1 The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
Last week 1 Weeks on list 11
Sales last week 36,165 To date 1,079,660
(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 5
Sales last week 20,760 To date 126,135
(Headline £18.99)
DCI Annie Carr and Kate Burrows pursue a killer targeting prostitutes
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3 Unseen Academicals
by Terry Pratchett
Last week 4 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 13,360 To date 167,005
(Doubleday £18.99)
Football comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork
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Terry Pratchett: The Alzheimer's warrior

4 Under the Dome
by Stephen King
Last week 3 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 9,665 To date 40,045
(Hodder £19.99)
American town is cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field
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5 The Book of Tomorrow
by Cecelia Ahern
Last week 6 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 8,915 To date 72,590
(HarperCollins £14.99)
Teenager discovers a book in a travelling library that details the future
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Interview: Cecelia Ahern

6 Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
Last week 5 Weeks on list 14
Sales last week 8,875 To date 126,840
(Fourth Estate £18.99)
Fictionalisation of the life of Thomas Cromwell; Man Booker winner
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7 The Brightest Star In the Sky
by Marian Keyes
Last week 7 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 8,440 To date 53,055
(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 Scarpetta Factor
by Patricia Cornwell
Last week 10 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 7,745 To date 68,775
(Little, Brown £18.99)
Scarpetta is caught in a plot involving New York’s rich and famous
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9 Exit Wound
by Andy McNab
Last week 9 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 7,200 To date 40,590
(Bantam £18.99)
Nick Stone seeks revenge when two friends are fatally double-crossed
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10 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
by Stieg Larsson
Last week 8 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 6,865 To date 100,650
(MacLehose £18.99)
The final thriller in the Millennium trilogy
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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 28/11/09. 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. Available at Bookshop prices (inc p&p) on 0845 271 2135

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