Book Sales Surge: Guinness, Hart, and Kinney Lead the Charts

Guinness World Records sales jump 93.6%. Hart's 'Brimstone' debuts at #1. Kinney's 'Partypooper' tops Children's chart. TCM volume rises 8.8%, value up 9.9%. Several books experience sales increases.

That rise for Guinness indicates it jumps from third area to initially in the Hardback Non-Fiction (HBNF) Leading 20, pushing Charlie Mackesy’s Always Remember (Ebury Press) down to 2nd, despite the last only selling one fewer copy than the previous week. Mackesy sits simply under 10,000 duplicates in advance of Mary Berry’s Mary 90 (BBC Books) which has actually seen its sales rise 39.6% to 12,988 copies– making it the third successful book in the HBNF Top 20 and pressing it into the TCM Top 10.

Guinness World Records Sales Soar

That is not a problem that encounters today’s 2nd bestselling title– the 2026 edition of Guinness World Records has actually seen its sales jump 93.6% as the temperature visiting approximately the same quantity appears to have actually advised clients that Christmas is coming.

The original hardback edition of Quicksilver has gone on to sell 77,013 duplicates since then, with one more 25,857 devices by means of a scandal sheet that was launched in August of this year. That implies in the first week simply under half of the collection visitors have actually currently come back for the sequel– a solid retention rate, but it implies it is unlikely to sustain this volume through December.

Brimstone Dominates Official UK Top 50

With sales nearly two times as high as its nearby competitor, Callie Hart’s Brimstone (Hodderscape) has debuted in top place in the Official UK Top 50, according to the most recent data from NielsenIQ BookData’s Complete Customer Market (TCM).

The second book in the Fae & Alchemy collection has actually offered 43,024 copies in its very first couple of days on sale– that is an increase of 225.6%, contrasted to the launch week of its predecessor, Quicksilver, which sold 13,215 duplicates at the beginning of December 2024.

Kinney continues to be in 4th location in the TCM as Pilkey drops to 6th, meaning Richard Osman’s The Impossible Fortune (Viking) has space to return up one placement into the Leading 5. The 5th in the Thursday Murder Club collection has actually seen its sales climb 20.9% this week, however it remains to stall in second place in the Original Fiction (OF) Leading 20 with Brimstone obstructing its effort to recover the leading area.

The Paperback Non-Fiction chart remains the most fixed of all the charts with no adjustment to the Leading 4– led by The 1% Club: Official Test Book Quantity 2 (Bantam) which experiences an 8.8% surge to 9,685 duplicates, greater than twice as many as the first volume handled in the same week in 2024.

Kinney’s Partypooper Takes Children’s Top Spot

That tightening for Pilkey implies there is a vacancy at the top of the Children’s Top 20– one that is gladly loaded by Partypooper (Puffin), the 20th instalment in Jeff Kinney’s Journal of a Frail Kid collection. Its sales have actually jumped 18.5% to 18,369 copies, giving it its 4th non-consecutive week in the kids’ leading area– and Kinney’s 104th week, overall.

Overall Book Market Sees Growth

With sales in the Top 50 increasing 20% for the second successive week, the overall TCM this week has actually seen quantity increase 8.8% to 4.5 million publications marketed with value coming in at ₤ 43.5 m, up 9.9%. Compared to the equivalent 7 days in 2024, volume has actually raised a slight 0.1% with value 0.4%.

It drops to 6th area in the TCM with 14,766 duplicates offered, a decrease of 48.9%. That contraction for Pilkey implies there is an openings at the top of the Children’s Leading 20– one that is gladly loaded by Partypooper (Puffin), the 20th instalment in Jeff Kinney’s Journal of a Wimpy Youngster collection. Its sales have jumped 18.5% to 18,369 copies, providing it its 4th non-consecutive week in the youngsters’ top place– and Kinney’s 104th week, on the whole.

While Lee and Andrew Kid’s most recent Jack Reacher unique, Exit Strategy, falls from the top spot in the OF Top 20, it is not all trouble for the activity hero. The 10th Reacher title, The Hard Way (Bantam) initially released in paperback in 2011 has returned to the Mass-Market Fiction (MMF) chart in lead with 7,712 copies sold in the most current seven-day period– no question assisted by a ₤ 3 deal at The Works, though with an ordinary market price of ₤ 5.40, it is not totally down to that deal.