Non-Fiction: Pinch of Nom stay comfortable

Kay & Kate Allinson’s Pinch of Nom Comfort Food (Bluebird) looked immovable from the Hardback Non-Fiction top spot, settling in for a ninth week in total. Critical care nurse Anthea Allen’s Life, Death and Biscuits (HarperCollins) hobnobbed into the top 20, scoring eighth place in its first week, with Kirsty Gallagher’s Crystals for Self-Care (Yellow Kite) a stone’s throw away in ninth. 

Cathy Glass’ Neglected (HarperCollins) notched up a second week atop the Paperback Non-Fiction chart, with Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (Penguin Classics) becoming the highest new entry in sixth place. With Russia launching a large-scale invasion of Ukraine last Thursday, Catherine Belton’s Putin’s People (William Collins) returned to Paperback Non-Fiction, jumping 343% in volume week on week. Similarly, Mark Galeotti’s A Short History of Russia (Ebury) rose by over 5,000 places week on week, and both Peter Pomerantsev’s Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia (Faber) and Luke Harding’s Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia’s Remaking of the West (Guardian Faber) jumped nearly 15,000 places each.