TOP 10 | All the latest news from Waterstone’s Ballymena – Saturday 5 July 2025

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

This weeks Top 10 bestselling books…

1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

2. Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

3. The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

4. Long Island by Colm Toibin

5. Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

6. The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas

7. What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie

8. The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

9. Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden

10. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

Kids Top 10 summer reads…

1. Cruise Ship Kid by Emma Swan

2. Lottie Brooks Vs The Mean Girls by Katie Kirby

3. Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby

4. Dog Man A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey

5. The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

6. Donut Squad: Take Over The World by Neill Cameron

7. My Return To The Walter Boys by Ali Novak

8. The World's Worst Superheroes by David Walliams

9. Unicornia: The Cupcake Contest by Ana Punset

10. Ms Rachel: 100 First Words

Kids weekend Storytime sessions…

Waterstone’s Ballymena will be closed on Saturday 12 July, so no Saturday Storytime time, but we will have Storytime on Sunday 13 July at 3pm!

The book we will be reading is There's A Shark In My Pants! by Michelle Harrison and David Tazzyman.

Half price offers…

All change for our half price offer this week! Books entering the offer are:

• The Diary of A CEO by Steven Bartlett

Inspired by Bartlett's enormously popular podcast of the same name, The Diary of a CEO distils all the invaluable advice and hard-won wisdom that the former Dragon's Den star has absorbed throughout his highly successful career.

• You Are Here by David Nicholls

Written with Nicholls' trademark wit and empathy, this affecting love story from the author of One Day finds two lost souls thrown together on an epic coast to coast walk.

• Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

The queen of the psychological thriller delivers another utterly compulsive page-turner, as a man with a host of secrets inveigles his way into a woman's life.

If you're looking for something to keep the kids occupied over the summer we have a great range of activity books. 

Popular activity book titles…

• Sticker Dolly Dressing Summer Camp

Use the colourful stickers of outfits and accessories to dress the dolls and add to the summer camp activities. From paddle boarding to a nature walk, cooking tasty treats on a campfire and team-building, there are so many different activities to choose from.

• Usborne Little Children’s Nature Activity Book

Follow the lines to work out which harvest mouse built the nest, draw on top of leaves to turn them into funny pictures and do a big spot-the-difference puzzle to see the animals that are awake at night. This write-in activity book will take you from seashores to wildlife meadows and introduce you to all kinds of animals and plants.

• 100 Things To Do On A Journey

A pocket-sized paperback stuffed with puzzles, games, quizzes and drawings to keep children entertained on journeys and quiet times. Includes write-in, travel-themed activities such as matching helicopters and doodling cable cars, plus quizzes, riddles and spotting games to involve the whole family. A must-pack for any holiday!

Perfect paperbacks for any holiday…

We have lots of new paperbacks in stock - perfect for putting in your suitcase! Some new titles include:

• What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie

The bestselling author of How To Kill Your Family spins another gloriously funny and dark story about dysfunctional families in the shiny but cruel world of the extremely wealthy.

• The Treehouse by BP Walter

As the events of a family's traumatic summer holiday trip are played out moment by moment in a new TV series, old secrets start to rise to the surface with fateful consequences in this gripping thriller from the bestselling author of The Garden Party and Hold Your Breath.

• Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister

From the author of the bestselling former Waterstones Thriller of the Month Wrong Place Wrong Time comes another nerve-shredding mystery adorned with copious twists, as a wife and mother attempts to understand how her loving husband could be the gunman at the centre of a hostage situation.

• The Wilds by Sarah Pearse

Detective Elin Warner returns in another page-turning thriller from the author of The Sanatorium, as a troubled twin disappears without trace from a Portuguese national park.

• The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier 

Richly evocative of Renaissance Murano, this beguiling novel from the author of the bestselling The Girl with a Pearl Earring focuses on a virtuoso glass blower who struggles to be accepted in a patriarchal world.