#9 — April 2025 Bestsellers + who buys books?

This episode's Spotlight segment features a special guest, NielsenIQ BookData's expert on Books and Consumers research, Steve Bohme. Steve sits down with Belle to discuss book purchasing behaviour in the UK and the various interconnected factors behind individual purchases. Prior to that, Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of April (01.45) and reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (10.31). Along the way they discuss the surge in paperback fiction sales brought in by warmer weather, how the passing of Pope Francis influenced the book charts, and how two former members of pop band McFly are now bestselling children's authors. Belle also receives a rude awakening that she has worked in the book industry for a decade.Books featured in this episode that can be purchased from all good booksellers include:— Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall— Conclave by Robert Harris — Hope by Pope Francis— Gary Stevenson's The Trading Game— Little Easter Bunnies by Martha Mumford. — The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sosuke Nagawe— Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams— BBC Proms Guide 2025The 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!