Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of October (02:20 ), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (11:53 ), and chat about books gunning for the Christmas number one spot (26:30 ). Along they way they discuss a cookbook that sold like hot cakes in Australia, why Barack Obama will forever be linked with the UK book trade's "Super Thursday", how nice Rick Astley and Stanley Tucci are, and Pokémon hunting in a posh hotel.
 
 Books featured in this episode that can be purchased from all good booksellers include:
 — Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga's The Courage to Be Disliked
— Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
— Guinness World Records 2025
— Vex King's One Day One Moment
— Lee and Andrew Child's In Too Deep

Link to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up
Link to The Bookseller's story about Boris's memoir hitting the charts
Link to interview with Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 winner Han Kang
Philip's Pokémon Go trainer code: 2058-8321-0182

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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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