From thermal underwear to ‘hairy’ jam: World Book Day titles take over UK book chart

2026-03-05 - 17:03

Jamie Smart’s Bunny vs Monkey: Total Chaos! was No 1 in the chart last week as the Top 10 was dominated by the charity’s discounted children’s reads ahead of annual event A comic book featuring a “flan cannon”, thermal underwear and “hairy” jam topped the overall UK book chart last week, in the run-up to World Book Day on 5 March. Bunny vs Monkey: Total Chaos!, an instalment of Jamie Smart’s bestselling series, is one of 13 World Book Day children’s books being sold for £1 in the UK for this year’s event, 10 of which make up the entirety of the most recent overall Top 10 book chart for the first time. Smart’s book came in at No 1, having sold 36,479 copies in the week to 28 February, according to the Bookseller. Continue reading...