Chadwick and McMillan win 2019 Polari Prizes

Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan have won the 2019 Polari Prizes, celebrating work that explores the LGBT experience. Read more

Booker Prize split between Atwood and Evaristo as judges rebel

The Booker Prize has been jointly won by Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Chatto & Windus) and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton). Read more

Tokarczuk and Handke win Nobel Prizes in Literature

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke have won the Nobel Prizes in Literature 2018 and 2019. Read more

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The Official UK CHART

1.

Mrs Hinch: The Activity Journal

by Mrs Hinch
2.

Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas

by Adam Kay
3.

Me

by Elton John
4.

No Mercy

by Martina Cole
5.

Dead at First Sight

by Peter James
6.

Tall Tales and Wee Stories

by Billy Connolly
7.

The Body

by Bill Bryson
8.

The Christmas Wedding

by Dilly Court
9.

Veg

by Jamie Oliver
10.

The Secret Commonwealth

by Philip Pullman
11.

Agent Running in the Field

by John le Carré
12.

The Testaments

by Margaret Atwood
13.

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy
14.

The Butterfly Room

by Lucinda Riley
15.

18th Abduction

by James Patterson
16.

The Guardians

by John Grisham
17.

Cilka's Journey

by Heather Morris
18.

This is Going to Hurt

by Adam Kay
19.

My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Braithwaite, Oyinkan
20.

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