The Newham Bookshop in Barking Road tells us these are the top sellers this month:

• And Away…

By Bob Mortimer

• Island of Missing Trees

By Elif Shafak

• Beautiful World Where Are You?

By Sally Rooney

• All the Names Given

By Raymond Antrobus

• Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City

By Rob Biddulph

• Amari and the Night Brothers

By BB Alston

• The Rapping Princess

By Hannah Lee (author) and Allen Fatimaharan(illustrator

@NewhamBookshop

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