1 The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown
Last week 1 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 26,125 To date 1,006,915
(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 3
Sales last week 24,505 To date 81,435
(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
New entry
Sales last week 17,455 To date 17,455
(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 3 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 12,205 To date 141,280
(Doubleday £18.99)
Football comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork
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Terry Pratchett: The Alzheimer's warrior

5 Exit Wound
by Andy McNab
Last week 5 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 9,135 To date 26,205
(Bantam £18.99)
Nick Stone seeks revenge when two friends are fatally double-crossed
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6 The Brightest Star In the Sky
by Marian Keyes
Last week 4 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 8,460 To date 37,055
(M Joseph £18.99)
A prescient spirit watches over the inhabitants of a Dublin townhouse
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7 The Book of Tomorrow
by Cecelia Ahern
Last week 7 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 6,865 To date 55,955
(HarperCollins £14.99)
Teenager discovers a book in a travelling library that details the future
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Interview: Cecelia Ahern

8 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
by Stieg Larsson
Last week 10 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 6,730 To date 86,405
(MacLehose £18.99)
The final thriller in the Millennium trilogy
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Profile: Stieg Larsson

9 The Scarpetta Factor
by Patricia Cornwell
Last week 6 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 6,650 To date 54,235
(Little, Brown £18.99)
Scarpetta is caught in a plot involving New York’s rich and famous
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10 Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
Last week 8 Weeks on list 12
Sales last week 6,580 To date 110,110
(Fourth Estate £18.99)
Fictionalisation of the life of Thomas Cromwell; Man Booker winner
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