TOP 10 | All the latest news from Waterstone’s Ballymena - Saturday 17th May 2025

Welcome to this week’s news, reviews, and ‘all-things-books’ latest from the team at Waterstone’s Ballymena!

This week’s Top 10 bestselling books…

1. It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara

2. Northern Bank Job by Glenn Patterson

3. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

4. Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh

5. The Coast Road by Alan Murrin

6. I Wish I Knew by Donna Ashworth

7. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

8. All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whittaker

9. My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes

10. The Hunter by Tana French

Saturday Storytime…

Our next Storytime sessions will be held on Saturday 24th at 12pm and Sunday 25th at 2pm. We will be reading Dinocorn by Matilda Rose & Tim Budgen.

There will be colouring in afterwards!

New Non Fiction…

• Ocean by Sir David Attenborough & Colin Butfield

Spanning one hundred years and countless diverse and fascinating species, Ocean is Sir David Attenborough's tribute to the power and endurance of marine life and habitats.

• The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates

From deepfakes to cyber brothels, this terrifying and timely exposé from the bestselling author of Everyday Sexism and Men Who Hate Women reveals the real and fast-spreading dangers of new, inherently misogynistic techonology and their detrimental effect on gender equality.

• Sword by Max Hastings

Mixing military strategy with human stories, the celebrated historian and author of Operation Biting pays tribute to the extraordinary courage and skill of the inexperienced soldiers who landed on D-Day, focusing on the dramatic events on one particular beach.