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week’s number one


This RECKLESS AT THE TOP


capitalising on increased sales of Powerless, which gained momentum in December 2023. Boosted by the release of Reckless, the previous two books in the world rose through the ranks, claiming 27th and 31st place in the top 50. The trio filled the top three posi-


tions in the Children’s and Young Adult (YA) chart and Roberts claimed her second Children’s number one. Altogether, their trilogy’s combined sales for the week were only 2,500 copies shy of reaching 50,000. Fellow YA author and BookTok star Holly Jackson rivalled Roberts in the Children’s and YA chart, claiming an impressive four spots in the top 20. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder re-entered the top 50 at 36th


place with more than 4,000 copies sold. It was joined in the Children’s chart by two of its sequels and a new edition of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. The new jacket ties to a six-part BBC adaptation, which aired on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer on 1st July. Propelled by Roberts and Jackson, the top 50 featured


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t is somewhat ironic that a novel about a life-changing bookshop on a quiet street in Dublin makes a regular appearance in the digital


book charts, but Irish author Evie Woods began her writing career through self-publishing, and it has taken some time (at least three novels’ worth) for her to find a home in bricks-and-mortar stores. Her digital audience has possibly grown since


One More Chapter acquired rights to her previously self-published work. The Lost Bookshop has ranked within Bookstat’s weekly top 20 a total of 32 times since July 2023 and is currently on a five-week hot streak. Last week, it claimed second place according to Bookstat and took pole position in the Publisher E-Book ranking. Several new releases entered the Bookstat top 20,


including J D Kirk’s Stateside in first, and last week’s Official UK Top 50 number one title Reckless by Lauren Roberts in sixth. New in fourth, J M Dalgliesh is another self-published author. However, like Kirk, Dalgliesh uses a hybrid model to distribute print


Bookstat E-Book Top 10 1 


Title


2 The Lost Bookshop 3 The Edge    


Stateside  


4 The Cuillin Dead 5 Ashes of Betrayal 6 Reckless 7 Fairy Tale  


8 Someone in the Attic 9 A Clean Kill 


Author J D Kirk


Evie Woods


David Baldacci J M Dalgliesh


EVIE WOODS: ENJOYING A HOT STREAK


editions of his books via his self-owned imprint, Hamilton Press. There was a swing back towards popular


romantasy series in the Publisher E-Book top 20 with Sarah J Maas reclaiming three positions above Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing in 19th place.


Clarification Hachette has stated that Fairy Tale sold 7,737 copies and The Housemaid Is Watching 2,605.


TCM volume for Reckless


Imprint Zertex


ISBN (+978) Volume 1912767861


One More Chapter 1135232559 Macmillan Hamilton


David J Gatward - Lauren Roberts Stephen King Andrea Mara Steven Konkoly


10The Housemaid Is Watching Transworld Freida McFadden Bookouture


1399705431 1787636521


1529062113 1800803107 8329375251


Simon & Schuster 1398530140 Hodder


Thomas & Mercer 1662509247 1464223310


7,405 7,265 7,199 6,745 6,593 5,593 5,446 5,279 4,868 4,538


Data source Bookstat. Week ending 6th July 2024. Bookstat generates its charts by tracking the movement of e-books, print books and audio titles on online retailers’ websites and calibrating against publisher-supplied data; the volume and value figures are estimates. For more information, contact info@bookstat.com.


Publisher E-Book Ranking 1 


Title


2 His & Hers 3 Girl A   


The Lost Bookshop  


4 When the Moon Hatched 5 None of This Is True 6 Both of You  


Author


7 A Court of Thorns and Roses 8 The Last Devil to Die  


9 The Vanishing of Class 3B 10The Trial


Evie Woods Alice Feeney Abigail Dean Sarah A Parker Lisa Jewell Adele Parks Sarah J Maas Richard Osman Jackie Kabler Rob Rinder


Imprint


One More Chapter HQ


HarperCollins HarperVoyager


Penguin (Century) HQ


Bloomsbury Viking


One More Chapter Penguin (Century)


Week ending 29th June 2024. Key New Up Same Down. Titles with a selling price below £2 are excluded. Participating publishers: PRH UK, Hachette, HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan, Bloomsbury & Joffe Books


ISBN (+978) 0008609207 0008370954 0008389079 0008710248 1804940228 0008395582 1408857878 0241992418 0008544546 1804940396


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