Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You has shot to the top of the UK’s book charts, selling more than 40,000 copies in just five days. The novel had been highly anticipated, with 50 shops around the UK opening early on 7 September in order to sell it to fans. Strong sales in the week to 11 September, coupled with pre-orders, have now sent it soaring: in total, Beautiful World, Where Are You sold 46,065 copies last week to become the UK’s bestselling book, according to sales monitor Nielsen BookScan. Rooney’s sales are three times more than the second-placed title, Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire, which sold 15,209 copies. Waterstones said Beautiful World, Where Are You, which is Rooney’s third novel after Conversations With Friends and Normal People, was its bestselling fiction hardback of the year to date after only one week on sale.

Source: Irish Examiner September 14, 2021 14:26 UTC