TOP 10 | All the latest news from Waterstone’s Ballymena – Saturday 3 May 2025
- Waterstone’s Ballymena
- May 3
- 2 min read
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. In Too Deep by Lee Child
2. Good Material by Dolly Alderton
3. Match of the Day Annual 2025
4. Hope by Pope Francis
5. Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey
6. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
7. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
8. Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
9. Four Shots in the Night by Henry Hemming
10. The Parent Agency by David Baddiel
Saturday & Sunday Storytime…
Our next Storytime sessions will take place on Saturday 10th May at 12pm and Sunday 11th May at 2pm.
We will be reading The Camel Who Had the Hump by Rachel Bright & Jim Field.
There will be colouring in afterwards. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
May Books of the Month (Part One)…
• Fiction Book of the Month
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Last year’s Waterstones Book of the Year and a word of mouth sensation, this glorious Japanese cult classic, inspired by a true story, revolves around a famed female chef convicted as the serial killer of lonely businessmen and a story-hungry young journalist intent on cracking the case.
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month
The Familar by Leigh Bardugo
A time machine of a book, where the blazingly good Leigh Bardugo (almost) leaves fantasy for a standalone tale of witchcraft and romance, set against a sensuous 16th century Spain.
• Thriller of the Month
A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith
A wonderfully indulgent slice of cosy crime set at the turn of the twentieth century, A Case of Mice and Murder finds a barrister ensconced in a case about a children's book forced to investigate the slaying of the Lord Chief Justice of England.
• Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
From the award-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North comes a bravura love letter to Tasmania by way of H.G. Wells, nuclear physics and Hiroshima, all rendered in sublime, page-turning prose.
