The top 100 books - of all time and of the last year - is out. It shows Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code is the big seller of the last decade, followed closely by JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
Interestingly - or distressingly, according to your viewpoint - the world according to Jeremy Clarkson is the 20th bestselling book of all time, measured by the system.
But 2010 is the year of Stieg Larsson - his The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and follow-ups easily top the chart.
Nielsen Bookscan is the world's largest book tracking service - they collect total transaction data directly from the tills and dispatch systems of all major book retailers. The data covers over 90% of all retail book purchases in the UK – 6,500 retailers in the UK each week. It monitors more than 220,000 different titles selling in a week and the consumer value is on average £30m each week.
Nielsen have given us the data which shows:
• Book sales since the same time in 1998
• Top 100 books for 2010
• Top 20 fiction, hardback and paperback
• Top 20 non-fiction, paperback and hardback
• Top 20 children's books.
What can you do with the data?
Data summary
| Pos | Title | Author | Imprint | Volume | Value, £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Da Vinci Code,The | Brown, Dan | Corgi Books | 4,522,025 | 22,857,837.53 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 3,844,316 | 19,853,187.43 |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 3,184,492 | 16,224,021.98 |
| 4 | Angels and Demons | Brown, Dan | Corgi Books | 3,096,850 | 15,537,324.84 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 3,043,226 | 33,925,431.19 |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince:Children's Edition | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 2,947,565 | 28,030,020.14 |
| 7 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 2,842,059 | 25,028,396.30 |
| 8 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 2,776,314 | 14,140,490.93 |
| 9 | Twilight | Meyer, Stephenie | ATOM | 2,105,862 | 10,148,762.73 |
| 10 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 2,057,397 | 10,745,711.77 |
| 11 | Deception Point | Brown, Dan | Corgi Books | 2,018,264 | 10,047,195.89 |
| 12 | New Moon | Meyer, Stephenie | ATOM | 1,975,659 | 9,425,640.57 |
| 13 | Lovely Bones,The | Sebold, Alice | Picador | 1,942,042 | 11,561,201.71 |
| 14 | Digital Fortress | Brown, Dan | Corgi Books | 1,911,943 | 9,642,124.01 |
| 15 | Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,The | Haddon, Mark | Vintage | 1,868,969 | 10,196,570.23 |
| 16 | Eclipse | Meyer, Stephenie | ATOM | 1,846,171 | 8,981,704.14 |
| 17 | Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,The:Millennium Trilogy | Larsson, Stieg | Quercus | 1,697,425 | 9,205,553.55 |
| 18 | Kite Runner,The | Hosseini, Khaled | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 1,551,953 | 9,317,049.76 |
| 19 | Time Traveler's Wife,The | Niffenegger, Audrey | Vintage | 1,496,081 | 8,227,127.81 |
| 20 | World According to Clarkson,The | Clarkson, Jeremy | Penguin Books | 1,447,188 | 7,503,190.76 |
| 21 | Atonement | McEwan, Ian | Vintage | 1,396,366 | 8,671,447.35 |
| 22 | Lost Symbol,The | Brown, Dan | Bantam Press | 1,370,347 | 13,052,345.93 |
| 23 | Short History of Nearly Everything,A | Bryson, Bill | Black Swan | 1,334,635 | 9,911,709.25 |
| 24 | Breaking Dawn | Meyer, Stephenie | ATOM | 1,315,685 | 12,034,126.42 |
| 25 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 1,297,411 | 14,875,830.76 |
| 26 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 1,283,638 | 12,081,283.05 |
| 27 | Girl Who Played With Fire,The:Millennium Trilogy | Larsson, Stieg | Quercus Pub Plc | 1,265,474 | 6,706,614.76 |
