Not a huge amount of movement in the charts this week; the recent slew of releases is still doing well in the charts as well as favourites such as The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri and Conversations with Friends and Normal People, both by Sally Rooney and both high in the Mass Market Fiction chart. We also have a nod to the new school year, as John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men re-appears in the charts!
One notable new entry is in the Children’s chart, where Eoin McLaughlin’s book While We Can’t Hug is being read to children across both Ireland and the UK to help them understand a little of these unusual times.
This week’s featured book is from one of Ireland’s favourite authors at the moment. Donal Ryan’s new book Strange Flowers hit the shelves recently along with the charts, and this week is at nos. 1 and 6 of the Original Fiction Top 10, as well top of the Top 20. Here’s the blurb:
‘Endlessly surprising and incredibly moving’ David Nicholls
‘A triumph … the best novel I’ve read so far this year’ Joseph O’Connor
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In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears.
Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again.
Five years later, Moll returns. What – and who – she brings with her will change the course of her family’s life forever.
Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.
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‘Here is love as a weapon and a balm … A gorgeously wrought book’ Guardian
‘Outstanding … Tender and beautifully written‘ Independent
‘All the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages’ Kathleen MacMahon
‘Exquisite … Beautiful‘ Anne Griffin, author of When All Is Said
‘Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them’ Rónán Hession, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul
And now this week’s charts:
Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 29th August 2020 | ||||
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Title | Author | Publisher Group | Sales | |
1 | Strange Flowers | Ryan, Donal | Transworld Grp | 1,922 |
2 | Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse,The | Mackesy, Charlie | Random House Grp | 1,719 |
3 | Dirty South,The | Connolly, John | Hodder & Stoughton Grp | 1,360 |
4 | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure | Kinney, Jeff | Penguin Grp | 1,173 |
5 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Owens, Delia | Little, Brown Book Grp | 1,162 |
6 | 7 Ways:Easy Ideas for Every Day of the Week | Oliver, Jamie | Penguin Grp | 1,031 |
7 | Midnight Sun | Meyer, Stephenie | Little, Brown Book Grp | 855 |
8 | Moonflower Murders | Horowitz, Anthony | Random House Grp | 831 |
9 | Untamed:Stop pleasing, start living | Doyle, Glennon | Random House Grp | 740 |
10 | World’s Worst Parents,The | Walliams, David | HarperCollins Grp | 618 |
11 | Pull of the Stars,The | Donoghue, Emma | Pan Macmillan Grp | 574 |
12 | Finding Freedom | Scobie, Omid & Durand, Carolyn | HarperCollins Grp | 548 |
13 | Girl, Woman, Other | Evaristo, Bernardine | Penguin Grp | 538 |
14 | American Dirt | Cummins, Jeanine | Headline Grp | 516 |
15 | Choice,The:A true story of hope | Eger, Edith | Random House Grp | 508 |
16 | Philadelphia, Here I Come | Friel, Brian | Faber Grp | 507 |
17 | Strange Flowers | Ryan, Donal | Transworld Grp | 498 |
18 | Death Sets Sail | Stevens, Robin | Penguin Grp | 466 |
19 | Silent Patient,The | Michaelides, Alex | Orion Grp | 440 |
20 | Too Much and Never Enough | Trump, Mary L. | Simon & Schuster Grp | 408 |
Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 29th August 2020 | ||||
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Mass Market Fiction | ||||
Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
1 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Owens, Delia | Corsair | 1,162 |
