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#16 — November 2025 bestsellers + Christmas hits
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In episode 16 of NielsenIQ BookData's The Bestsellers podcast, Belle and Phil review the bestselling books in the month of November (02.26), discuss their Beyond the Bestsellers picks (13.45), and put Christmas under the spotlight (28.58). Along the way they discuss which books have been rapidly climbing the charts as Christmas Day nears, how Black…
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#15 — October 2025 bestsellers + international hits in 2025
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In episode 15 of NielsenIQ BookData's The Bestsellers podcast, Belle and Philip count down the top 20 bestselling books in the UK in the month of October (01.24), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (15:57), and put International markets in 2025 "Under the Spotlight" (29:25). Along the way they highlight a strong contender for 2025's Christ…
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#14 — September 2025 bestsellers + spooktacular Halloween and horror book sales
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In episode 14 of NielsenIQ BookData's The Bestsellers podcast, Belle and Philip count down the top 20 bestselling books in the UK in the month of September (02.04), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (13:18), and put horror and ghost stories "Under the Spotlight" (24:50). Along the way they discuss some big first-week sales numbers for a f…
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#13 — August 2025 bestsellers + Summer Reading
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In episode 13 of NielsenIQ BookData's The Bestsellers podcast, Belle and Philip count down the top 20 bestselling books in the UK in the month of August (02.56), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (10:54), and put Summer Reading "Under the Spotlight" (20:12). Along the way Belle and Philip discuss a mammoth first-week sale for the August n…
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#12 — July 2025 bestsellers + the travel book market
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In episode 12 of NielsenIQ BookData's The Bestsellers podcast, Belle and Philip count down the top 20 bestselling books in the UK in the month of July (01.03), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (06:47), and put travel books "Under the Spotlight" (16:48). Along the way Belle and Philip discuss a first adult number one for an established ch…
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#11 — June 2025 bestsellers + Australia book market sales and trends
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In episode 11 of NielsenIQ BookData's The Bestsellers podcast Philip and Belle count down the top 20 bestselling books in the UK in the month of June (01.52) and reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (08:52). Then, in "Under the Spotlight" (21:35), Belle sits down with our colleagues down under, Olivia and Abbey, to chat about the Australian …
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#10 — May 2025 bestsellers + cookbook sales and trends
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Philip and Belle count down the top 20 bestselling books in the UK in the month of May (01.35), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (11.14) and, in "Under the Spotlight", discuss what cookbooks have been selling like hot cakes (21.40). Along they way they discuss football memoirs, air fryers, an international superhit, the ultimate BBQ side…
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#9 — April 2025 Bestsellers + who buys books?
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This episode's Spotlight segment features a special guest, NielsenIQ BookData's expert on Books and Consumers research, Steve Bohme. Steve sits down with Belle to discuss book purchasing behaviour in the UK and the various interconnected factors behind individual purchases. Prior to that, Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling book…
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#8 — March 2025 bestsellers + international book sales
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of March (01.40), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (10.27), and discuss international markets and bestsellers in "Under the Spotlight" (23.14). Along the way they discuss the huge sales of the fifth Hunger Games novel, how TV adaptations impact book sales, the glo…
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#7 — February 2025 bestsellers + World Book Day
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of February (04.03), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (13.18), and discuss World Book Day in "Under the Spotlight" (23.34). Along the way they discuss the huge popularity of Bluey, World Book Day costumes, the enduring success of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Cater…
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#6 — January 2025 bestsellers + New Year, New You
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of January (02.21), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (11.24), and discuss New Year, New You season in "Under the Spotlight" (24.39). Along the way they discuss the record-breaking sales of a new fantasy novel, the dramatic rise in sales of personal development tit…
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#5 — December 2024 bestsellers + 2024 in review
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of December (02.48), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (11.10), and review book sales in 2024 in "Under the Spotlight" (19.41). Along the way they discuss the bestselling books of the year, two writers that dared to sell more books that Richard Osman, why books are…
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#4 — November 2024 bestsellers + genres that spike at Christmas
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of November (03.02), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (14.45), and chat about genres that enjoy sales spikes at Christmas in "Under the Spotlight" (26.14). Along the way they discuss the stonking sales of the latest Booker Prize winner, non-fiction books currently…
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#3 — October 2024 bestsellers + the race for the Christmas Number One
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of October (02:20), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (11:53), and chat about books gunning for the Christmas number one spot (26:30). Along they way they discuss a cookbook that sold like hot cakes in Australia, why Barack Obama will forever be linked with the UK …
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#2 — September 2024 bestsellers + "evergreen" books
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of September (02.08), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (10.55), and chat about book trade "evergreens" (19.09) — old books that continue to fly off the shelves to this day. Along they way they discuss folding over the corner of pages instead of using a bookmark, P…
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#1 — August 2024 bestsellers + the Sunday Times top 100 of the past 50 years
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Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of August (02.00), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (11.28), and chat about The Sunday Times's recently-published top 100 of the past 50 years (19.30). Along they way they discuss TikTok's influence on the UK book market, judging a book by its cover, a book often …
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