Spare by Prince Harry is Ireland's best-selling non-fiction book since records began, with first week sales of 20,584 copies across the hardback format in the Irish market.
Spare offers The Duke of Sussex's highly-anticipated account of life in the British monarchy before and after he quit royal duties in January 2020, relocating to America with his wife Meghan Markle and their two children. The book arrives in bookshops just four months after the death of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The book has generated considerable controversy for its unflinching take on the Prince's estranged relationship with his father, King Charles, and his brother William, Prince Of Wales, including details of an alleged physical altercation between the two siblings.
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Spare has also broken the non-fiction sales record in the UK, selling 400,000 copies on the day of publication alone. The US edition of the book had originally printed two million copies, and publisher Penguin Random House is now reprinting further copies due to demand.
Michael McLoughlin, MD of publishers Penguin Random House Ireland said, "The sales of 20,584 hardback copies of Spare by Prince Harry in Ireland last week would be exceptional at any time, but in January they are unprecedented.
"It is the largest ever one-week sale of any non-fiction book in the last twenty years. We are grateful for the tremendous efforts bookshops have made to bring the book to readers."
