with retailers seeing "staggering" sales on the first day of publication. Both chain and independent booksellers have reported strong sales, with some indies surprised by the level of sales with Amazon.co.uk, Asda and The Book Depository offering the title for £5.

Waterstone's buying...