Bestsellers

Original Fiction

Original Fiction

1. The Business, by Iain Banks (Little Brown)

2. Hannibal, by Thomas Harris (Heinemann)

3. In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner, by Elizabeth George (Hodder & Stoughton)

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4. Death Du Jour, by Kathy Reichs (Heinemann)

5. Jupiter's Bones, by Faye Kellerman (Headline)

Hardback Non-Fiction

1. Managing My Live, by Alex Ferguson (Hodder & Stoughton)

2. The Cafe Paradiso Cookbook, by Denis Cotter (Atrium)

3. Homebound House Building Material, by McCarthy,Farrell & McFeely (National House Building Guarantee Co)

4. James Joyce, by Edna O'Brien (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

5. The Aran Islands, by Bill Doyle (Lilliput)

Paperback Fiction

1. Tara Road, by Maeve Binchy (Orion)

2. Four Letters of Love, by Niall Williams (Picador)

3. Point of Origin, by Patricia Cornwall (Warner)

4. The Breaker, by Minette Walters (Pan)

5. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (New English Library)

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. Stalingrad, by Antony Beevor (Penguin)

2. Richard Mulcahy 1886-1971, by Risteard Mulcahy (Aurelian Press)

3. Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt (HarperCollins)

4. Sweetie, by Kevin O'Connor (K O Publications)

5. Anam Cara, by John O'Donohoe (Bantam) (Bestselling Books)

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Original Fiction

1. Granny Dan, by Danielle Steel (Bantam)

2. Hannibal, by Thomas Harris (Heinemann)

3. he Business, by Iain Banks (Little Brown)

4. Death Du Jour, by Kathy Reichs (Heinemann)

5. Score, by Jilly Cooper (Bantam Press) (Century)

Hardback Non-Fiction

1. Managing My Life, by Alex Ferguson (Hodder)

2. The Naked Chef, by James Oliver (Michael Joseph)

3. Star Wars Episode One: Visual Dictionary, by David West Reynolds (Dorling Kindersley)

4. Ainsley's Big Cook Out, by Ainsley Harriott (BBC)

5. The Year 1000, by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger (Little Brown)

Paperback Fiction

1. The Klone and I, by Danielle Steel (Corgi)

2. When the Wind Blows, by James Patterson (Headline)

3. Kissing Garden, by Charlotte Bingham (Bantam)

4. The Ties That Bind, by Lyn Andrews (Headline)

5. Blast From the Past, by Ben Elton (Black Swan)

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, by Amanda Foreman (Flamingo)

2. Stalingrad, by Antony Beevor (Penguin)

3. Driving Over Lemons, by Chris Stewart (Sort of Books)

4. Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt (Flamingo)

5. Notes From a Small Island, by Bill Bryson (Black Swan)

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