Children’s (p24) and Audio & Digital (p25) charts in full


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Charts Non-Fiction Hardback Non-Fiction 1


In the Spotlight


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James Holland ( 2), Al Murray ( 1) Victory ’45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders Bantam, £22, 9780857507952


First published at the end of April, podcasting partners Holland and Murray’s story of the end of the Second World War told in eight surrenders has sold 7,470 copies in total, 2,401 of those coming in the week of VE Day itself – down 15.2% compared with the previous seven days. It is a case of mixed fortunes for the two authors: sales of Victory ‘45 are up 36.2% against the first three weeks of Holland’s last hardback Cassino ‘44, but 11.2% down compared with Murray’s previous offering, Arnhem: Black Tuesday.


2,401 TCM copies sold


 Live to Eat


Emily English Seven Dials, 9781399620079, £12.53


Tina 14,007


Niall Harbison HarperCollins, 9780008725716, £16.72


Big Dunc


Duncan Ferguson Century, 9781529939286, £18.41


Ocean 9,224


Sir David Attenborough, C Butfield John Murray, 9781399818506, £24.50


Is a River Alive? 3,792


Robert Macfarlane Hamish Hamilton, 9780241624814, £23.10


6  The Let Them Theory Mel Robbins Hay House UK, 9781788176187, £18.51 7  Getting Sh*t Done Roo Day Sphere, 9781408724552, £18.58 Ebury Press, 9781529960099, £11.44 8  Fahrenheit-182 Mark Hoppus 9  Food You Want to Eat Thomas Straker Bloomsbury, 9781526673480, £20.32 10  Victory ’45 James Holland, Al Murray Bantam Books, 9780857507952, £15.98 11  Sword Max Hastings William Collins, 9780008699758, £19.71 12  So Good Emily English Seven Dials, 9781399620055, £10.59 13  The BBQ Book Tom Kerridge Monoray, 9781800961883, £17.26 3,082 2,674 2,546 2,427 2,401 2,355 1,929 Bloomsbury Absolute, 9781526684899, £16.87 1,825 14  How to Kill a Witch C Mitchell, Z Venditozzi 15  Healthyish Emma Petersen 16  Easy Air Fryer Jamie Oliver Pavilion, 9780008730567, £14.43 Michael Joseph, 9780241733431, £13.50 17  It’s Probably Nothing Naga Munchetty Thorsons, 9780008686574, £18.44 18  Dwell Simon Armitage Faber, 9780571394470, £9.71 19  Easy 10 Amy Sheppard 1 2 Quadrille, 9781837833191, £16.42 20  What’s Your Dream? Simon Squibb Century, 9781529935578, £11.79 1,510 1,495 1,387 1,316 1,106 1,103 1,057 11,715 25,635 Paperback Non-Fiction 1


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 The Siege


Ben Macintyre Penguin, 9781405961745, £8.31


A History of Britain in Ten… 3,498


Terry Deary Penguin (Transworld), 9781804994979, £7.61


Meditations for Mortals


Oliver Burkeman Vintage, 9781529939538, £9.91


The Trading Game


Gary Stevenson Penguin, 9781802062731, £8.01


The Courage to be Disliked


Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga Allen & Unwin, 9781760630737, £9.61


6  The Salt Path Raynor Winn Penguin, 9781405937184, £9.91 7  BBC Proms 2025 BBC Proms, 9781912114207, £9.84 8  Prisoners of Geography Tim Marshall Elliott & Thompson, 9781783968596, £7.96 9  Food Noise Dr Jack Mosley Octopus, 9781804193341, £11.67 10  The 30g Plan Emma Bardwell Vermilion, 9781785045691, £13.54 11  The Official Highway Code Wildfire, 9781472298546, £9.48 Vintage, 9781529935479, £10 Stationery Office, 9780115539954, £5.07 2,518 2,242 2,036 5 2,019 1,923 6 1,881 12  A History of the World in 47 Borders J Elledge 13  Question 7 Richard Flanagan 14  The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt Penguin, 9781802063271, £9.46 15  Cassino ’44 James Holland Penguin (Transworld), 9781804993637, £7.28 16  Atomic Habits James Clear 17  Sociopath Patric Gagne Bluebird, 9781529094893, £8.92 1,875 7 1,759 1,596 8 1,542 Random House Business, 9781847941831, £13.31 1,498 9 1,480 18  Ultra-Processed People Chris van Tulleken 19  Liverpool FC Champions Reach Sport, 9781916811393, £6.61 20  Endgame 1944 Jonathan Dimbleby Penguin, 9780241993712, £7.44 Penguin (Cornerstone), 9781529160222, £7.18 1,310 10 1,272 1,260 All Non-Fiction charts © NielsenIQ BookScan 23 1,167 TCM copies sold


Perfection V Latronico, S Hughes (trans) Fitzcarraldo, £12.72, 9781804271049


The Ghost Village Murders Rachel McLean Canelo Hera, £2.67, 9781804367681


Cartier V&A Publishing, £32.78, 9781838510534


An Inspector Calls JB Priestley Heinemann, £9.29, 9780435232825


The Lighthouse Murders Rachel McLean Canelo Hera, £2.62, 9781804367674


The Blue Pool Murders Rachel McLean Canelo Hera, £2.74, 9781804367667


2,599 2,874 4 3,021 3 4,051 2


25,635


Emily English's Live to Eat tops the Hardback Non-Fiction chart and comes in second place in the overall Top 50


Small publishers 1


2,036 TCM copies sold


The Official Highway Code Stationery Office, £5.07, 9780115539954


BBC Bluey: My Busy Books Phidal, £7.57, 9782764370278


Charts Non-Fiction


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