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Jilly Cooper dies aged 88
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Jilly Cooper dies aged 88

Jilly Cooper has died at the age of 88, her agent Curtis Brown has announced.
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3rd October 20253rd October 2025

3rd October 2025

In this week's issue:
  • Editor's Comment: Hearts and minds need to focus on the reading crisis
  • Author Profiles: Sarah Mughal Rana & Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
  • Fiction Preview: January
  • Discover: November
  • Frankfurt Book Fair Special: Agents' Hotlists
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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

The future of reading

The future of reading

by Sarah Cooksley
It’s time to come together and interrogate what this really means.
Let's push for change

Let's push for change

by Heather Wright
Children’s Conference 2025 left me bursting with fresh ideas for our family book festival.
Individuality matters more than ever

Individuality matters more than ever

by Bruce Ingman
Some advice to new illustrators keen to make their mark (and publishers too).
Hearts and minds need to focus on the reading crisis

Hearts and minds need to focus on the reading crisis

by Philip Jones
As an industry all in on the benefits of reading and the health and economic outcomes that result from it, government ministers, had they attended The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference this week, would have heard much to cheer them up.
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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

The future of reading

The future of reading

by Sarah Cooksley
It’s time to come together and interrogate what this really means.

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Weekly print bestsellers based on data supplied by Nielsen BookScan. Other digital charts from Bookstat and Audible.

 

A not-so-pretty summer for Non-Fiction titles
Bestsellers

A not-so-pretty summer for Non-Fiction titles

Non-Fiction categories have seen a drop of 8.4% – nearly twice that of Fiction paperbacks – in volume terms.
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The Impossible Fortune

The Impossible Fortune

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Alchemised

Alchemised

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Eat Yourself Healthy

Eat Yourself Healthy

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Pinch of Nom Slow Cooker

Pinch of Nom Slow Cooker

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The Secret of Secrets

The Secret of Secrets

6
The Gingerbread Bakery

The Gingerbread Bakery

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The Housemaid

The Housemaid

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End Game

End Game

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Circle of Days

Circle of Days

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The Dinosaur that Pooped a Monster!

The Dinosaur that Pooped a Monster!

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The Impossible Fortune

The Impossible Fortune

2
The New Neighbours

The New Neighbours

3
The Housemaid

The Housemaid

4
Wild Card

Wild Card

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The Secret of Secrets

The Secret of Secrets

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End Game

End Game

7
Nothing to See Here

Nothing to See Here

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The Pumpkin Spice Café

The Pumpkin Spice Café

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Love Untold

Love Untold

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Wild

Wild

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The Secret of Secrets 

The Secret of Secrets 

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The Hallmarked Man 

The Hallmarked Man 

3
The Let Them Theory

The Let Them Theory

4
Don’t Let Him In 

Don’t Let Him In 

5
Clown Town 

Clown Town 

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The Satsuma Complex  

The Satsuma Complex  

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The Names 

The Names 

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The Housemaid 

The Housemaid 

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck 

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck 

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Authors interviews, news and book previews

Books in the Media: Jason Burke’s history of terrorism impresses
Books

Books in the Media: Jason Burke’s history of terrorism impresses

The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s (The Bodley Head) is journalist Jason Burke’s history of terrorism in the 1970s, “from the German Red Army Faction and Japanese Red Army to the Palestinian groups Fatah and the PFLP and the Lebanese Shia extremists who created Hezbollah”, reported Simon Sebag Montefiore in The Times.
Books on BookTok: how crying on camera affects book recommendations
Books

Books on BookTok: how crying on camera affects book recommendations

This week, BookTok creators reflected on the popularity of videos where creators film themselves crying while reading or finishing a book.
Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara on 10 years of Little People, BIG DREAMS
Author Interviews

Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara on 10 years of Little People, BIG DREAMS

The author and creative director of the bestselling non-fiction series reflects on its success and shares her hopes for future growth.
Sarah Mughal Rana’s adult debut is a story of revenge, grief and magic
Author Interviews

Sarah Mughal Rana’s adult debut is a story of revenge, grief and magic

Set in a world of warring families and magic, Dawn of the Firebird introduces Rana as an ambitious new voice in the epic fantasy genre.

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Latest Previews (Beta)

Children's Previews

Children's Previews

With Christmas-themed children’s books mostly published in the early autumn, November is a quieter month but there are winter tales galore plus new books from Dav Pilkey and Jamie Smart
by Charlotte Eyre
Protein in 15: Easy, Tasty, Unprocessed Meals for Everyone

Protein in 15: Easy, Tasty, Unprocessed Meals for Everyone

Joe Wicks
The Widow

The Widow

Helene Flood, Alison McCullough (trans)

Robin

Robin

Sarah Ann Juckes, Linde Faas (illus)

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Features, trade interviews, and people listings

Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: Agents' Hotlists show that serious non-fiction is steaming, but fiction still sizzles
Features

Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: Agents' Hotlists show that serious non-fiction is steaming, but fiction still sizzles

Smart and serious non-fiction will be on the rise at the Messe this year, but fiction – the spicier the better – will still sizzle

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