| 28 | Child Called It,A | Pelzer, Dave | Orion (an Imprint of The Orion | 1,116,042 | 5,566,648.20 |
| 29 | No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency,The:No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency S. | McCall Smith, Alexander | Abacus | 1,106,219 | 6,322,495.98 |
| 30 | You are What You Eat:The Plan That Will Change Your Life | McKeith, Gillian | Michael Joseph | 1,103,619 | 11,766,885.22 |
| 31 | Man and Boy | Parsons, Tony | HarperCollins Publishers | 1,100,447 | 6,857,434.41 |
| 32 | Birdsong | Faulks, Sebastian | Vintage | 1,078,571 | 7,207,433.66 |
| 33 | Labyrinth | Mosse, Kate | Orion (an Imprint of The Orion | 1,065,008 | 5,860,821.19 |
| 34 | Island,The | Hislop, Victoria | Headline Review | 1,056,432 | 5,680,549.73 |
| 35 | Life of Pi | Martel, Yann | Canongate Books | 1,050,090 | 6,967,370.73 |
| 36 | Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution:The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss P | Atkins, Robert C. | Vermilion | 1,046,531 | 7,274,727.01 |
| 37 | Tales of Beedle the Bard,The | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 1,039,823 | 4,185,291.09 |
| 38 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | De Bernieres, Louis | Minerva | 1,025,664 | 7,026,297.50 |
| 39 | Delia's How to Cook:(Bk.1) | Smith, Delia | BBC Books (Random House) | 1,014,854 | 11,420,572.33 |
| 40 | Gruffalo,The | Donaldson, Julia | Macmillan Children's Books | 1,007,208 | 4,770,356.81 |
| 41 | Eats, Shoots and Leaves:The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation | Truss, Lynne | Profile Books | 995,455 | 8,858,171.44 |
| 42 | Northern Lights:His Dark Materials S. | Pullman, Philip | Point | 976,435 | 5,610,127.17 |
| 43 | Interpretation of Murder,The | Rubenfeld, Jed | Headline Review | 950,686 | 5,425,925.60 |
| 44 | Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest,The:Millennium Trilogy | Larsson, Stieg | Quercus Pub Plc | 942,103 | 4,841,500.15 |
| 45 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Fielding, Helen | Picador | 923,429 | 5,495,835.32 |
| 46 | Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian,A | Lewycka, Marina | Penguin Books | 904,498 | 5,710,250.78 |
| 47 | Alchemist,The:A Fable About Following Your Dream | Coelho, Paulo | Thorsons | 903,395 | 6,370,730.30 |
| 48 | Notes from a Small Island | Bryson, Bill | Black Swan | 898,388 | 6,390,460.37 |
| 49 | Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,The | Boyne, John | Definitions | 885,450 | 4,557,735.53 |
| 50 | Stupid White Men:...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Natio | Moore, Michael | Penguin Books | 877,777 | 6,162,996.63 |
| 51 | Jamie's 30-minute Meals | Oliver, Jamie | Michael Joseph | 874,546 | 11,297,761.32 |
| 52 | Broker,The | Grisham, John | Arrow Books | 869,077 | 4,216,937.77 |
| 53 | Bridget Jones's Diary:A Novel | Fielding, Helen | Picador | 858,390 | 5,310,481.76 |
| 54 | Very Hungry Caterpillar,The:The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Carle, Eric | Puffin Books | 855,920 | 4,101,816.11 |
| 55 | Thousand Splendid Suns,A | Hosseini, Khaled | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 855,523 | 8,146,523.92 |
| 56 | Sound of Laughter,The | Kay, Peter | Century | 853,499 | 9,308,356.20 |
| 57 | Jamie's Italy | Oliver, Jamie | Michael Joseph | 833,060 | 9,379,860.94 |
| 58 | Small Island | Levy, Andrea | Headline Review | 831,039 | 5,066,748.17 |
| 59 | Memory Keeper's Daughter,The | Edwards, Kim | Penguin Books | 820,877 | 4,531,503.79 |
| 60 | Billy Connolly | Stephenson, Pamela | HarperCollins Publishers | 801,133 | 4,350,571.24 |
| 61 | House at Riverton,The | Morton, Kate | Pan Books | 793,338 | 4,268,735.29 |
| 62 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 788,619 | 4,488,324.82 |
| 63 | Nigella Express | Lawson, Nigella | Chatto & Windus | 780,665 | 11,089,668.94 |
