The Dinosaur That Pooped by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter (Red Fox €17.80)

Molly Maybe’s Monsters by Kristina Stephenson (Simon and Schuster, €9.50) 

Grandad’s Island by Benji Davies (Simon and Schuster €8.80)

THE facts speak for themselves, and they are very, very impressive: Over 50 novels published, million of copies sold, four-book contracts for over $60m. 

I Need A Wee! by Sue Hendra (Simon and Schuster; €8.80) Alan the bear whoops with glee when he whooshes down the big helter-skelter.

Behind The Walls

Wibbly Pig and the Tooky by Mick Inkpen

Potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton writes in her new book that she raised concerns about a swap of Taliban prisoners when she was President Barack Obama’s secretary of state and disagreed with his decision not to arm Syrian rebels.

Publishers Simon and Schuster have signed a six-figure deal for a series of novels based on "sexual" stories written online by a One Direction fan about her fantasy romance with singer Harry Styles.

Publishers Simon and Schuster have signed up a series of novels based on “sexual” stories written online by a One Direction fan about her fantasy romance with singer Harry Styles.

The End is Nigh For Paperbacks. It could be the title of another novel by Irish crime writer John Connolly.

The question was being asked in hallway whispers and excited chatter in many languages this week at the Clinton Global Initiative conference. It’s the question that follows Hillary Clinton everywhere — will she run for US president in 2016?

This week's book reviews in brief

Bob Woodward’s recent flap reveals a grotesquely swollen ego fed by 40 years of hero worship. Max Holland asks: why is this man an icon?

Karen Thompson Walker

Lisa Faulkner

The Greatcoat

BEAST Hunter by Katherine White (A&C Black; €7.10).

HUNTING LILA by Sarah Alderson (Simon and Schuster; €8.35).

Jaycee’s living hell - A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard. Simon and Schuster €13.99, eBook: not available.

A publisher sued MC Hammer for return of a $61,000 advance on a book on fatherhood it says he never delivered.

THE Irish American writer who claims to be the knock-on result of a roll in the hay between Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene has been dropped from tonight’s Late Late Show because the topic is too hot for Irish audiences.

Troubled model Kate Moss is already being offered millions of dollars to publish her rehabilitation diaries, even though she is still battling her drug demons at an Arizona clinic.