January 15, 2020

In a strong year for nonfiction sales, Germany’s bestselling books of 2019 reflect a robust group of familiar titles, translations, and new works.

In the US, children’s books saw an increase of more than 20 percent in October, while higher education course materials are down almost 70 percent.

A separate competition from the main category and overall award, the Costa Book Awards Short Story program uses public voting to choose its winner.