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Top 10 fiction paperbacks September 6, 2009

The Sunday Times Bestseller List

1 Sapphire
by Katie Price
Last week 3 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 49,740 To date 70,285
(Century £12.99)
Unlucky-in-love businesswoman hits headlines for all the wrong reasons
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Jordan: Why was I snubbed by polo snobs?

2 The Gladiator
by Simon Scarrow
Last week 4 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 19,800 To date 19,810
(Headline £17.99)
A Cretan rebellion threatens to purge Romans from the island
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Novelist counts king among followers

3 Twenties Girl
by Sophie Kinsella
Last week 5 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 16,305 To date 50,730
(Bantam Press £18.99)
The spirit of a dead aunt proves a twentysomething's saviour
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4 The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
Last week 1 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 12,875 To date 12,875
(Simon & Schuster £18.99)
Story of Elizabeth Woodville and the princes in the Tower mystery
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The Other Boleyn Girl' gets the Hollywood treatment

5 Roadside Crosses
by Jeffery Deaver
Last week 14 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 11,775 To date 16,635
(Hodder £18.99)
Cyber stalker creates memorials that reveal his murderous intentions
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Jeffery Deaver talks about murder

6 Matters of the Heart
by Danielle Steel
Last week 9 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 11,235 To date 14,805
(Bantam Press £18.99)
Top photographer falls for her successful but mysterious subject
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7 Bloodline
by Mark Billingham
Last week 6 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 10,405 To date 10,405
(Little, Brown £16.99)
A murderer targets the children of an infamous serial-killer's victims
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8 The Price of Love
by Peter Robinson
Last week 7 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 10,070 To date 10,070
(Hodder £17.99)
Short-story collection, including a new Inspector Banks novella
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9 206 Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Last week 2 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 8,725 To date 8,725
(Heinemann £18.99)
Dr Brennan seeks the culprit behind efforts to sabotage her reputation
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Interview: Kathy Reichs

10 One Day
by David Nicholls
Last week 10 Weeks on list 11
Sales last week 8,175 To date 25,140
(Hodder £12.99)
Romcom following the lives of two people on the same day over 20 years
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Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the four weeks ending 22/08/09. Figures shown are estimated sales for the four-week 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