#6 — January 2025 bestsellers + New Year, New You

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 titles over the past decade, books that change your life, Plato, Stoicism, linocut Christmas cards, and get all nostalgic looking back at diet fads in years gone by (The Dukan Diet! Dr Atkins! GI Hip and Thigh!).
 
Link to The Guardian's article on the rise in childhood anxiety
Link to The Bookseller's article on sales of Rebecca Yarros's Onyx Storm
Link to Knowledge at Wharton: Life Hacks from Marcus Aurelius
Link to Exupery Design's New Year's Resolutions Generator
 
Books featured in this episode that can be purchased from all good booksellers include:
— Jamie Oliver's Easy Air Fryer
— Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things
— Coco Wyo's Girl Moments
— Daniel Levitin's Music as Medicine
— Anthony Kessel's American Mystery

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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

• 2:21 January 2025 Top 20
• 11:24 Beyond the Bestsellers
• 24:39 Under the Spotlight