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1 Disclosure by Michael Crichton, Century pounds 14.99
2 The Book of Guys by Garrison Keillor, Faber pounds 14.99
3 Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller, Heinemann pounds 9.99
4 The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers, Bantam pounds 9.99
5 Without Remorse by Tom Clancy HarperCollins, pounds 15.99
6 Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King, Hodder pounds 15.99
7 Body and Soul by Frank Conroy Hamish Hamilton, pounds 14.99
8 Gai-Jin by James Clavell Hodder, pounds 16.99
9 The Shipping News by E Annie Proulx, 4th Estate pounds 14.99
10 The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, Bloomsbury pounds 15.99
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 Bravo Two-Zero by Andy McNab, Bantam pounds 14.99 (1/15)
2 My Secrets by Joan Collins, Boxtree pounds 14.99 (-/1)
3 Great Railway Journeys by Clive Anderson et al, BBC pounds 18.99 (4/2)
4 Life in the Freezer by Alastair Fothergill, BBC pounds 18.99 (6/9)
5 Some Other Rainbow by John McCarthy & Jill Morrell, Bantam pounds 14.99 (5/18)
6 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle, Secker pounds 12.99 (2/17)
7 The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher, HarperCollins pounds 25 (3/13)
8 Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book, Mitchell Beazley pounds 7.99 (8/7)
9 Mind Over Matter by Ranulph Fiennes, Sinclair-Stevenson pounds 16.99 (10/10)
10 Summer Collection by Delia Smith, BBC pounds 14.99 (7/16)
11 Guinness Book of Records 1994 ed Peter Matthews, pounds 14.99 (9/12)
12 Eat Your Greens by Sophie Grigson, Network pounds 12.99 (-/1)
13 Disclosure by Michael Crichton, Century pounds 14.99 (-/1)
14 Copperhead by Bernard Cornwell, HarperCollins pounds 9.99 (11/2)
15 Diaries by Alan Clark, Weidenfeld pounds 20 (13/2)
PAPERBACKS
1 Wild Swans by Jung Chang, Flamingo pounds 6.99 (1/18)
2 Middlemarch by George Eliot, Penguin pounds 3.99 (-/1)
3 Mixed Blessings by Danielle Steel, Corgi pounds 4.99 (4/8)
4 Rebel by Bernard Cornwell, HarperCollins pounds 4.99 (2/3)
5 The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller, Mandarin pounds 3.99 (6/18)
6 Driving Force by Dick Francis, Pan pounds 4.99 (3/6)
7 Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin, Black Swan pounds 5.99 (7/3)
8 The Maltese Angel by Catherine Cookson, Corgi pounds 4.99 (9/16)
9 The Holy Thief by Ellis Peters, Warner pounds 4.99 (12/5)
10 Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett, Corgi pounds 4.99 (11/9)
11 The Queen and I by Sue Townsend, Mandarin pounds 4.99 (-/17)
12 Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams, Pan pounds 4.99 (13/16)
13 The Scorpio Illusion by Robert Ludlum, HarperCollins pounds 5.99 (8/4)
14 The Last Command by Timothy Zahn, Bantam pounds 4.99 (5/3)
15 Scruples 2 by Judith Krantz, Bantam pounds 4.99 (10/3)
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