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‘Sherlock Holmes’ tops 2017 Audible UK chart

In the UK, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection was Audible’s highest-selling title for 2017, reports the Bookseller.

The nine-story collection, which is narrated by Stephen Fry, spent four months on top of the Audible chart and has been in the top 20 for 11 months since its release in February 2016.

Also making the top ten were four ‘Harry Potter’ titles, also narrated by Stephen Fry, and two nonfiction titles in third and fourth spot: Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.

In total, 18 titles in the top 50 were nonfiction, and 22 were fiction.

 

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