1. Mao: The Unknown Story/Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
(Cape £25)
Author of Wild Swans exposes horrors of the tyrannical Chinese leader.2 6,975 (20,510)
2. Bono on Bono: Conversations with Michka Assayas/Bono and Michka Assayas
(Hodder £18.99)
Opinions of U2 singer and political campaigner
6,660 (10,770)
3. Rules of Engagement: A Life in Conflict/Tim Collins
(Headline £20)
Army colonel’s memoir includes his famous speech to troops in Iraq
5,950 (15,020)
4. Minus Nine to One/Jools Oliver
(M Joseph £14.99)
Jamie Oliver’s wife with a diary of her experiences of motherhood
3,620 (12,760)
5. Elvis by the Presleys/Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley
(Century £20)
“The King” from his family’s perspective
3,555 (27,810)
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6. Keeping It Real: My Autobiography/Jodie Marsh
(Metro £17.99)
Life of the Essex girl turned tabloid favourite and C-list celebrity
3,420 (5,960)
7. A Picture of Britain/David Dimbleby
(Tate £19.99)
Exploration of the British landscape and the artists who portrayed it
3,225 (5,865)
8. Sinatra: The Life/Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
(Doubleday £20)
Biography of singer tries to uncover his political affiliations
3,210 (13,930)
9. Geldof in Africa/Bob Geldof
(Century £20)
Indefatigable campaigning musician’s travels across the continent
2,820 (4,885)
10. Darwin’s Watch: The Science of Discworld III/Terry Pratchett et al
(Ebury £17.99)
Fantasy writer ruminates on the theory of evolution
2,730 (26,040)
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PAPERBACKS: General
1. Gazza: My Story/Paul Gascoigne with Hunter Davies
(Headline £6.99)
The ups and downs of troubled former England football star
28,170 (51,920)
2. The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw/Sheila Hancock
(Bloomsbury £7.99)
Memoir of a life with the nation’s favourite detective
26,945 (58,735)
3. The World According to Clarkson/Jeremy Clarkson
(Penguin £6.99)
Sunday Times columnist expounds his views on his favourite things
21,100 (53,235)
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4. Long Way Round/Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
(Time Warner £6.99)
Lads’ double act; round the world by bike
19,870 (75,825)
5. Himalaya/Michael Palin
(Phoenix £8.99)
Latest travels of the former Python take him from Pakistan to China
16,740¹ (33,185¹)
6. A Short History of Nearly Everything/Bill Bryson
(Black Swan £8.99)
The American travel writer switches his focus to popular science
9,735 (948,580)
7. Tiger’s Child/Torey Hayden
(Element £5.99)
Psychologist aids former patient’s transition into teenage life
9,365 (77,905)
8. Forgotten Voices of the Second World War/Max Arthur
(Ebury £7.99)
History of the conflict from the perspective of its participants
7,960 (32,990)
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9. The Olive Harvest/Carol Drinkwater
(Orion £6.99)
Final part of the trilogy detailing country life in the heart of Provence
5,010 (34,200)
10. Sickened/Julie Gregory
(Arrow £6.99)
Account of being raised by a mother with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
3,800 (423,865)
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HARDBACKS: Fiction
1. The Undomestic Goddess/Sophie Kinsella
(Bantam Press £16.99)
City lawyer adjusts to a new life as a housekeeper in the country
7,295 (27,355)
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2. The Triumph of the Sun/Wilbur Smith
(Macmillan £18.99)
Three men fight for survival during the siege of Khartoum
7,265 (103,025)
3. The Closers/Michael Connelly
(Orion £17.99)
Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD to investigate a 17-year-old murder
3,910 (22,625)
4. Dead Run/P J Tracy
(M Joseph £12.99)
Three women have to run for their lives after their car breaks down
3,155 (10,040)
5. Lifeguard/James Patterson and Andrew Gross
(Headline £17.99)
Art thief becomes prime suspect for the murder of his partner
3,110 (5,550)
6. A Long Way Down/Nick Hornby
(Viking £17.99)
Four strangers gather to commit suicide on New Year’s Eve
2,365 (27,430)
7. 4th of July/James Patterson with Maxine Paetro
(Headline £17.99)
Black car may hold key to a pair of murders by electrocution
2,210 (42,655)
8. Lifeless/Mark Billingham
(Little, Brown £12.99)
DI Tom Thorne goes undercover as a rough sleeper to stalk a murderer
2,175 (13,135)
9. With No One As Witness/Elizabeth George
(Hodder £17.99)
Inspector Lynley is confronted by a serial killer who preys on young boys
2,070 (5,525)
10. Angels and Demons: The Illustrated Edition/Dan Brown
(Bantam Press £20)
Special edition of Brown’s second million-selling blockbuster
1,900 (9,675)
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PAPERBACKS: Fiction
1. The Da Vinci Code/Dan Brown
(Corgi £6.99)
Harvard professor must decipher the clues to a Louvre curator’s murder
56,670 (2,893,285)
2. Angels and Demons/Dan Brown
(Corgi £6.99)
Religion collides with science in the secretive Vatican underworld
45,385 (1,343,855)
3. Deception Point/Dan Brown
(Corgi £6.99)
Junior researcher has crucial role in American presidential election intrigue
29,110 (905,275)
4. Digital Fortress/Dan Brown
(Corgi £6.99)
Complex code baffles and threatens American intelligence officers
26,015 (892,905)
5. Where Rainbows End/Cecelia Ahern
(HarperCollins £6.99)
Childhood friends are separated when one of them moves to America
24,015 (62,840)
6. The Last Kingdom/Bernard Cornwell
(HarperCollins £6.99)
Orphan’s loyalties are torn between King Alfred and Viking invaders
19,570 (31,870)
7. Trace/Patricia Cornwell
(Time Warner £6.99)
Kay Scarpetta returns to Virginia to probe the murder of a girl
19,380 (235,795)
8. Husbands/Adele Parks
(Penguin £6.99)
Love rectangle between two best friends and the men they fall for
19,025 (54,430)
9. The Other Woman/Jane Green
(Penguin £6.99)
Omnipresent mother-in-law threatens newlyweds’ relationship
17,720 (97,710)
10. Case Histories/Kate Atkinson
(Black Swan £6.99)
Private investigator attempts to solve a string of old crimes
14,925 (48,090)