THIS WEEK'S TOP 10 SPORTS BOOKS

1 Playfair Cricket World Cup Guide, edited by Bill Frindall (Headline; hardback, pounds 4.99)

2 The History of Non-League Football Grounds, Kerry Miller (Polar, hardback, pounds 24.95)

3 Shanks - The Authorised Biography of Bill Shankly, Dave Bowler (Orion, hardback, pounds 16.99)

4 The Life and Crimes of Don King, Jack Newfield (Virgin, paperback, pounds 12.99)

5 Olympic Fact Book - A Spectator's Guide to the Summer Games, Rebecca Nelson and Marie MacNee (Visible Ink, paperback, pounds 11.99)

6 True Blue - The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny, Daniel Topolski with Patrick Robinson (Bantam, paperback, pounds 7.99)

7 Best American Sportswriting 1995, edited by Dan Jenkins (Houghton Mifflin, paperback, pounds 8.99)

8 The Sporting Life Flat Results 1995 (The Sporting Life, paperback, pounds 16.95)

9 Cycling Weekly Yearbook 1996, edited by Martin Ayres (APL, paperback, pounds 9.99)

10 Springbok Rugby - An Illustrated History, Chris Greyvenstein (New Holland, hardback, pounds 24.99)

Chart compiled by Sportspages Bookshops, 94-96 Charing Cross Road, London (0171-240 9604) and St Ann's Square, Manchester (0161-832 8530)