#8 — March 2025 bestsellers + international book sales

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 global popularity of puzzle books, and bookshelf aesthetics. Belle also ranks her favourite Beatles and Philip finally pronounces Dav Pilkey's first name correctly (as in "Dave").

Link to Ash Sarkar's "I'm a communist" moment
Link to The Bookseller's article about books' exclusions from Trump's tariffs
Link to The Bookseller's article on "sporror"
Link to The Sunday Times bestseller lists

Books featured in this episode that can be purchased from all good booksellers include:

— Donna Ashworth's To the Women
— Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money
— Joël Dicker's Wild Animal
— James Clear's Atomic Habits
— Ian Leslie's John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs

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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

• 1:40 March 2025 Top 20
• 10:27 Beyond the Bestsellers
• 23:14 Under the Spotlight