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Books: The Sunday Times Bestsellers, August 6

The Sunday Times

GENERAL hardbacks

1 Brand New Me by Charlotte Crosby (Headline £16.99) Autobiography from the Celebrity Big Brother and Geordie Shore star 2,545 (20,455)

2 Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight by Naoki Higashida (Sceptre £14.99) An insight into autism from a young man’s perspective 1,430 (5,295)

3 Hokusai by Timothy Clark & Roger Keyes (Thames & Hudson £35) The spiritual and artistic quests of the Japanese artist 1,230 (7,400)

4 Make Your Bed by William H McRaven (M Joseph £9.99) The author’s experiences as a US Navy Seal 1,225 (5,045)

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5 The Duchess by Penny Junor (Wm Collins £20) A biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall 1,215 (12,535)

6 My Sister Milly by Gemma Dowler (M Joseph £20) A story of love, truth and courage from Milly Dowler’s sister 1,050 (11,720)

7 Long Road from Jarrow by Stuart Maconie (Ebury £16.99) Author retraces the 1936 Jarrow march to compare Britain then and now 975 (1,495)

8 Knowing the Score by Judy Murray (Chatto £18.99) Autobiography from the woman who helped revolutionise British tennis 920 (10,130)

9 The Maddie Diaries by Maddie Ziegler (Simon & Schuster £12.99) Coming-of-age memoir from the dancer, actress and model 890 (23,205)

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10 The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray (Bloomsbury £18.99) Profile of a continent and a culture caught in self-destruct mode 785 (20,560)

GENERAL paperbacks

1 Dunkirk by Joshua Levine (Wm Collins £8.99) The story of the evacuation of more than 300,000 allied troops 11,350 (31,320)

2 Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (Vintage £9.99) A history of humankind and our cognitive development 8,375 (317,160)

3 Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari (Vintage £9.99) An examination of our future and the challenges we face 5,250 (83,100)

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4 The Pointless Book 3 by Alfie Deyes (Blink £8.99) The YouTube celebrity returns with brand-new challenges and activities 4,740 (14,390)

5 Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall (Elliott & Thompson £9.99) Ten maps that tell you all you need to know about geopolitics 3,505 (202,480)

6 SAS: Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre (Viking £8.99) Authorised wartime history of Britain’s celebrated military organisation 3,225 (50,530)

7 The Innocent Man by John Grisham (Arrow £8.99) The story of a man sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit 2,640 (7,295)

8 The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère (Vintage £8.99) A true story of one man, five murders and 18 years of lies 2,375 (11,300)

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9 Soldier Spy by Tom Marcus (Penguin £7.99) An insight into fighting terror on our streets by an ex-MI5 officer 2,325 (73,680)

10 Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (Andrews McMeel £9.99) Poetry and prose about love, loss, pain and survival 2,010 (84,725)

FICTION hardbacks

1 The Last Secret of the Deverills by Santa Montefiore (Simon & Schuster £14.99) A new generation is waiting in the third book in the Deverill Chronicles 3,495 (14,265)

2 Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Century £12.99) Can a woman uncover the truth behind her daughter’s disappearance? 3,305 (3,330)

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3 How to Stop Time by Matt Haig (Canongate £12.99) Follows the life of a man with a rare ageing condition 3,070 (13,850)

4 Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (Doubleday £20) The new psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train 3,000 (124,325)

5 The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter (HarperCollins £20) An act of violence threatens a family years after a tragic event 2,690 (10,855)

6 Sleeping in the Ground by Peter Robinson (Hodder £18.99) DCI Banks investigates a mass murder in a small Dales church 2,570 (11,280)

7 The Late Show by Michael Connelly (Orion £19.99) A multiple murder case awaits a detective on the graveyard shift 2,390 (9,875)

8 The Duchess by Danielle Steel (Macmillan £18.99) A high-born woman’s journey of survival in 19th-century England 2,255 (9,865)

9 The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy (Hamish Hamilton £18.99) A tale of love and political engagement from prizewinning author 2,170 (28,220)

10 Fifty Fifty by James Patterson (Century £20) Harriet Blue must prevent a massacre and prove her brother’s innocence 2,115 (2,115)

FICTION paperbacks

1 The Whistler by John Grisham (Hodder £7.99) A young investigator clashes with a corrupt judge involved in organised crime 19,875 (69,435)

2 My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella (Black Swan £7.99) Will Katie have revenge or redemption after a visit from her boss? 19,630 (60,715)

3 The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (Corgi £7.99) A six-month-old baby vanishes during a neighbours’ dinner party 18,070 (231,395)

4 No Man’s Land by David Baldacci (Pan £7.99) A search for justice and revenge will bind two men together 13,530 (46,840)

5 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Vintage £8.99) Story of a handmaid’s trials and tribulations in a dystopian world 12,240* (513,500*)

6 Cast Iron by Peter May (Riverrun £7.99) A grieving father enlists Enzo Macleod to solve his daughter’s murder 11,580 (11,750)

7 Chaos by Patricia Cornwell (Harper £7.99) Kay Scarpetta faces her toughest and most dangerous challenge 10,115 (12,655)

8 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Fleet £7.99) Pulitzer prizewinner about a young slave’s bid for freedom 10,060 (43,560)

9 I Am Missing by Tim Weaver (Penguin £7.99) David Raker investigates a young man with no memory of who he is 9,515 (9,640)

10 Swing Time by Zadie Smith (Penguin £8.99) A story of friendship, music and true identity from London to West Africa 9,495 (33,635)

MANUALS

1 Nadiya’s British Food Adventure by Nadiya Hussain (M Joseph £20) More than 120 recipes of the best of modern British food 5,140 (11,970)

2 Cooking for Family and Friends by Joe Wicks (Bluebird £20) Tempting and nutritious recipes to share with loved ones 4,745 (112,465)

3 The Clever Guts Diet by Michael Mosley & Tanya Borowski (Short £8.99) Delicious, healing recipes to transform your gut 4,355 (93,630)

4 F2: Football Academy (Blink £12.99) The world’s biggest football YouTubers show you how to take your game to the next level 3,540 (3,665)

5 The Hairy Dieters Go Veggie by Hairy Bikers (Orion £14.99) Eighty nourishing vegetarian dishes for weight watchers 2,145 (55,185)

Lists prepared by and data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the week ending 29/07/17. Figures shown are estimated sales for the seven-day period followed (in brackets) by the estimated total sale since BookScan records began in 1998. *Includes sales of more than one edition in the same format and at the same RRP.