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05th Jan 2019

These are the top ten bestselling books of 2018

Rory Cashin

Irish authors

How many did you read?

If one of your resolutions for the new year is to read more, then we’ve got the perfect way to help you choose the first book(s) you can dig into in January.

The bestsellers for 2018 are quite eclectic, and there are some surprises, maybe because the books in particular aren’t aimed at this writer’s demograph, but David Walliams appears NINE more times in the top 100 bestsellers of the year.

Additionally, thriller writer Lee Child pops up again several times outside of the top ten, and it appears that the Irish writer with the highest position is Marian Keyes, as her novel The Break came in at No.13.

Here is the top ten in full:

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (806,469)

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay (469,825)

The Ice Monster by David Walliams (439,077)

Lose Weight for Good: Full-flavour Cooking for a Low-calorie Diet by Tom Kerridge (399,304)

The World’s Worst Children 3 by David Walliams (344,990)

The Midnight Line by Lee Child (342,814)

Origin by Dan Brown (309,118)

Becoming by Michelle Obama (287,223)

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (273,516)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney (269,177)