Looking for the Sunday Times Bestsellers List?
The Sunday Times list only shows a few titles free, updates once a week, and has no public archive. Ours is free in full, updates continuously, and covers every year back to 2000 — browse the 2026 UK book chart below.
UK Book Bestsellers — 2026
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What is the Sunday Times Bestsellers list?
The Sunday Times Bestsellers list is a weekly UK book chart published in The Sunday Times newspaper, compiled from Nielsen BookScan data — a retail sales panel covering UK bookshops and other outlets. It's a respected, long-running chart, but only a handful of titles are shown free online; the full weekly list and historical archive generally sit behind a subscription, and it only updates once a week.
Bestseller.co.uk is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to News UK, Times Newspapers Limited, or The Sunday Times. We mention it here purely to help readers understand the difference between that chart and ours.
Our alternative: a free, live, fully-archived UK book chart
Our book chart is built from Amazon UK's own sales rank rather than Nielsen BookScan data. It updates continuously rather than weekly, it's completely free with no paywall, and — unlike the Sunday Times list — we publish a full, browsable Top 100 for every year back to 2000. Prefer to browse by favourite author instead? See Best-Selling Authors, Ranked.
FAQs
What is the Sunday Times Bestsellers list?
The Sunday Times Bestsellers list is a weekly UK book chart published in The Sunday Times newspaper, compiled from Nielsen BookScan sales data covering UK retailers. It typically only shows a handful of titles for free online, with the full list reserved for print or paywalled subscribers.
Is bestseller.co.uk affiliated with The Sunday Times?
No. Bestseller.co.uk is an independent site and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to News UK, Times Newspapers Limited, or The Sunday Times in any way. "The Sunday Times" is referenced here purely to help readers understand the difference between that chart and ours.
How is your book chart different from the Sunday Times list?
Ours is based on live Amazon UK sales rank rather than Nielsen BookScan retail-panel data, updates continuously rather than weekly, and is completely free to browse in full — including a complete archive of every year's top 100 back to 2000, which the Sunday Times list does not offer online.
Where can I see the real Sunday Times Bestsellers list?
The official list is published weekly at thetimes.co.uk / thesundaytimes.co.uk and in the print Sunday Times newspaper. Full historical archives generally require a subscription.