A list of British-Asian authors that have hit the Sunday Times Bestsellers List
This page lists British-Asian authors that have hit the Sunday Times Bestsellers List in 2023 (i.e. the top 10 books in a range of categories in a given week) along with the date they first hit the list.
Good Vibes, Good Life by Vex King
Non-fiction Paperback, 8th Jan 2023
8 Rules of Love by Jay Shetty
Non-fiction Hardback, 12th Feb 2023
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Fiction Hardback, 18th Feb 2023
Closer to Love by Vex King
Non-fiction Hardback, 5th Mar 2023
Dave Pigeon Bookshop Mayhem! by Swapna Haddow and Sheena Dempsey
Children’s, 12th Mar 2023
The Kitchen Prescription by Saliha Mahmood Ahmed
Manuals, 9th Apr 2023
Nadiya’s Simple Spices by Nadiya Hussain
Manuals, 22nd Oct 2023
Notes
- We use the Oxford English Dictionary definition of British Asian: a British person of South Asian origin or descent, where South Asia is defined as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
- We only include authors that are named on the cover.
- Nationality and ethnicity data have been collected from author websites where available, and media interviews or Wikipedia profiles where not.
- ONS data (.xls) suggest that Asians comprise 7% of the UK population.