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Irish Bestsellers 31 December 2016
Happy New Year! There are a number of annuals in the charts this week, with four in the Top 20: Pokemon, PAW Patrol, Disney Princess and Gruffalo and Friends, alongside other children’s or Young Adults books such as Dork Diaries: Frenemies Forever and Girl Online: Going Solo (3). Together, the children’s and Young Adult make up half the Top 20. Are last-minute gift panics or early sales responsible?
The annuals are the only new entrants this week, but in anticipation of New Year’s Resolutions, we do have a return to the Top 20 of Joe Wicks with last year’s Lean in 15: 15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Keep You Lean and Healthy in the Top 20 and a new release heading the Paperback Non-Fiction chart, Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan. Devoted readers may remember Wicks’ astoundingly long run at No. 1 last year; no doubt he’ll be hoping to sustain his success this year, but let’s see if the market has the same appetite for healthy living, and if he can beat off strong opposition from, for example, Deliciously Ella whose fourth book is due out later this month.
This week’s featured book is the paperback release of Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent, brand new out and straight into the Mass Market Fiction chart. Here’s some info:
‘Gone Girl fans will love Liz Nugent’s Lying in Wait … it twists, it turns, its characters are utterly despicable and it is a compulsive triumph’ Stylist
From the award-winning author of the No 1 bestseller, Unravelling Oliver …
‘My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.’
Lydia Fitzsimons lives in the perfect house with her adoring husband and beloved son. There is just one thing Lydia yearns for to make her perfect life complete, though the last thing she expects is that pursuing it will lead to murder. However, needs must – because nothing can stop this mother from getting what she wants …
‘A stunningly talented writer’ Sophie Hannah
‘The intricate plotting and jolting suspense hold you in a vice till the last page’ Sunday Times
‘Clear your diary if you pick up this seductively sinister story. The twists come together in a superbly scary denouncement which delivers a final sting in the tail. Brilliantly macabre’ Sunday Mirror
‘Brilliant plotting ratchets up the tension in this chilling tale of obsessive love, madness and motherhood’ Woman & Home
‘The wit is sharp and the plot full of punishing twists’ The Times Crime Club
‘An unputdownable psychological thriller with an ending that lingers long after turning the final page’ Irish Times
‘An excellent example of “Domestic Noir” … excitement and curiosity mount until you realise you can’t put the book down. Highly recommended.’ Literary Review
‘A tense, taut, almost gothic thriller where the tension tightens to near unbearable proportions … impossible to stop reading. A brilliantly written, stand-out novel.’ Marian Keyes
‘Taut, crisp, clear, a storm-warning of a book. It has the eeriness of The Turn of the Screw; but as these screws turn, a mighty tension takes hold. Masterly’ Sebastian Barry
‘Deliciously twisted, shot through with dark and acid humour and the denouement is truly chilling.’ Sarah Hilary
‘Liz Nugent’s characters are as unforgettably monstrous as they are believable. A superbly crafted novel and an absorbing portrait of the purest kind of evil.’ Jane Casey
‘I thought it impossible to match the brilliant Unravelling Oliver, but this Liz has done. Not only is her style beautiful, but she keeps the reader on the edge of their seat from page one until the completely unexpected ending. I read Lying in Wait in one sitting. I just couldn’t bear the suspense. I absolutely loved it.’ Amanda Redman
