1 The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
Last week 1 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 36,580 To date 1,043,495
(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 4
Sales last week 23,940 To date 105,375
(Headline £18.99)
DCI Annie Carr and Kate Burrows pursue a killer targeting prostitutes
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3 Under the Dome
by Stephen King
Last week 3 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 12,905 To date 30,380
(Hodder £19.99)
American town is cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field
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4 Unseen Academicals
by Terry Pratchett
Last week 4 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 12,365 To date 153,645
(Doubleday £18.99)
Football comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork
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Terry Pratchett: The Alzheimer's warrior

5 Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
Last week 10 Weeks on list 13
Sales last week 7,855 To date 117,965
(Fourth Estate £18.99)
Fictionalisation of the life of Thomas Cromwell; Man Booker winner
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6 The Book of Tomorrow
by Cecelia Ahern
Last week 7 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 7,720 To date 63,675
(HarperCollins £14.99)
Teenager discovers a book in a travelling library that details the future
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Interview: Cecelia Ahern

7 The Brightest Star In the Sky
by Marian Keyes
Last week 6 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 7,560 To date 44,615
(M Joseph £18.99)
A prescient spirit watches over the inhabitants of a Dublin townhouse
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Time and Place: Marian Keyes

8 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
by Stieg Larsson
Last week 8 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 7,380 To date 93,785
(MacLehose £18.99)
The final thriller in the Millennium trilogy
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Profile: Stieg Larsson

9 Exit Wound
by Andy McNab
Last week 5 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 7,185 To date 33,390
(Bantam £18.99)
Nick Stone seeks revenge when two friends are fatally double-crossed
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10 The Scarpetta Factor
by Patricia Cornwell
Last week 9 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 6,795 To date 61,030
(Little, Brown £18.99)
Scarpetta is caught in a plot involving New York's rich and famous
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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 21/11/09. 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

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