This week the 2018 winners were announced and it’s a pretty exciting list! The overall winner is Adam Kay for his book listed below, all the category winners can also be found on the list below.
Already we can see some hot authors and trends appearing and while you may not be familiar with some of the names, we’re expecting some well known contemporary authors to lead the lists later on.
But today, we have the ten top selling books of 1926!
Batik (noun)
ba-teek
A method (originally used in Java) of producing coloured designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed./Cloth dyed using the Batik method.
Late 19th century: from Javanese, literally ‘painted’.
Prophylactic (adj)
prof-il-ak-tik
Intended to prevent disease.
Late 16th century: from French prophylactique, from Greek prophulaktikos, from pro ‘before’ + phulassein ‘to guard’.
Toponymy (noun)
top-on-im-ee
The study of place names
Late 19th century: from Greek topos ‘place’ + onuma ‘name’.
It’s a significant increase, especially as it’s the second year running numbers have increased, as it shows the first increase after years of decline for the book selling industry. The new members include 12 shops that opened during 2018 and three others which had opened previously but have only just joined the Booksellers Association in the last year.
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Transient (adj)
tran-zee-ent
Lasting only for a short time; impermanent.
Late 16th century: from Latin transient- ‘going across’, from the verb transire, from trans- ‘across’ + ire ‘go’.
The library staff have spoken of their relief at raising £35,000 for its move to Peckham and the provisional opening date for the new library is 14th March. It was October when the Feminist Library launched a crowdfunding campaign for its relocation to a community centre in Peckham after being based in Westminster for the last thirty years.
Postulate (verb)
post-yu-layt
Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.
Late Middle English (in postulate (sense 2 of the verb)): from Latin postulat- ‘asked’, from the verb postulare.
Chattel (noun)
chat-l
A personal possession
Middle English: from Old French chatel, from medieval Latin capitale, from Latin capitalis, from caput ‘head’. Compare with capital and cattle.