‘She writes compellingly, creates posh sociopaths like no-one else and doesn’t flinch when the end demands what it demands. Lying In Wait is a story you genuinely should not miss’ Rick O’Shea, RTÉ
And on to the last charts of 2016:
| Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 31st December 2016 | ||||
| ICM | ||||
| Title | Author | Publisher Group | Sales | |
| 1 | Holding | Norton, Graham | Hodder & Stoughton Grp | 1,193 |
| 2 | Double Down:Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Kinney, Jeff | Penguin Grp | 1,058 |
| 3 | Midnight Gang,The | Walliams, David | HarperCollins Grp | 871 |
| 4 | Nickelodeon PAW Patrol Annual 2017 | D.C. Thomson Grp | 786 | |
| 5 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them:The Original Screenplay | Rowling, J. K. | Little, Brown Book Grp | 754 |
| 6 | Pokemon Annual 2017 | Little Brother Books Grp | 677 | |
| 7 | Born to Run | Springsteen, Bruce | Simon & Schuster Grp | 601 |
| 8 | Girl on the Train (Film Tie In),The# | Hawkins, Paula | Transworld Grp | 581 |
| 9 | Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan:15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Get You L | Wicks, Joe | Pan Macmillan Grp | 541 |
| 10 | Lyrebird | Ahern, Cecelia | HarperCollins Grp | 516 |
| 11 | Battle,The | O’Connell, Paul | Penguin Grp | 511 |
| 12 | Night School:Jack Reacher | Child, Lee | Transworld Grp | 508 |
| 13 | Girl Online: Going Solo:(3) :Girl Online | Sugg, Zoe | Penguin Grp | 496 |
| 14 | Dork Diaries: Frenemies Forever | Russell, Rachel Renee | Simon & Schuster Grp | 467 |
| 15 | Secrets of a Happy Marriage | Kelly, Cathy | Orion Grp | 439 |
| 16 | Historopedia:The Story of Ireland from Then Until Now | Burke, Fatti & Burke, John | Gill Group | 433 |
| 17 | Lean in 15:15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Keep You Lean and Healthy | Wicks, Joe | Pan Macmillan Grp | 431 |
| 18 | Disney Princess Annual 2017:Egmont Annuals | Egmont Books Grp | 422 | |
| 19 | Gruffalo and Friends Annual,The:2017 | Donaldson, Julia | Pan Macmillan Grp | 420 |
| 20 | Pippa:Simple Tips to Live Beautifully | O’Connor, Pippa | Penguin Grp | 406 |
And the Top 10 in each category:
| Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 31st December 2016 | ||||
| Mass Market Fiction | ||||
| Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
| 1 | Girl on the Train (Film Tie In),The# | Hawkins, Paula | Black Swan | 581 |
| 2 | Asking for it | O’Neill, Louise | Quercus Publishing Plc | 393 |
| 3 | Missing, Presumed (DS Manon, Book 1):DS Manon | Steiner, Susie | The Borough Press | 388 |
| 4 | Lying in Wait | Nugent, Liz | Penguin Books | 316 |
| 5 | After You | Moyes, Jojo | Penguin Books | 278 |
| 6 | Me Before You# | Moyes, Jojo | Michael Joseph | 260 |
| 7 | I am Pilgrim | Hayes, Terry | Corgi Books | 251 |
| 8 | Nomad:The Most Explosive Thriller You’ll Read All Year:The Rubicon Ser | Swallow, James | Zaffre Publishing | 236 |
| 9 | Light Between Oceans (Film Tie In),The# | Stedman, M. L. | Black Swan | 225 |
| 10 | I’m Travelling Alone | Bjork, Samuel | Corgi Books | 221 |
| Original Fiction | ||||
| Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
| 1 | Holding | Norton, Graham | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd | 1,193 |
| 2 | Lyrebird | Ahern, Cecelia | HarperCollins Publishers | 516 |
| 3 | Night School:Jack Reacher | Child, Lee | Bantam Press | 508 |
| 4 | Secrets of a Happy Marriage | Kelly, Cathy | Orion (an Imprint of The Orion | 439 |
