The Sunday Times Bestseller List is the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and the one that every author wants to be on. The listings are based on data collected each Saturday for the following Sunday by Nielsen BookScan (which has been collecting digital data since 1998) and the chart is the most accurate and comprehensive estimation of book sales in the country.
• Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan is one of the biggest novels of the year, in hype and in length. It has jumped straight to No 2 in its first week on the shelves.
• The former F1 team boss Guenther Steiner’s memoir, Surviving to Drive, is No 6 in this week’s general paperbacks chart — four
