Richard Osman tops Indie Top 20. Booker shortlist boosts sales. Indies show unique title performance vs. TCM, with notable over-indexing by some titles. Chart adjustments made by The Bookseller.
Mick Herron's 'Clown Town' tops the Indie Bookshop Top 20. Other new entries include McEwan, Balding, and Tokarczuk. Indies champion authors and drive sales with signed copies. The Bookseller adjusted the chart.
Independent Bookshop Week 2025 saw record-breaking sales, increased media reach, and strong community engagement across UK and Ireland. Bookshops reported significant sales boosts and hosted successful events.
In 2024, approximately 700 independent bookshops participated with the Booksellers Association, via Books Are My Bag, providing each with a kit containing bunting, posters, bookmarks, postcards and shelf strips – alongside a suite of digital assets available in English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish.
