1 The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
Last week 1 Weeks on list 12
Sales last week 37,680 To date 1,117,340
(Bantam Press £18.99)
Robert Langdon returns in the sequel to The Da Vinci Code
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2 Hard Girls
by Martina Cole
Last week 2 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 28,695 To date 154,835
(Headline £18.99)
DCI Annie Carr and Kate Burrows pursue a killer targeting prostitutes
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3 Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
Last week 6 Weeks on list 15
Sales last week 17,115 To date 143,955
(Fourth Estate £18.99)
Fictionalisation of the life of Thomas Cromwell; Man Booker winner
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Wolf Hall wins Man Booker prize

4 Unseen Academicals
by Terry Pratchett
Last week 3 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 16,710 To date 183,715
(Doubleday £18.99)
Football comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork
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Terry Pratchett: The Alzheimer's warrior

5 Under the Dome
by Stephen King
Last week 4 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 12,875 To date 52,915
(Hodder £19.99)
American town is cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field
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6 The Book of Tomorrow
by Cecelia Ahern
Last week 5 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 12,870 To date 85,460
(HarperCollins £14.99)
Teenager discovers a book in a travelling library that details the future
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7 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
by Stieg Larsson
Last week 10 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 12,505 To date 113,155
(MacLehose £18.99)
The final thriller in the Millennium trilogy
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8 The Scarpetta Factor
by Patricia Cornwell
Last week 8 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 11,670 To date 80,445
(Little, Brown £18.99)
Scarpetta is caught in a plot involving New York’s rich and famous
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9 The Brightest Star In the Sky
by Marian Keyes
Last week 7 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 11,130 To date 64,180
(M Joseph £18.99)
A prescient spirit watches over the inhabitants of a Dublin townhouse
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10 Adrian Mole: the Prostrate Years
by Sue Townsend
Last week 14 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 8,820 To date 23,500
(M Joseph £18.99)
The diarist moves to the country, to the dismay of his wife
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Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the week ending 05/12/09.Figures shown are estimated sales for the seven day period followed (in brackets) by the estimated total sale. *Includes sales of more than one edition in the same format and at the same recommended retail price. All titles available at Sunday Times Bookshop prices (inc p&p) on 0845 271 2135

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