The Independent on Sunday Bestseller List

HUMOUR

1 The Giles Annual (47th edition)

by Carl Giles, Pedigree pounds 3.95

2 Paperweight by Stephen Fry

Mandarin pounds 5.99

3 The Far Side Gallery 4

by Gary Larson, Warner pounds 7.99

4 The Days Are Just Packed

by Bill Watterson, Warner pounds 6.99

5 Paul Merton's History of the 20th Century by Paul Merton

Boxtree pounds 6.99

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6 When's It Coming Out?

by Maureen Lipman, Warner pounds 4.99

7 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer by Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer, Fantail pounds 6.99

8 Mr Bean's Diary by Rowan Atkinson & Robin Driscoll, Boxtree pounds 4.99

9 The Second Secret Diary of John Major, Private Eye, Corgi pounds 4.99

10The Porky Chopper, Viz Comic, John Brown pounds 6.99

The first figure in square brackets shows last week's place; the second shows the number of appearances on this list. Compiled by Bookwatch

HARDBACKS

1 The Downing Street Years

by Margaret Thatcher

HarperCollins pounds 25 (1/6)

2 Bravo Two-Zero by Andy McNab Bantam pounds 14.99 (2/7)

3 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by

Roddy Doyle, Secker pounds 12.99 (3/9)

4 Taken on Trust by Terry Waite

Hodder pounds 14.99 (7/10)

5 The Friendship Book

by Francis Gay

D C Thomson pounds 3.75 (5/4)

6 Some Other Rainbow by

John McCarthy & Jill Morrell

Bantam pounds 14.99 (10/10)

7 Life in the Freezer by Alastair Fothergill, BBC pounds 18.99 (-/1)

8 Mrs de Winter by Susan Hill

Sinclair-Stevenson pounds 12.99 (6/8)

9 Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years by Sue Townsend

Methuen pounds 8.99 (11/10)

10Delia Smith's Christmas

BBC pounds 12.95 (4/6)

11The Guinness Book of Records 1994 ed Peter Matthews, pounds 14.99 (9/5)

12Keeping Up Appearances by Jonathan Rice, BBC pounds 9.99 (-/3)

13Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 1994, Mitchell Beazley pounds 7.99 (12/3)

14Delia Smith's Summer Collection

BBC pounds 14.99 (14/8)

15A Short Walk From Harrods

by Dirk Bogarde

Viking pounds 15.99 (-/7)

PAPERBACKS

1 Wild Swans by Jung Chang

Flamingo pounds 6.99 (2/10)

2 Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

Corgi pounds 4.99 (1/4)

3 The Bridges of Madison County

by Robert James Waller

Mandarin pounds 3.99 (3/10)

4 Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

Pan pounds 4.99 (5/8)

5 The Maltese Angel

by Catherine Cookson

Corgi pounds 4.99 (6/8)

6 The Queen and I by Sue Townsend

Mandarin pounds 4.99 (10/10)

7 Dolores Claiborne

by Stephen King

NEL pounds 4.99 (8/5)

8 This Other Eden by Ben Elton Pocket Books pounds 5.99 (4/8)

9 River God by Wilbur Smith Macmillan pounds 9.99 (7/4)

10The Men and the Girls by Joanna Trollope, Black Swan pounds 5.99 (12/10)

11Giles Annual No. 47

Pedigree pounds 3.95 (9/2)

12The Barrytown Trilogy

by Roddy Doyle

Minerva pounds 6.99 (-/4)

13Every Living Thing by James Herriot, Pan pounds 4.99 (13/7)

14Paperweight by Stephen Fry

Mandarin pounds 5.99 (14/6)

15The Far Side Gallery 4 by Gary Larson

Warner pounds 7.99 (-/1)