Richard Osman writes second platinum bestseller with million copies sold in UK

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The book was among four titles that were honoured at the annual Bestseller Awards at the Ham Yard Hotel in London on Monday evening, having sold more than one million copies. The first book in his four-novel The Thursday Murder Club series became a platinum bestseller with over a million copies sold in the UK, while book number three The Bullet That Missed has now also achieved the same status. Honestly, this is absolutely extraordinary, wonderful, and I cherish it.” The ceremony also saw actress Miriam Margolyes achieve Gold status, more than 500,000 copies sold, for her memoir This Much Is True, alongside Klara And The Sun from Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, and two books from Rooney titled Beautiful World, Where Are You and her first novel titled Conversations With Friends. “The Bestseller Awards are unique, recognising the achievement of any author across all genres by the ultimate measurement, book sales.” Jacks Thomas, guest director of BolognaBookPlus, said: “So many authors’ careers are enhanced by the work done on their behalf by publishers and authors at book fairs, it is therefore both a treat and a privilege for BolognaBookPlus, the newest kid on the block in the general publishing book fair world, to see creative and commercial genius rewarded on a night like tonight.