Katy Loftus promoted to publisher

Viking is expanding its fiction publishing programme and has bolstered its team by promoting Katy Loftus to publisher Read more

World Book Night grows audiobook offer in 2020

World Book Night will expand its audiobook offering in 2020, after a successful pilot with John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down in 2019 Read more

Mackesy’s illustrated début is indies’ lead Christmas hit

Début children's book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is proving a hit with independents in the run up to Christmas... Read more

Bob Geldof anthology snapped up by Faber

Faber will publish a book from Bob Geldof, Tales of Boomtown Glory, which it describes as “the musical life and times of one of our most powerful... Read more
Beast of Buckingham Palace reigns over charts, while Mackesy début makes its mark

David Walliams and Tony Ross remain at the summit Read more
Bloomsbury buys Oberon Books in £1.2m deal

Bloomsbury has bought London-based theatre publisher Oberon Books in a £1.2m deal. Read more
Saltire judge stands down, claiming panel did not finish shortlisted books

A judge of the Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year prize has stood down over the choice of its winner, claiming other jury members had not read... Read more
Edward Stanford Travel Writing shortlists unveiled

Fifty-seven books in 10 awards categories have been shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards (full listings below), with Vivien Godfrey, chairman and chief... Read more
Kate Figes dies from cancer, aged 62

Author and You Magazine books editor Kate Figes has died from cancer at the age of 62. Figes wrote two novels and six works of... Read more

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By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

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The Official UK CHART

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The Beast of Buckingham Palace

by Walliams, David
2.
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy
3.
Guinness World Records 2020

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4.
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas

by Adam Kay
5.
Tall Tales and Wee Stories

by Billy Connolly
6.
Wrecking Ball

by Kinney, Jeff
7.
Me

by Elton John
8.
Veg

by Jamie Oliver
9.
Blue Moon

by Lee Child
10.
The Body

by Bill Bryson

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