#13 — August 2025 bestsellers + Summer Reading

In episode 13 of NielsenIQ BookData's The Bestsellers podcast, Belle and Philip count down the top 20 bestselling books in the UK in the month of August (02.56),  reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (10:54), and put Summer Reading "Under the Spotlight" (20:12). Along the way Belle and Philip discuss a mammoth first-week sale for the August number one, fantasy romance (a.k.a. "romantasy") and its increasing influence on the bestseller charts, the popularity of the Richard and Judy Book Club, and, umm, nuclear warfare.Books featured in this episode that can be purchased at all good booksellers include: — Andrew Lownie's Entitled— Adam Kay's A Particularly Nasty Case— Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo— Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time— The Disneyland Parks Colouring BookFurther reading:— Forbes on the power of booktok— The Bookseller on BookTok, romantasy and follower counts— The Richard and Judy Book Club Facebook page— The Times on Andrew Lownie's EntitledThe views expressed in this podcast are those of the presenters and not that of NIQ. For more information about who we are and what we do, visit NielsenIQ BookData Home - NIQ. Follow Nielsen Book on Instagram (@_bookdata) and Linkedin (@nielsen-book). Get in touch with Philip and Belle at [email protected] hosted by Philip Stone and Belle Edelman, and produced and edited by Chris White. Theme music by Nela Ruiz. Thanks for listening!