The Booker is interesting because it's a big deal in the UK, and winning does seem to make a big difference to sales. But the long listed books don't sell many

The Booker is interesting because it's a big deal in the UK, and winning does seem to make a big difference to sales. But the long listed books don't sell many copies - usually fewer than 10,000. https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/10/booker-prize-2012-winners-sales-data https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/10/booker... https://www.npr.org/2015/09/19/441459103/when-it-comes-to-book-sales-what-counts-as-success-might-surprise-you https://www.npr.org/2015/09/19/441459103/when-it-comes-to-bo... On a tangent to the article I find the UK's CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway awards useful to find books for children. https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive.php https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive.php I start by buying the winners and the short-listed books, then you look at other books written by / illustrated by those people. There are some excellent children's books today. I mentioned this (some time ago) on HN and someone created this lovely website, in German, to help people find great children's books published in German. https://www.schoene-kinderbuecher.de/ https://www.schoene-kinderbuecher.de/