Fiction (p26) and Non-Fiction (p27) charts in full


which was acquired by Black & White for a six-figure sum in the summer of 2024 and takes seventh place in the Top 20 on 1,594 copies.


M


e an while , Caldwell bags the number two spot on the Children’s Top


20, sandwiched between Sunrise on the Reaping in first and Gozzle from Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie, which drops to third with only a slight sales contraction (-0.7%). A dozen of the kids’ Top 20 are Easter-themed titles, shift- ing 57,921 copies combined – an average of 4,827 each – up on the nine titles that appeared in the previous week’s chart. Two of these Easter titles – The


Dinosaur That Pooped Easter! by Dougie Poynter and Tom Fletcher, with illustrations from Garry Parsons, and Sticker Dolly Dressing: Easter Egg Hunt by Fiona Watt and Daniela Dogliani – have risen into the TCM’s Top 10, despite sales of both remaining similar to the previous week.


BookScan TCM volume 3,017,900 13.6% week on week BookScan TCM value (£) 28,244,051 12.5% week on week In the Paperback Non-Fiction


(PBNF) chart, Gary Stevenson refused to trade places with anyone as The Trading Game took the top spot for the 10th consecutive week, despite a 17.1% drop in sales week- on-week. The Playfair Cricket Annual 2025 by Ian Marshall hits second, shifting 4,291 copies, up 42.7% against the 2024 edition’s first week. A History of the World in 47


Borders by Jonn Elledge sold 1,217 copies in its first week, but since it was announced as Waterstones’ April Non-Fiction Book of the Month, its sales have jumped 197.1% to 3,616 units, boosting it to third


place in the PBNF chart and 45th in the TCM overall. Jamie Oliver’s Easy Air Fryer


returns to the top of the Hardback Non-Fiction chart, following a 21.8% jump in sales – Oliver’s latest offering has now sold just short of 90,000 copies. Last week’s number one, Donna Ashworth’s To the Women, drops to ninth place as its Mother’s Day boost falls away, with a two-thirds reduction in sales. The highest new release here


comes from Jamie Walton, an Instagram influencer with more than 1.3 million followers; his debut title Nettles & Petals, which advo- cates for sustainable gardening, has sold 3,575 copies in its first three days on sale. Three million books were sold


in the TCM this week, with the value coming in at £28.2m – a massive 13.6% volume drop compared to the week running up to Mother’s Day. Value comes in slightly better, down 12.5%. Year-on-year, volume has dropped 2.1%, while value continues to hold steady, up 0.4%.


REPORTING Alex Call UK Top 50 21  We’re Going on an Egg... Mumford; Hughes Bloomsbury Children’s, 9781408889749 22  Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros Piatkus, 9780349437019 23  Fluffy Chick Rod Campbell 24  Cozy Corner Coco Wyo Penguin, 9780241764220 Puffin, 9780241687598 Macmillan Children's, 9781529045765


UNI TS 5,457


5,170 5,103 5,102 25  Peter Rabbit: The Easter... Beatrix Potter 26  The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley Sceptre, 9781399726368 27  The Housemaid Freida McFadden Little, Brown, 9781408728512 28  Resurrection Danielle Steel Pan, 9781529085846 29  James Percival Everett Picador, 9781035031269 30  Bluey: Hooray, It’s Easter! Ladybird, 9780241669778 5,006 4,850 4,816 4,785 4,747 4,600 31  Big Jim Begins Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9781338896459 32  Easy Air Fryer Jamie Oliver HarperCollins, 9780008519377 Headline, 9781035411795 Michael Joseph, 9780241733431


UNI TS 4,573


4,518 33  Paddington’s Easter Egg Hunt Bond & Jankel 34  Playfair Cricket Annual 2025 Ian Marshall Bloomsbury, 9781526605399 Piatkus, 9780349437057 4,425 4,291 35  A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J Maas 36  Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros 37  Blue Sisters Coco Mellors 38  Cozy Cuties Coco Wyo Penguin, 9780241764206 39  Nothing to See Here Susan Lewis HarperCollins, 9780008472054 40  The Let Them Theory Mel Robbins Hay House UK, 9781788176187 Fourth Estate, 9780008623036 4,252 4,198 4,188 4,184 4,181 3,916 41  The Mysterious Bakery on Rue... Evie Woods One More Chapter, 9780008706708 42  Peppa’s Grand Easter Egg Hunt Ladybird, 9780241716786


UNI TS 3,824


3,806 43  Five Little Easter Bunnies Mumford; Jennings 44  A History of the World in 47... Jonn Elledge Wildfire, 9781472298546 45  Nettles and Petals Jamie Walton Leaping Hare, 9781836001393 46  The Crash Freida McFadden Poisoned Pen, 9781464228636 Penguin (Cornerstone), 9781804942949 Yellow Kite, 9781399734837 Bloomsbury Childrens Books, 9781526625120 3,689 3,616 3,575 3,575 47  The List of Suspicious Things Jennie Godfrey 48  Confidence Roxie Nafousi 49  The Wrong Sister Claire Douglas Penguin, 9781405957618 Macmillan Children’s, 9781529023527 3,573 3,544 3,447 50  Rabbit’s Nap Julia Donaldson; Axel Scheffler 3,370 25


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