The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Name: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Author: Douglas Adams
ISBN: 9780230742062

Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Audiobook
Released 3 October 2008
ISBN 9780230742062

Is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy popular right now?

Yes. Today The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is on the Apple Books top 100 audiobook chart in 2 countries, highest at #51 in the United Kingdom. Its best position so far was #5 in the Netherlands on 2 November 2026. BookTrendSpy has seen it on the charts on 11 days since 21 October 2026. World Index score today: 0.6, down 0.1 on last week. Its Wikipedia article was read 592 times in the last 30 days, 5% fewer than the month before.

Quote it: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is on the Apple Books top 100 in 2 countries on 3 November 2026." Source: BookTrendSpy (booktrendspy.com)

Apple Books Audible Libro.fm

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Counted together with 1 other edition of the same book, each sold under its own Apple Books number (usually another country's edition): Apple Books edition 2.

Countries today: 2
Best today: #51 United Kingdom
Peak: #5 Netherlands
Days on charts: 11
World Index: 0.6

World Index points by day

Last 14 days

Sum of chart points across all countries each day. Gaps at zero mean the book was off every chart.

Chart position by country

United Kingdom
Netherlands
Ireland
Norway
Canada

Every chart it has appeared on

Country	Chart	Today	Best	Days	First seen
United Kingdom	Top audiobooks	#51	#24	6	23 Oct 2026
Netherlands	Top audiobooks	#89	#5	5	24 Oct 2026
Ireland	Top audiobooks	–	#17	4	21 Oct 2026
Norway	Top audiobooks	–	#29	1	26 Oct 2026
Canada	Top audiobooks	–	#41	1	1 Nov 2026

Covers the last 90 days of charts.

Interest on Wikipedia

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts

Daily views of the English Wikipedia article by people (not bots). Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

More by Douglas Adams

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