“The Silkworm” and “The Cuckoo’s Calling” among top-selling Apple iBooks

The Silkworm, J.K. Rowling’s new novel as Robert Galbraith, was just released last week, and now it is at Number 2 on Apple’s iBook chart! The first Robert Galbraith novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, follows close behind at Number 4, up from Number 10 the previous week.

The top ten paid iBooks for the week ending June 23, 2014, are:

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
3. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich
4. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
5. All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner
6. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
7. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
8. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
9. The Target by David Baldacci
10. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Check out MuggleNet’s review of The Silkworm here!

If you’ve read the book, what did you think? How does it compare to The Cuckoo’s Calling? If you’re not done, yet, what do you think so far? And if you haven’t started, yet, when will you? Let us know (spoiler-free) in the comments!

Catherine Lai

I have been a fan of Harry since 2000, a fan of MuggleNet since 2005, and a MuggleNet team member since 2013. I believe in the power of stories to bring people together, and nothing does that quite like Harry Potter. I live in Toronto, Canada.