1 Ooh! What a Lovely Pair
by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly
Last week 3 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 10,265 To date 78,505
(M Joseph £20)
The television duo relate their rise to fame
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2 Saturday Night Peter
by Peter Kay
Last week 1 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 9,545 To date 62,205
(Century £20)
Stand-up comic charts his journey to superstardom
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Profile: Peter Kay

3 Driven to Distraction
by Jeremy Clarkson
Last week 4 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 8,180 To date 39,585
(M Joseph £20)
The Sunday Times columnist gets more irritations off his chest
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Clarkson faces backlash over Polish joke

4 Look Back In Hunger
by Jo Brand
Last week 5 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 7,835 To date 25,480
(Headline £20)
Entertaining memoir by the popular stand-up comedian
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Interview: Jo Brand

5 The Time of My Life
by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi
Last week 7 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 6,365 To date 32,455
(Simon & Schuster £17.99)
Inspiring memoir from the late Hollywood actor
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Patrick Swayze: Watch the dirty dancer

6 Where's Stig?
by Rod Hunt
Last week 9 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 6,295 To date 32,745
(BBC £8.99)
Where's Wallyesque hunts for Top Gear's resident racing driver
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Identity of The Stig revealed

7 My Shit Life So Far
by Frankie Boyle
Last week 6 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 6,290 To date 22,455
(HarperCollins £18.99)
Memoir from the dark heart of Mock the Week
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Frankie Boyle: Cruel to be kind of funny

8 It's Not What You Think
by Chris Evans
Last week 2 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 5,610 To date 30,150
(HarperCollins £20)
Memoir from one of Britain’s most successful broadcasters
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Evans: 'BBC propping up standards in broadcasting'

9 Queen Elizabeth: the Queen Mother
by William Shawcross
Last week 11 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 4,575 To date 45,005
(Macmillan £25)
The official biography of a much-loved royal
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10 The Defence of the Realm
by Christopher Andrew
Last week 8 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 4,415 To date 19,625
(Allen Lane £30)
History of MI5, the UK's national security intelligence agency
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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 24/10/09. 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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