TOP 10 | All the latest news from Waterstone’s Ballymena – Sunday 13 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. Lottie Brooks vs the Ultra Mean Girls by Katie Kirby

2. The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

3. The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas

4. You Are Here by David Nicholls

5. Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

6. Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood

7. The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

8. My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes

9. The Coast Road by Alan Murrin

10. Money by David McWilliams

Kids Top 10…

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. Cozy Corner Colouring by Coco Wyo

5. The World's Worst Superheroes by David Walliams

6. The Goldens by Lauren Wilson

7. Heir of Storms by Lauryn Hamilton Murray

8. The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

9. Unicornia: The Cupcake Contest by Ana Punset

10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diper Overlode by Jeff Kinney

Kids weekend storytime…

We will have Saturday storytime on the 19th July at 12pm and we will be reading Dragon Dave the Not So Brave by Alex Latimer.

Sunday storytime will be on the 20th July at 3pm. We will be reading Brian and the Giant by Chris Judge.

Half-price offers…

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

• 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.

• Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls by Katie Kirby

From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new story from the phenomenal Lottie Brooks series! Loveable Lottie battles mean girls, increased housework and embarrassing pets in the eighth side-splitting instalment of Kirby's smash hit series.

Kids activity books…

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

Popular titles include:

• 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 Happy Summer Colouring Book

Colour in sandcastles, ice creams and more in this summery book of holiday drawings. Young children can enjoy filling in the simple outlines, as they develop pen-control skills in over 90 colouring pages.

• Bear Grylls' You Decide Your Adventure Book

An exciting, interactive adventure story:

• Kids can determine the outcome of the story by picking the path forward, helping develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Screen-free fun that promotes a love of the outdoors and can be read again and again to achieve a different outcome

• Packed full of nature facts to help kids learn about the natural world while they read

Perfect paperbacks for summer holiday reading…

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

• Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire

Perfect reading for fans of Elizabeth Strout and Alice Munro, Night Swimmers is an affecting debut set in a quirky coastal community where three individuals are forced to reckon with the traumas of the past.

• Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal

Welcome to Glorious Tuga finds a zoologist taking up a post on the eponymous remote island and discovering the community she never knew she needed.

• Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Provocative and perceptive, Greer's chillingly prescient first novel explores the growing self-awareness of a sophisticated AI robot and her dawning realisation that her life may be more fulfilling away from her controlling owner.

• Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs By Jordan Stephens

The musician, actor and author of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted The Missing Piece recounts his turbulent journey through young adulthood in this unflinchingly candid look at modern masculinity and mental health.

• Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser Akner

From the author of the bestselling Fleishman Is in Trouble comes a sharp and poignant exploration of legacy, family and wealth, charting four decades’ worth of repercussions that follow the kidnapping of a New York businessman.