The Sunday Times bestsellers

7. Schott’s Almanac/Ben Schott
(Bloomsbury £15)
Book of lists from the past year by author of the famous miscellanies
3,610 (115,940)

8. If I Don’t Write It, Nobody Else Will/Eric Sykes
(Fourth Estate £18.99)
Aptly-titled autobiography of the comedy performer and writer
2,920 (88,190)

9. Too Many Mothers/Roberta Taylor
(Atlantic £16.99)
EastEnders and The Bill actress with a memoir of her childhood
2,440 (74,260)

10. Life in the Undergrowth/David Attenborough
(BBC £20)
Wildlife expert details behaviour of the smaller inhabitants of the planet
2,260 (64,205)

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PAPERBACKS: General

1. Does Anything Eat Wasps?
(Profile £7.99)
Anthology of questions and answers from the pages of New Scientist
14,195 (223,685)

2. The World According to Clarkson/Jeremy Clarkson
(Penguin £6.99)
Sunday Times columnist expounds his views on his favourite things
14,005 (857,650)

3. Just One More Day/Susan Lewis
(Arrow £6.99)
Novelist with a memoir of her difficult childhood in 1960s Bristol
9,265 (12,580)

4. A Brother’s Journey/Richard B Pelzer
(Time Warner £6.99)
Dave’s younger brother tells his side of the story of childhood cruelty
6,150 (63,565)

5. The Little Prisoner/Jane Elliott
(Harper Element £6.99)
Story of a girl abused from the age of four by her stepfather
5,810 (256,170)

6. Blessed: The Autobiography/George Best
(Ebury £7.99)
Raw and sober reflections on life by the late football legend
4,835 (283,495)

7. Eats, Shoots & Leaves/Lynne Truss
(Profile £6.99)
It’s a matter of apostrophes: in defence of proper punctuation
4,125 (92,725)

8. On the Run/Gregg and Gina Hill
(Arrow £6.99)
Children of a mafia informant with their story of a life spent in hiding
3,665 (96,750)

9. Being Jordan/Katie Price
(John Blake £7.99)
The life and loves of the tabloids’ favourite glamour model
3,415 (235,830)

10. The Luxury of Time/Jane and Mike Tomlinson
(Pocket £6.99)
The remarkable endurance feats of terminal cancer sufferer
3,180 (37,905)

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HARDBACKS: Fiction

1. Predator/Patricia Cornwell
(Little, Brown £17.99)
Kay Scarpetta tracks a sex killer who is watching her every move
7,035 (207,270)

2. Emperor: The Gods of War/Conn Iggulden
(HarperCollins £12.99)
Julius Caesar’s days are numbered in concluding volume of series
6,310 (13,930)

3. The Lighthouse/PD James
(Faber £17.99)
Dalgliesh is called in to investigate a murder at a Cornish island retreat
3,540 (87,045)

4. Thud!/Terry Pratchett
(Doubleday £17.99)
Trouble stirs on the anniversary of an old Discworld battle
3,290 (199,795)

5. Aggressor/Andy McNab
(Bantam Press £17.99)
Nick Stone is stung back into action by a terrorist atrocity
3,130 (128,215)

6. The Constant Princess/Philippa Gregory
(HarperCollins £17.99)
Catherine of Aragon adapts to life in the Tudor court
1,975 (40,415)

7. The Take/Martina Cole
(Headline £17.99)
Crime boss returns home with a mission after six years in prison
1,910 (205,245

8. The Pale Horseman/Bernard Cornwell
(HarperCollins £17.99)
Vikings battle Saxons in the sequel to The Last Kingdom
1,805 (65,470)

9. The Matchbreaker/Chris Manby
(Hodder £10)
Widowed father’s intention to remarry provokes daughter into drastic action
1,805 (1,945)

10. The First Casualty/Ben Elton
(Bantam Press £17.99)
Conscientious objector probes officer’s murder during the first world war
1,700 (65,495)

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PAPERBACKS: Fiction

1. The Undomestic Goddess/Sophie Kinsella
(Black Swan £6.99)
City lawyer adjusts to a new life as a housekeeper in the country
42,215 (61,045)

2. Saturday/Ian McEwan
(Vintage £7.99)
A day in the life of a neurosurgeon as anti-war demonstrators gather in London
24,770 (34,240)

3. The Broker/John Grisham
(Arrow £6.99)
Pardoned presidential adviser seeks to establish new identity in Italy
23,190 (503,595)

4. The Da Vinci Code/Dan Brown
(Corgi £6.99)
Harvard professor must decipher the clues to a Louvre curator’s murder
16,910 (3,879,820)

5. Velocity/Dean Koontz
(HarperCollins £6.99)
Man is forced to choose the next victims of a serial killer
16,665 (25,425)

6. Angels and Demons/Dan Brown
(Corgi £6.99)
Religion collides with science in the secretive Vatican underworld
13,360 (2,102,355)

7. No Place Like Home/Mary Higgins Clark
(Pocket £6.99)
Manhattan woman is forced to confront the truth behind her mother’s death
11,800 (16,825)

8. The September Girls/Maureen Lee
(Orion £6.99)
Intertwining lives of two women born in the same house on the same day
9,700 (17,110)

9. The Closers/Michael Connelly
(Orion £6.99)
Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD to investigate a 17-year-old murder
9,670 (102,725)

10. Deception Point/Dan Brown
(Corgi £6.99)
Junior researcher has crucial role in presidential election intrigue
9,490 (1,428,605)