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1 Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
by Bill Bryson
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 38
2008 sales 270,185 Total sale 270,185
(HarperPerennial £7.99)
Investigation of the myths surrounding the Bard
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2 Dreams From My Father
by Barack Obama
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 8
2008 sales 257,030 Total sale 257,030
(Canongate £8.99)
Illuminating memoir confronting Obama's divided inheritance
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3 My Booky Wook
by Russell Brand
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 23
2008 sales 222,850 Total sale 222,850
(Hodder £7.99)
Television personality's frank memoir of sex and drugs and rock'n'roll
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4 Call the Midwife
by Jennifer Worth
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 15
2008 sales 219,545 Total sale 219,545
(Phoenix £6.99)
Memoir of a 1950s midwife, attached to an order of nuns in the East End
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5 The Innocent Man
by John Grisham
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 27
2008 sales 218,270 Total sale 540,520
(Arrow £7.99)
Thriller writer recounts true story of a miscarriage of justice
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6 The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama
Highest position 2 Weeks in top ten 7
2008 sales 207,320 Total sale 207,320
(Canongate £8.99)
America's president-elect on his values and his country's future
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7 Sniper One
by Dan Mills
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 13
2008 sales 169,310 Total sale 169,310
(Penguin £6.99)
Army sergeant's memoir of his time with the 1st Battalion in Iraq
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8 Blood River
by Tim Butcher
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 17
2008 sales 165,410 Total sale 167,010
(Vintage £7.99)
Foreign correspondent's account of his solo expedition to the Congo
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9 Don't Stop Me Now
by Jeremy Clarkson
Highest position 1 Weeks in top ten 11
2008 sales 161,115 Total sale 161,115
(Penguin £7.99)
Entertaining observations from the Sunday Times columnist
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10 A History of Modern Britain
by Andrew Marr
Highest position 3 Weeks in top ten 18
2008 sales 157,490 Total sale 157,490
(Pan £8.99)
Journalist's analysis of post-war culture that accompanies the TV series
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