Top 5 per Genre Pt. 1
January 18th 2007 10:22
Here are some recently updated Top 5s for each book section in Angus & Robertson... based on sales analysis and customer feedback and all that junk.
SPORT
1. It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
2. Out of My Comfort Zone by Steve Waugh
3. My Story by Kostya Tszyu
4. By the Balls by Les Murray
5. According to Skull by Kerry O'Keefe
No real surprises there. Lance Armstrong's books have always been popular, and Kostya and Kerry's books have been consistent sellers since their respective releases. Steve Waugh's book is fairly recent, and is still riding high in the wake of his retirement two years ago. 'By the Balls' is the only real variable here... to be honest, soccer books have been fairly poor sellers in the past, and there was never really that much of a range of available books. This all changed when Australia made the World Cup, the sports section went from having 1 or no soccer books to being nearly a whole shelf (in some cases). Time will tell if Les Murray's book will remain popular between World Cups.
COOKING
1. The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander
2. Silver Spoon by Phaidon
3. Jamie's Dinners by Jamie Oliver
4. Instant Cook by Donna Hay
5. Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong
The Cook's Companion and Silver Spoon are both large-ish overall guides to cooking. Neither is a cheap book. Jamie Oliver remains the biggest seller amongst the plethora of celebrity chefs who bring out books. I'm a little surprised to see that 'Commonsense Cookery' isn't in there... it's probably one of the biggest selling and most inexpensive cookbooks of all time. Maybe Angus and Robertson left it out of their Top 5 because they want to push something they can make more money out of?
BUSINESS
1. Screw It, Let's Do It by Richard Branson
2. From 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 Years by Steven McKnight
3. The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason
4. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
5. The E Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
The newest book of the bunch is Branson's follow-up to his best-selling autobiography, 'Losing My Virginity'. The other four books have all become steady and consistent sellers in the genre since their initial publications... 'The Richest Man in Babylon' is a business classic, first published in 1926, and uses simplistic parables to demonstrate lessons in financial wisdom.
PARENTING
1. Up the Duff by Kaz Cooke
2. What to Expect When You're Expecting by Arlene Eisenburg
3. Baby Love Robin Barker
4. Toddler Taming by Christopher Green
5. Family First by Dr. Phil McGraw
Most of these books deal with the same thing. The broadest of the bunch (and the one least concerned with babies) is Dr. Phil's 'Family First', which is also the most recently published book of the five.
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
1. Self Matters by Dr. Phil McGraw
2. Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson
3. Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston
4. The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey
5. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay
'Who Moved My Cheese' has become the classic self-help book, and Stephen R. Covey's 'The 8th Habit' is a follow-up to his own highly popular book, 'The 7th Habits of Highly Effective People'. Dr. Phil has dominated the self-development sector ever since he got his own TV show, and the four or five books he has written have all become best-sellers.
NEW AGE
1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
2. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
3. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
4. Don't Kiss Them Goodbye by Allison DuBois
5. We Are Their Heaven by Allison DuBois
Nothing is ever going to topple 'The Alchemist' - it's been translated into stacks of languages and has become the definitive book of it's kind. 'The Celestine Prophecy' holds the number two slot, probably through virtue of a recent film adaptation. Allison DuBois is the real-life counterpart of Patricia Arquette's character in the television show 'Medium'. Her two books have done big business off the back of this show's popularity. 'We Are Their Heaven' is the more recent of the two.
SPORT
1. It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
2. Out of My Comfort Zone by Steve Waugh
3. My Story by Kostya Tszyu
5. According to Skull by Kerry O'Keefe
No real surprises there. Lance Armstrong's books have always been popular, and Kostya and Kerry's books have been consistent sellers since their respective releases. Steve Waugh's book is fairly recent, and is still riding high in the wake of his retirement two years ago. 'By the Balls' is the only real variable here... to be honest, soccer books have been fairly poor sellers in the past, and there was never really that much of a range of available books. This all changed when Australia made the World Cup, the sports section went from having 1 or no soccer books to being nearly a whole shelf (in some cases). Time will tell if Les Murray's book will remain popular between World Cups.
COOKING
1. The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander
3. Jamie's Dinners by Jamie Oliver
4. Instant Cook by Donna Hay
5. Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong
The Cook's Companion and Silver Spoon are both large-ish overall guides to cooking. Neither is a cheap book. Jamie Oliver remains the biggest seller amongst the plethora of celebrity chefs who bring out books. I'm a little surprised to see that 'Commonsense Cookery' isn't in there... it's probably one of the biggest selling and most inexpensive cookbooks of all time. Maybe Angus and Robertson left it out of their Top 5 because they want to push something they can make more money out of?
BUSINESS
1. Screw It, Let's Do It by Richard Branson
2. From 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 Years by Steven McKnight
3. The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason
4. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
5. The E Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
The newest book of the bunch is Branson's follow-up to his best-selling autobiography, 'Losing My Virginity'. The other four books have all become steady and consistent sellers in the genre since their initial publications... 'The Richest Man in Babylon' is a business classic, first published in 1926, and uses simplistic parables to demonstrate lessons in financial wisdom.
PARENTING
1. Up the Duff by Kaz Cooke
2. What to Expect When You're Expecting by Arlene Eisenburg
3. Baby Love Robin Barker
4. Toddler Taming by Christopher Green
5. Family First by Dr. Phil McGraw
Most of these books deal with the same thing. The broadest of the bunch (and the one least concerned with babies) is Dr. Phil's 'Family First', which is also the most recently published book of the five.
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
1. Self Matters by Dr. Phil McGraw
2. Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson
3. Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston
4. The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey
5. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay
'Who Moved My Cheese' has become the classic self-help book, and Stephen R. Covey's 'The 8th Habit' is a follow-up to his own highly popular book, 'The 7th Habits of Highly Effective People'. Dr. Phil has dominated the self-development sector ever since he got his own TV show, and the four or five books he has written have all become best-sellers.
NEW AGE
1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
2. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
3. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
4. Don't Kiss Them Goodbye by Allison DuBois
5. We Are Their Heaven by Allison DuBois
Nothing is ever going to topple 'The Alchemist' - it's been translated into stacks of languages and has become the definitive book of it's kind. 'The Celestine Prophecy' holds the number two slot, probably through virtue of a recent film adaptation. Allison DuBois is the real-life counterpart of Patricia Arquette's character in the television show 'Medium'. Her two books have done big business off the back of this show's popularity. 'We Are Their Heaven' is the more recent of the two.
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