| 64 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Golden, Arthur | Vintage | 766,706 | 5,143,233.76 |
| 65 | Delia's How to Cook:(Bk.2) | Smith, Delia | BBC Books (Random House) | 765,246 | 8,788,133.69 |
| 66 | Subtle Knife,The:His Dark Materials S. | Pullman, Philip | Point | 762,717 | 4,335,233.24 |
| 67 | Jamie's Ministry of Food:Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours | Oliver, Jamie | Michael Joseph | 759,900 | 9,602,472.40 |
| 68 | Guinness World Records 2009:2009 | Guinness World Records | 747,715 | 7,369,687.78 | |
| 69 | Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?:And 114 Other Questions | Profile Books | 746,917 | 3,792,483.43 | |
| 70 | Jamie at Home:Cook Your Way to the Good Life | Oliver, Jamie | Michael Joseph | 741,643 | 10,695,848.54 |
| 71 | White Teeth | Smith, Zadie | Penguin Books | 731,416 | 4,601,032.02 |
| 72 | Devil Wears Prada,The | Weisberger, Lauren | HarperCollins Publishers | 725,210 | 4,077,326.77 |
| 73 | At My Mother's Knee ...:and Other Low Joints | O'Grady, Paul | Bantam Press | 723,164 | 7,115,648.91 |
| 74 | No Time for Goodbye | Barclay, Linwood | Orion (an Imprint of The Orion | 722,103 | 3,833,775.63 |
| 75 | "Times" Su Doku,The:The Utterly Addictive Number-placing Puzzle:(Bk. 1 | Times Books | 719,307 | 3,532,794.40 | |
| 76 | Chocolat | Harris, Joanne | Black Swan | 713,299 | 4,526,189.31 |
| 77 | Return of the Naked Chef,The | Oliver, Jamie | Michael Joseph | 707,570 | 11,156,890.07 |
| 78 | Angela's Ashes:A Memoir of a Childhood | McCourt, Frank | Flamingo | 694,831 | 5,231,219.60 |
| 79 | Schott's Original Miscellany | Schott, Ben | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 694,063 | 6,483,193.57 |
| 80 | Dreams from My Father:A Story of Race and Inheritance | Obama, Barack | Canongate Books | 690,765 | 4,575,110.01 |
| 81 | Dangerous Book for Boys,The | Iggulden, Conn & Iggulden, Hal | HarperCollins Publishers | 688,808 | 8,765,298.70 |
| 82 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Lee, Harper | Arrow Books | 682,102 | 3,637,436.79 |
| 83 | Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince | Rowling, J. K. | Bloomsbury Pub PLC | 680,886 | 6,506,995.60 |
| 84 | Summons,The | Grisham, John | Arrow Books | 677,378 | 3,706,035.02 |
| 85 | Lost Symbol,The | Brown, Dan | Corgi Books | 672,950 | 2,854,411.91 |
| 86 | Catcher in the Rye,The | Salinger, J.D. | Penguin Books | 668,497 | 4,474,363.25 |
| 87 | I Can Make You Thin | McKenna, Paul | Bantam Press | 665,923 | 5,131,848.43 |
| 88 | Happy Days with the Naked Chef | Oliver, Jamie | Michael Joseph | 659,722 | 8,969,623.21 |
| 89 | Brick Lane | Ali, Monica | Black Swan | 659,023 | 4,182,105.62 |
| 90 | Anybody Out There? | Keyes, Marian | Penguin Books | 658,713 | 3,401,795.62 |
| 91 | Undomestic Goddess,The | Kinsella, Sophie | Black Swan | 658,598 | 3,277,738.43 |
| 92 | Book Thief,The | Zusak, Markus | Black Swan | 658,524 | 3,699,537.68 |
| 93 | I Know You Got Soul | Clarkson, Jeremy | Penguin Books | 658,274 | 3,586,065.99 |
| 94 | Sharon Osbourne Extreme:My Autobiography | Osbourne, Sharon | Time Warner Books | 656,431 | 7,086,434.17 |
| 95 | Guinness World Records 2010 | Guinness World Records | 656,326 | 6,181,945.47 | |
| 96 | Amber Spyglass,The:His Dark Materials S. | Pullman, Philip | Point | 653,615 | 3,797,459.74 |
| 97 | Can You Keep a Secret? | Kinsella, Sophie | Black Swan | 652,788 | 3,722,312.19 |
| 98 | Down Under | Bryson, Bill | Black Swan | 646,515 | 4,628,013.69 |
| 99 | Spot of Bother,A | Haddon, Mark | Vintage | 645,453 | 3,949,459.94 |
| 100 | Dear Fatty | French, Dawn | Century | 643,636 | 6,330,572.88 |
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SOURCE: NIELSEN BOOKSCAN |
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