Bloomsbury latest Sarah J.
Maas novel - House of Flame and
Shadow - reaches Number 1 globally on
Amazon
1 February
2024, LONDON: Bloomsbury, the leading
independent publisher, is pleased to announce that Sarah J. Maas'
latest novel, House of Flame and
Shadow, which was launched on 30 January 2024, has reached
Number 1 globally on Amazon. This includes reaching #1 in the
US, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Sweden and Spain.
House of
Flame and Shadow is the third instalment in the
Crescent City series,
following global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath. This is Sarah
J. Maas' 16th book, all of which have been published by
Bloomsbury. In addition, we have a further six books under
contract with Sarah J. Maas.
As reported in our interim results
in October, Sarah J. Maas sales grew by 79% year-on-year,
reflecting strong backlist sales across all three series:
A Court of Thorns and Roses,
Throne of Glass and Crescent City.
Fantasy has become extremely popular around the
world. According to Nielsen Bookscan, in the UK the
Fantasy and Sci-Fi genre has grown by 54% in the last five
years. At Bloomsbury, we are fortunate to represent not only
Sarah J. Maas, but many other high-profile authors in the genre,
including epic fantasy bestseller Samantha Shannon, Women's Prize
winner Susanna Clarke, iconic storyteller Alan Moore, and Cixin
Liu, whose Three Body
Problem series is soon to be a huge Netflix release.
Bloomsbury continues to invest in the remarkable talent to be found
within fantasy writing through our newly launched Bloomsbury
General list.
Nigel Newton,
Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
commented: "Sarah J. Maas
is a publishing phenomenon. Her books have a huge audience
which continues to grow thanks to Sarah's immersive storytelling,
our major publicity and marketing campaigns, and incredible word of
mouth. This latest novel of hers is set to break new records and we
are delighted with the response so far."
-ENDS-
For further
information please contact:
Bloomsbury
Publishing Plc
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Tamsin Garrity, Head of Investor
Relations
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tamsin.garrity@bloomsbury.com
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Hudson
Sandler
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+44 (0) 20 7796 4133
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Dan de Belder/Hattie Dreyfus/Emily
Brooker
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bloomsbury@hudsonsandler.com
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