Stieg Larsson seems to be the little writer who could. The ongoing strength of his Millenium Trilogy is simply mind blowing. If his sales hold up all year, he could easily sell close to 300,000 units of the three books in 2010 in Ireland alone. Frankly, that would be astounding. Fair does to Quercus who showed faith in the books from the kick off and promoted them like winners too.
It’s clear that Emma Donoghue has been the big winner in ireland when it comes the Booker and I wonder if making the shortlist will do any good for her sales at this point, I’d suspect not much, though not making the short list might hurt her. Irish representation is not too weak in the top ten this week with Sheila O’Flanagan and Sinead Moriarty joining Emma in the top tier.
Rhonda Byrne looks set to repeat the success of The Secret with The Power.
1: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson, 1,885
2: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, 1,795
3: The Power, Rhonda Byrne, 1,659
4: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larsson, 1,614
5: The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, 1,567
6: The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 1,353
7: Room, Emma Donoghue, 1,247
8: Pieces of My Heart, Sinead Moriarty, 1,038
9: Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert , 1,008
10: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 935
Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 28th August 2010
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