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Amazon reveals the most popular books of lockdown
How many of these best-selling titles have you read?
With increased time at home, many of us have been reading more than ever before. Now, we know which titles in particular have been keeping the nation enthralled during lockdown, as Amazon UK has revealed the top ten best-selling books that people around the country have been enjoying in recent months.
The data revealed by the book-selling giant includes sales and downloads across physical and digital books and the Amazon app between 23 March (when lockdown was enforced) and 11 May.
The top ten list features a mix of thriller, historical fiction and poignant drama. In the number one spot is Sally Rooney’s Normal People, no doubt helped along by the recent hit BBC adaptation, and other authors to make the list include David Walliams, Adam Kay and Hilary Mantel.
Speaking of the list, Simon Johnson, Director of Amazon EU Books said: “Our customers have clearly turned to reading during lockdown as a way to relax, stay entertained and develop themselves. From educational titles that help with homeschooling to comedies to transport minds elsewhere, it is clear that books helped many.”
Here's the top ten list in full:
This coming of age story is centred on Irish teenagers Connell and Marianne, and their complicated but seemingly unwavering connection. It'll take you back to memories of first love, and probably have you shedding a tear or two.
Tiffy needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon works nights and needs cash. The solution? Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy's at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time. But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven't met yet, they're about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window...
To everyone else, it seems like Alison has a perfect family life, but in reality, it's messy and full of lies. At work, she feels a strange urge to protect a woman she's representing, who's pleading guilty to a murder charge but telling a story that doesn't add up. Someone else knows Alison's truth, and they want to make her pay.
Alicia lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago, when she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then she hasn't spoken a single word. This thrilling novel examines why Alicia’s life took such a dramatic turn.
This poignant story follows sensitive and intelligent Kya, who has survived for years alone in the North Carolina marsh that she calls home. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
David Walliams' latest children's book has all the hallmarks of his work, a gutsy young protagonist (Ned) and a host of horrible adults. In this tale, set on the 'Isle of Mulch', Ned uses his special slime power to do something about the grown-ups making his life miserable.
Allow the queen of clean, Mrs Hinch, to help you get more organised around your home with her new book filled with lists to make tasks easier and more enjoyable.
Ebury Press The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
This story of four unlikely friends is packed with gorgeous illustrations as well as universally-poignant words to live by.
In 2020, few books have been as highly anticipated worldwide as this one, the final instalment to Mantel's prize-winning trilogy based on Thomas Cromwell's life as a powerful minister in Henry VIII's court.
Picador This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay's first book provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know – and more than a few things you didn't – about life on and off the hospital ward.
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