| 5 | Wonder,The | Donoghue, Emma | Picador | 385 |
| 6 | Days Without End | Barry, Sebastian | Faber & Faber | 374 |
| 7 | All We Shall Know | Ryan, Donal | Doubleday Ireland | 374 |
| 8 | Wrong Side of Goodbye,The:Harry Bosch Series | Connelly, Michael | Orion (an Imprint of The Orion | 346 |
| 9 | This Was a Man | Archer, Jeffrey | Macmillan | 311 |
| 10 | Whistler,The | Grisham, John | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd | 273 |
| Paperback Non Fiction | ||||
| Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
| 1 | Lean in 15: The Sustain Plan:15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Get You L | Wicks, Joe | Bluebird | 541 |
| 2 | Lean in 15:15 Minute Meals and Workouts to Keep You Lean and Healthy | Wicks, Joe | Bluebird | 431 |
| 3 | Talking to Strangers:And Other Ways of Being Human | Harding, Michael | Hachette Books Ireland | 325 |
| 4 | Lean in 15: the Shape Plan:15 Minute Meals with Workouts to Build a St | Wicks, Joe | Bluebird | 321 |
| 5 | Win or Learn:MMA, Conor Mcgregor and Me: A Trainer’s Journey | Kavanagh, John | Penguin Ireland | 312 |
| 6 | I Read the News Today, Oh Boy:The Short and Gilded Life of Tara Browne | Howard, Paul | Picador | 270 |
| 7 | Out of Control:How My Addiction Almost Killed Me | McCarron, Cathal & O’Connor, Christy | Simon & Schuster Ltd | 250 |
| 8 | Princess Diarist,The | Fisher, Carrie | Bantam Dell Publishing Group, | 226 |
| 9 | Irish Get Up and Go Diary 2017: The Diary That Inspires and Motivates, | Forrestal, Eileen | Get Up and Go Publications | 215 |
| 10 | Then There Was Light:Stories from Ireland’s Rural Electrification | Ballpoint Press Limited | 196 | |
| Hardback Non Fiction | ||||
| Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
| 1 | Born to Run | Springsteen, Bruce | Simon & Schuster Ltd | 601 |
| 2 | Battle,The | O’Connell, Paul | Penguin Ireland | 511 |
| 3 | Pippa:Simple Tips to Live Beautifully | O’Connor, Pippa | Penguin Ireland | 406 |
| 4 | Guinness World Records:2017 | Guinness World Records | 264 | |
| 5 | What Do You Think of That?:My Autobiography | Donaghy, Kieran | Trinity Mirror Sport Media | 262 |
| 6 | Recipes from My Mother | Allen, Rachel | HarperCollins Publishers | 199 |
| 7 | World of the Happy Pear,The | Flynn, David & Flynn, Stephen | Penguin Books | 186 |
| 8 | Bolloxology:An Unreliable Guide to Ireland | O’Regan, Colm | Transworld Ireland | 174 |
| 9 | Year with Angels,The:A Guide to Living Lovingly Through the Seasons | Byrne, Lorna | Coronet Books | 166 |
| 10 | Front Up, Rise Up:The Official Story of Connacht Rugby | Thornley, Gerry | Transworld Ireland | 164 |
| Children’s | ||||
| Title | Author | Imprint | Sales | |
| 1 | Double Down:Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Kinney, Jeff | Puffin | 1,058 |
| 2 | Midnight Gang,The | Walliams, David | HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks | 871 |
| 3 | Nickelodeon PAW Patrol Annual 2017 | D.C. Thomson & Co., | 786 | |
| 4 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them:The Original Screenplay | Rowling, J. K. | Little,Brown | 754 |
| 5 | Pokemon Annual 2017 | Little Brother Books Limited | 677 | |
| 6 | Girl Online: Going Solo:(3) :Girl Online | Sugg, Zoe | Penguin Books | 496 |
| 7 | Dork Diaries: Frenemies Forever | Russell, Rachel Renee | Simon & Schuster Childrens Boo | 467 |
| 8 | Historopedia:The Story of Ireland from Then Until Now | Burke, Fatti & Burke, John | Gill Books | 433 |
| 9 | Disney Princess Annual 2017:Egmont Annuals | Egmont Books | 422 | |
| 10 | Gruffalo and Friends Annual,The:2017 | Donaldson, Julia | Macmillan Children’s Books | 420 |
| # Combined Editions | ||||
