Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of August (02.00), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (11.28), and chat about The Sunday Times's recently-published top 100 of the past 50 years (19.30). Along they way they discuss TikTok's influence on the UK book market, judging a book by its cover, a book often bought but rarely read, the fact that UFOs are now called UAPs, and that you can cook gnocchi in an air fryer.

Books featured in this episode that can be purchased from all good booksellers include:
— Fiona Watt's That's Not My... Witch
— James Clear's Atomic Habits
— Bob Mortimer's The Hotel Avocado
— Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us
— Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series

Link to It Ends With Us trailer
Link to Mark Owen's pronunciation of "Clementine"
Link to Joe Rogan's chat with Luis Elizondo
Link to The Sunday Times's Top 100 bestsellers of the past 50 years
Link to Nielsen Book blog on judging books by their covers

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Episode hosted by Philip Stone and Belle Edelman, and produced and edited by Chris White. Theme music by Nela Ruiz.

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