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I don't know if you read non-fiction at all, but the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction is a great one. I've found all listed books I've read really good.

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Like your coverage of other prizes , not just the big ones!

Thanks so much for advising of the sale! I went to buy one book, ended up buying four. I'm not mad about it. I'm also going to donate to Tilted Axis and the Common Press - got to keep fighting the good fight, where possible!

In regards to the Kindle deals...there are frequently identical sales on eBooks from Kobo, Apple Books, etc.

New Cillian Murphy!! 😍😍😍 Bet he'll be amazing. Thanks as always for all of the news, and good news re kindle margins!

Why the dislike of Cusk?

So good to see Welsh lit being celebrated!! Thought Neon Roses and Local Fires were both cracking! Like the sound of all these new releases too. Might have to give up work and just read. Who needs food and a roof over your head when you have books right?!

Haven't been very into booktube recently, but your videos are always a treat. Thanks for introducing me to the Yael Inokai book - I'll definitely be picking up the German original :)

Had my first visit to a Toppings this week - in Edinburgh - and was lucky enough to go to a book event with Clare Chambers - such an amazing place and yes the event was so well done! 😊

I found your channel through your latest 'book news' video coming up on my feed. I'm now keen to work my way through your entire back catalogue of your videos.

Murnane and Wright would be my best guess for an Australian author.

Thanks for addressing the kindle/amazon issue, it’s so complicated to be a conscious consumer these days, its interesting and good to hear ebooks offer good profits for publishers, even with massive discounts :)

I just love Book News Ben! ❤ Thank you for doing it! 😊

I'm saying this with absolutely zero qualification 😂 but I don't think people are buying Rooney books *instead of* other books. Yes, it would be good to see marketing pushes and media attention for more lit fic but, I don't have much patience for griping that she is 'overrated'. I'm about to read the safekeep and I'm really looking forward to it

Thank you Ben, such a good video for keeping us all up to date 🎉

Juice by Tim Winton and Dusk by Robbie Arnott are being release in Australia, very excited about these two!

That is insane, 500 copies in the first year of release for literary fiction? I both feel guilty and not guilty for not getting to literary books as soon as they are published. Not Rooney though, I just can't make myself imagine she'd be for me.

I love these book news videos! Is there a website that the general public can view book sales stats on any given book?

so excited for The Corrections TV adaptation! I loved Crossroads and have been saving The Corrections for a time where I have an extended period to sit and read 📚♥️

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I am once again asking people to buy a KOBO instead of a kindle, you get all the same kindle deals and not supporting Amazon. Had mine for 5 years and it's still great. I love it.

I’m loving the Book News videos! 💕✨

Thank you Ben, this is one of my favourite videos every month ❤️

Barrowbeck and Absolution sound right up my street and also wanted to mention how much I'm currently enjoying Monstrilio after your recommendation a while back. It's my first book since reading James earlier this summer where I've been really engrossed and invested. Thanks Ben! 🙌

I agree about kindle deals as can’t afford to pay full price all the time xx

Favorite time of the month!

Great video, thank you. I donated to tilted axis (just letting you know because mentioning this kind of thing in your videos does make a difference)

I am very excited about the Toppings news. A great round up, thanks Ben.

Always love these vids. Some of the new releases are already on Everand so have saved them straight away, thank youhoooo Ben 😊❤

Adding My Favourite to my tbr, love Indigo press and French translated books. Great video, as always, I really appreciate the effort you put in to this

Thank you for standing up for kindle. As someone who has recently suffered with their eyesight and suffers with arm pain. Lifting a kindle and also reading at adjusted size text has been a lifesaver for me. Yes there are lots of different e readers, but as a disabled person who finds it difficult to earn income and to visit libraries. Kindle has given me a world of accessibility.

I ran to my library's website to place a hold on Paula Hawkins' The Blue Hour. They have 46 copies on order and I'm 36th in line, so I'll get to read one that no one else has touched yet, lol. I know that's not literary fiction, but your report of the average lit fic selling less than 500 copies their first year sounds shocking. Unless that's only UK and only physical book sales, or if indie and self published books with no marketing whatsoever are averaged in? Or maybe they don't count pre-orders, which is how libraries place their orders of any upcoming noteworthy titles? Because otherwise wouldn't sales (including audiobook leasing) to libraries alone be more than that? 🤔

I do love fall new releases! My Christmas list begins. Sky Full of Elephants looks and sounds fascinating. Thanks fot all the updates!

always SAT for the bookish news! The Favorite and Sky Full of Elephants sound fantastic. i've got the new Vandermeer on deck as an eARC but i'm on book 2 at the moment. it's been a fun ride! have you done the Southern Reach books?

Thanks for mentioning the situation with Tilted Axis Press. There are at least four books I've been meaning to buy from them, so I'll get on that right away. For anyone who is doing the read around the world project, Tilted Axis Press is one of the only organizations publishing Uzbek books in English. I also plan on buying books from Kazakhstan and Burkina Faso from them.

So glad you flagged the Daisy Johnson book - not sure how I missed it!

Excuse me? A German book I have not heard of and have to find out through a booktuber from the UK? Rude. 😂 I immediately seeked it out and I love the German cover. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I've read Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller a couple of years ago and was really surprised how much I liked it, considering that I'm usually not really into historical fiction. And The Land in Winter sounds also intriguing. Meryl Streep is a perfect cast for The Corrections. Curious to find out who else will be casted.

I very much enjoy these book news videos. It makes sense that in a cost of living crisis bookstores would be suffering although to many of us books still count as necessities. Here in Australia The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich is now available so looking forward to that. I don't enjoy Sally Rooney at all so giving her a miss. I also don't enjoy Jonathan Franzen even though I've read probably 3, but I would say that if I had to pick one The Corrections is the one to read.