Eli Sharabi’s book, Hostage, hits number 10 in the UK bestseller list

Hostage, the memoir by Eli Sharabi recounting his 491-day captivity in Gaza, has hit number ten on the UK bestseller list.

Recounting Sharabi’s harrowing time in captivity following his abduction from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, Hostage became the fastest-selling book in Israel’s history on its release earlier this year and sold more than 100,000 copies. It debuted at number four on the New York Times bestseller list one week after its US release. The book was translated by Eylon Levy and published by the Swift Press on October 9.

The author, who is the first of the hostages to release a book, described Hamas's tunnels in which he was held for 16 months as “a bottomless underworld with no light, no air and no return”.

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In response to the book’s sales, Sharabi – whose wife, daughters and brother Yossi were killed – wrote, “Honoured and humbled – Hostage is an instant New York Times bestseller. Thank you to every reader, supporter, and believer who made this possible...In memory of my beloved wife Lianne, daughters Noiya and Yahel and brother Yossi.”