#4 — November 2024 bestsellers + genres that spike at Christmas

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 selling for under £10 that could be good options for listeners participating in office Secret Santas, "achievable" world records, and  colouring in.
 
Link to the recent Booker Prize announcement
Link to the Guinness World Records page: "most piercings in a lifetime (female)"
Link to The Bookseller's article about Vietnamese artists' collective Coco Wyo's deal with Penguin Random House
Link to a Telegraph article on "French flaps" (SFW)
 
Books featured in this episode that can be purchased from all good booksellers include:
— Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat: Home to Roost
— The Night Before Christmas
— Asako Yuzuki's Butter 
— George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series
— Samantha Harvey's Orbital

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Episode hosted by Philip Stone and Belle Edelman, and produced and edited by Chris White. Theme music by Nela Ruiz.

Thanks for listening!

Chapters

• 3:02 November 2024 Top 20
• 14:45 Beyond the Bestsellers
• 26:14 Under the Spotlight