UK consumer book sales climbed 7% to £2.1bn last year as people "rediscovered their love of reading" in lockdown, the industry body says.
Bestsellers included The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo and 7 Ways by Jamie Oliver.Stephen Lotinga, chief executive of the Publishers' Association, said: "It's clear that many people rediscovered their love of reading last year and that publishers were able to deliver the entertaining and thought-provoking books that so many of us needed.
"It's also been a hugely difficult time for many booksellers and authors whose livelihoods have been enormously disrupted."The Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanGirl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo7 Ways by Jamie OliverAccording to the association, total UK publishing sales - including consumer, educational and academic titles - rose 2% in 2020 to £6.4bn.
Other bestselling titles included The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and Barack Obama's memoir A Promised Land, published in November, which sold well in audio.
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