The first quarter of the year is over, so which books have you been buying in 2024? The winner by a large margin is Nathan Anthony’s slow-cooking recipe book, Bored of Lunch. And don’t forget romantasy. Six novels in the fiction hardback chart march under the colours of female-friendly fantasy. For this week’s bestsellers, go to thetimes.co.uk
1 Charles III by Robert Hardman (Macmillan £22)
The royal biographer’s portrait of King Charles III and his first year on the throne (32,920)
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2 Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Julie Smith (Michael Joseph £16.99)
Clinical psychologist’s advice for navigating life’s ups and downs (23,010)
3 Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart (Jonathan Cape £22)
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