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1 The Barrytown Trilogy
by Roddy Doyle, Minerva pounds 6.99
2 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by Roddy Doyle, Secker pounds 12.99
3 Angels and Insects
by A S Byatt, Vintage pounds 5.99
4 Sacred Country
by Rose Tremain, Sceptre pounds 5.99
5 The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro, Faber pounds 4.99
6 Under the Frog
by Tibor Fischer, Penguin pounds 5.99
7 Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson, Vintage pounds 4.99
8 Sweet Thames by Matthew Kneale Black Swan pounds 5.99
9 The Mist in the Mirror
by Susan Hill, Mandarin pounds 4.99
10 Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel, Black Swan pounds 4.99
The first figure in square brackets shows last week's place; the second shows the number of appearances on this list. Compiled by Bookwatch (week ending 31 October)
HARDBACKS
1 The Downing Street Years
by Margaret Thatcher
HarperCollins pounds 25 (1/2)
2 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by
Roddy Doyle, Secker pounds 12.99 (-/5)
3 Bravo Two-Zero by Andy McNab Bantam pounds 14.99 (2/3)
4 Taken on Trust by Terry Waite
Hodder pounds 14.99 (3/6)
5 Mrs de Winter by Susan Hill
Sinclair-Stevenson pounds 12.99 (4/4)
6 Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years by Sue Townsend
Methuen pounds 8.99 (5/6)
7 Mind Over Matter
by Ranulph Fiennes
Sinclair-Stevenson pounds 16.99 (12/3)
8 A Short Walk from Harrods by Dirk Bogarde, Viking pounds 15.99 (6/4)
9 Delia Smith's Christmas
BBC pounds 12.95 (14/2)
10 Black Holes and Baby Universes
by Stephen Hawking
Bantam pounds 16.99 (8/2)
11 Delia Smith's Summer Collection
BBC pounds 14.99 (7/6)
12 Some Other Rainbow by John
McCarthy & Jill Morrell
Bantam pounds 14.99 (9/6)
13 Keeping up Appearances by
Jonathan Rice, BBC pounds 9.99 (-/1)
14 The Ultimate Noah's Ark by
Mike Wilks, M Joseph pounds 14.99 (-/1)
15 Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 1994, Mitchell Beazley pounds 7.99 (-/4)
PAPERBACKS
1 The Bridges of Madison County
by Robert James Waller
Mandarin pounds 3.99 (1/6)
2 Mostly Harmless
by Douglas Adams
Pan pounds 4.99 (2/4)
3 This Other Eden by Ben Elton Pocket Books pounds 5.99 (3/4)
4 Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Flamingo pounds 6.99 (4/6)
5 The Maltese Angel
by Catherine Cookson
Corgi pounds 4.99 (5/4)
6 Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King, NEL pounds 4.99 (-/1)
7 The Queen and I by Sue Townsend Mandarin pounds 4.99 (6/6)
8 The Firm by John Grisham
Arrow pounds 4.99 (7/6)
9 Only You Can Save Mankind by
Terry Pratchett, Corgi pounds 3.99 (9/5)
10 Paperweight by Stephen Fry
Mandarin pounds 5.99 (11/2)
11 Tales of the City
by Armistead Maupin
Black Swan pounds 5.99 (10/4)
12 The Barrytown Trilogy by Roddy
Doyle, Minerva pounds 6.99 (-/1)
13 The Pelican Brief by
John Grisham, Arrow pounds 4.99 (12/6)
14 The Men and the Girls
by Joanna Trollope
Black Swan pounds 5.99 (8/6)
15 The Secret History by
Donna Tartt, Penguin pounds 5.99 (14/6)
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