Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run races to top of book charts

The singer’s memoirs, over which he laboured for seven years, sold more than 37,500 copies in the first week on sale and are tipped as a possible Christmas No 1

Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography Born to Run has sprinted to the top of the UK’s book charts in its first week on sale, overtaking titles including The Girl on the Train and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to make an early bid for the Christmas No 1 spot.

Praised for being “as rich in anecdote and detail as in anguish and doubt” by the Guardian and as a story “delivered with quiet dignity” by the Observer, Born to Run was released on 27 September. Covering everything from Springsteen’s childhood in New Jersey to the rise of the E Street Band and his own personal struggles, the hardback book had sold 37,518 copies by the weekend, putting it top of the UK’s official top 50 bestselling books.

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