1 Hard Girls
by Martina Cole
New entry
Sales last week 30,590 To date 30,590
(Headline £18.99)
DCI Annie Carr and Kate Burrows pursue a killer targeting prostitutes
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2 The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
Last week 1 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 30,110 To date 954,380
(Bantam Press £18.99)
Robert Langdon returns in the sequel to The Da Vinci Code
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3 The Brightest Star In the Sky
by Marian Keyes
New entry
Sales last week 14,610 To date 15,600
(M Joseph £18.99)
A prescient spirit watches over the inhabitants of a Dublin townhouse
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Time and Place: Marian Keyes
4 Unseen Academicals
by Terry Pratchett
Last week 4 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 13,345 To date 114,855
(Doubleday £18.99)
Football comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork
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Terry Pratchett: The Alzheimer's warrior
5 The Gathering Storm
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
New entry
Sales last week 13,015 To date 13,015
(Orbit £20)
The 12th book in the epic Wheel of Time fantasy series
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6 Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
Last week 3 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 12,225 To date 96,630
(Fourth Estate £18.99)
Fictionalisation of the life of Thomas Cromwell; Man Booker winner
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7 The Scarpetta Factor
by Patricia Cornwell
Last week 2 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 9,810 To date 39,984
(Little, Brown £18.99)
Scarpetta is caught in a plot involving New York's rich and famous
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8 I, Alex Cross
by James Patterson
Last week 5 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 7,110 To date 25,615
(Century £18.99)
The murder of his niece leads Cross into a dark Washington underworld
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9 The Book of Tomorrow
by Cecelia Ahern
Last week 6 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 6,790 To date 41,985
(HarperCollins £14.99)
Teenager discovers a book in a travelling library that details the future
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10 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
by Stieg Larsson
Last week 7 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 6,025 To date 73,525
(MacLehose £18.99)
The final thriller in the Millennium trilogy
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Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the week ending 31/10/09. Figures shown are estimated sales for the seven-day period followed (in brackets) by the estimated total sale. *Includes sales of more than one edition in the same format and at the same recommended retail price
Top 10 fiction hardbacks November 8, 2009
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