It's the label that every authordreams of having on the front of their book: "Sunday Times Bestseller".
The newspaper produces weekly sales charts for hardback and softback book sales in the UK.
And they recently announced which books sold the most in 2023.
Here are the top 11. You can see the full list here.
And they recently announced which books sold the most in 2023.
9. No Plan B by Lee Child and Andrew Child
The latest in the series of Jack Reacher books by the Child brothers sold 255,376 copies. "Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushing the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. Reacher follows the killer, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger..."
The first in the series of Richard Osman's quirky crime books gives him his third entry in the top 10 of 2023, with 233,932 paperbacks sold. "In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved killings. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron, might be pushing 80, but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late?"
This twisty thriller that promises to "capture your heart and blow your mind" sold 216,563 paperbacks. "Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered."