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Freida McFadden moves into a thrilling first place with The Tenant


REPORTING Alex Call


reida McFadden’s ( 1) latest thriller, The Tenant, has surpassed its physical edition counterpart by going


straight to the top of the e-book chart in the latest data supplied by Bookstat. However, while McFadden has seen her paperback sales rise compared to January’s The Crash, Bookstat estimates that


Bookstat E-Book Top 10 Data source Bookstat. Week ending 10th May 2025.


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 The Tenant 7,972


Freida McFadden Hollywood Upstairs Press, 9781464228629


All the Colours of the Dark


Chris Whitaker Orion, 9781398707658


This Is Why We Lied


Karin Slaughter HarperCollins, 9780008625849


Hopeless


Colleen Hoover Simon & Schuster, 9781471132667


The List of Suspicious Things


Jennie Godfrey Penguin, 9781804942949


6  Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney HQ Digital, 9780008371005 7  One Day and Forever Shari Low Boldwood, 9781835184707 HarperCollins, 9780008194994 Pan, 9781529077766 4,641 4,508 8  In a Thousand Different Ways Cecelia Ahern 9  The Dark Wives Ann Cleeves 10  Conclave Robert Harris Random House, 9781473519688 4,128 3,460 3,458 4,830 4,841 5,084 6,069


her downloads have dropped by 27.1%. That equates to 2,961 fewer e-books – which, in what may just be a coincidence, neatly mirrors the 2,940 extra paperbacks that McFadden has sold. The Tenant is the only one of


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this week’s new releases to make it into the e-book Top 10 this week as seven titles return to the list. The re-entries are led by Chris Whitaker’s All the Colours of the Dark which experiences a 78.2%


Publisher E-Book Ranking Data source Publisher-supplied. Week ending 3rd May 2025.


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To Hell With It Claire Frances One More Chapter, 9780008699659


Rock, Paper, Scissors Alice Feeney HQ, 9780008371005


After That Night Karin Slaughter HarperCollins, 9780008499419


Conclave Robert Harris Cornerstone Digital, 9781473519688


The Memory Library Kate Storey Avon, 9780008658557


6  Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros Piatkus, 9780349436982 7  Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros Piatkus, 9780349437088 8  The Women Kristin Hannah Macmillan, 9781035005703 9  Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros Piatkus, 9780349437040 10  King of Envy Ana Huang Piatkus, 9780349436401


Audible Audio Top 10 Data source Audible. Week ending 10th May 2025.


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The Let Them Theory Mel Robbins Audible Studios, 9781788176187


The Devils


Joe Abercrombie Gollancz, 9781399603560


Conclave Robert Harris Penguin, 9781784751838


The Hotel Avocado Bob Mortimer Simon & Schuster, 9781398529625


Atomic Habits James Clear Penguin, 9781847941831


6  Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins Scholastic, 9780702340574 7  Big Dunc Duncan Ferguson Penguin, 9781529939286 8  Marble Hall Murders Anthony Horowitz Penguin, 9781529904345 9  We Solve Murders Richard Osman Penguin, 9780241608364 10  Harry Potter…Stone JK Rowling Pottermore, 9781408855652 25


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Bookstat Top 10 Bookstat tracks e-books, print books and audio titles through online retailers and calibrates against publisher-supplied data; volume figures are estimates. Publisher E-Book Ranking Titles with a selling price below £2 are excluded, as are those priced £4.50 or below with any print versions priced above £17.99. Participating publishers: Bonnier Books UK, Bloomsbury, Hachette, HarperCollins, Joffe Books, Pan Macmillan and Penguin Random House.


rise to second place with 6,069 downloads. However, Bookstat’s figures are estimates and Hachette has clarified that Whitaker’s actual number of downloads this week has reached 8,440, which would put it in first place. Jennie Godfrey’s The List of


Suspicious Things – one of the biggest paperbacks of the year so far – has returned to the Top 10 following a 46.9% rise in sales, while e -b ook mainstay Alice Feeney rises one place to sixth with an 8.4% jump for Rock Paper Scissors.


NB Hachette has stated All the Colours of the Dark has sold 8,440 copies


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