The book trade bounced back last week after seven consecutive weeks of poor sales compared to last year, with turnover up 3.4%. The bestseller in a good week for the trade was once again Jamie Oliver, whose Jamie's 30-minute Meals (Michael Joseph), came up with the strongest ever sale for a book in November since Nielsen BookScan...

Jamie Oliver has retained top spot in the bestseller lists for a third consecutive week, with the strongest October weekly sale in almost seven years. Jamie's 30-Minute Meals (Michael Joseph) sold a massive 69,342 copies at UK booksellers during the week ending 23rd October—the strongest October sale since Paul Burrell's...

Super Thursday has failed to ignite the market with sales down a disappointing 1.4% week on week, despite the more than 200 hardbacks that were officially released on what has been hailed as the biggest day in the 2010 publishing calendar (14th October). However, there was no such disappointment for Booker winner Howard Jacobson with sales of...

Lee Child has beaten Jamie Oliver to the top slot as spending hit a 2010 high of £36.1m.

A second wave of books destined for Christmas stockings hit the shelves last week, including celebrity memoirs by the likes of Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue, Lord Alan Sugar, Russell Brand and Sir Michael Caine. But Lee Child took the number one...