2 | Girl, Woman, Other | Evaristo, Bernardine | Penguin Books Ltd | 538 |
3 | Silent Patient,The | Michaelides, Alex | Orion (an Imprint of The Orion | 440 |
4 | Conversations with Friends | Rooney, Sally | Faber & Faber | 393 |
5 | Normal People | Rooney, Sally | Faber & Faber | 356 |
6 | Of Mice and Men | Steinbeck, Mr John | Penguin Books Ltd | 341 |
7 | Beekeeper of Aleppo,The | Lefteri, Christy | Manilla Press | 325 |
8 | This Is Happiness | Williams, Niall | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 263 |
9 | Triail,An | Ghrada, Mairead Ni | An Gum | 255 |
10 | Giver of Stars,The | Moyes, Jojo | Penguin Books Ltd | 250 |
Original Fiction | ||||
Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
1 | Strange Flowers | Ryan, Donal | Doubleday Ireland | 1,922 |
2 | Dirty South,The | Connolly, John | Hodder & Stoughton | 1,360 |
3 | Moonflower Murders | Horowitz, Anthony | Century | 831 |
4 | Pull of the Stars,The | Donoghue, Emma | Picador | 574 |
5 | American Dirt | Cummins, Jeanine | Tinder Press | 516 |
6 | Strange Flowers | Ryan, Donal | Doubleday | 498 |
7 | Women Who Ran Away,The | O’Flanagan, Sheila | Headline Review | 398 |
8 | Nothing Man,The | Howard, Catherine Ryan | Corvus | 355 |
9 | Bird in the Bamboo Cage,The | Gaynor, Hazel | HarperCollins Publishers | 309 |
10 | Apeirogon | McCann, Colum | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 281 |
Paperback Non Fiction | ||||
Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
1 | Untamed:Stop pleasing, start living | Doyle, Glennon | Vermilion | 740 |
2 | Finding Freedom | Scobie, Omid & Durand, Carolyn | HQ | 548 |
3 | Choice,The:A true story of hope | Eger, Edith | Rider & Co | 508 |
4 | Philadelphia, Here I Come | Friel, Brian | Faber And Faber Plays | 507 |
5 | Ghost In The Throat,A | Ni Ghriofa, Doireann | Tramp Press | 332 |
6 | Good Vibes, Good Life | King, Vex | Hay House UK Ltd | 310 |
7 | Power of Now,The | Tolle, Eckhart | Hodder Paperback | 272 |
8 | Atomic Habits | Clear, James | Random House Business Books | 270 |
9 | Jump | Moyles, Daniella | Gill Books | 237 |
10 | 12 Rules for Life | Peterson, Jordan B. | Penguin Books Ltd | 185 |
Hardback Non Fiction | ||||
Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
1 | Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse,The | Mackesy, Charlie | Ebury Press | 1,719 |
2 | 7 Ways:Easy Ideas for Every Day of the Week | Oliver, Jamie | Michael Joseph | 1,031 |
3 | Too Much and Never Enough | Trump, Mary L. | Simon & Schuster Ltd | 408 |
4 | Happy Pear: Vegan Cooking for Everyone | Flynn, David & Flynn, Stephen | Penguin Ireland | 397 |
5 | Women Don’t Owe You Pretty | Given, Florence | Cassell | 248 |
6 | What I Know for Sure | Winfrey, Oprah | Macmillan | 238 |
7 | Daly Dish,The | Daly, Gina & Daly, Karol | Gill Books | 171 |
8 | Secret,The | Byrne, Rhonda | Simon & Schuster Ltd | 155 |
9 | Pinch of Nom | Featherstone, Kay & Allinson, Catherine | Bluebird | 135 |
10 | 100 Poems | Heaney, Seamus | Faber & Faber | 123 |
Childrens | ||||
Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
1 | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure | Kinney, Jeff | Puffin | 1,173 |
2 | Midnight Sun | Meyer, Stephenie | ATOM | 855 |
3 | World’s Worst Parents,The | Walliams, David | HarperCollins | 618 |
4 | Death Sets Sail | Stevens, Robin | Puffin | 466 |
5 | Slime | Walliams, David | HarperCollins | 397 |
6 | While We Can’t Hug:A Hedgehog and Tortoise Story | McLaughlin, Eoin | Faber & Faber | 362 |
7 | Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid:Rowley Jefferson’s Journal | Kinney, Jeff | Puffin | 300 |
8 | Outsiders,The | Hinton, S E | Penguin Books Ltd | 258 |
9 | For Whom the Ball Rolls:Dog Man | Pilkey, Dav | Scholastic | 236 |
10 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Rowling, J.K. | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 224 |