Booksellers predict Orbital by Samantha Harvey will be UK No1 bestselling book The Booksellers Association spoke to staff who also highlighted James by Percival Everett, and everything from Chris Hoy’s autobiography to a book about fishing by a dog.
Several booksellers suggested that a second novel from this year’s Booker shortlist will do well in the Christmas run-up: James by Percival Everett, a retelling of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved Jim.
The slim volume was “selling well even before the Booker prize win, and since then it has been flying off the shelves,” said Amanda Truman, who owns Truman Books in Farsley, West Yorkshire.
Orbital became the first Booker novel to hit No 1 on the UK bestseller chart in the week of its win, with 20,040 copies sold that week.
This year’s Booker prize winner will be the Christmas No 1 bestseller, predict UK booksellers.
