1 The Other Side of Nowhere/Danniella Westbrook
(Hodder £16.99)
Former EastEnders actress tells
of her battle against cocaine addiction
14,570 (20,855)

2 Jordan: A Whole New World/Katie Price
(Century £16.99)
Celebrity’s account of her wedding and new baby
6,435 (198,105)

3 Ugly/Constance Briscoe
(Hodder £12.99)
How one of the UK’s first black women judges survived childhood abuse
4,410 (78,505)

4 Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?
Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur
(Time Warner £9.99)
Comic rant at our consumer society
2,865 (242,705)

5 Fragile/Niki Shisler
(Ebury £14.99)
How a family managed to cope when twins were born with a mystery illness
1,840 (3,830)

6 Wall and Piece/Banksy
(Century £20)
First collection of statements from the underground graffiti artist
960 (53,375)

7 The Yummy Mummy’s Survival Guide/Liz Fraser
(HarperCollins £12.99)
The burdens of motherhood, with time for shopping, explained
905 (5,470)

8 Untold Stories/Alan Bennett
(Faber/Profile £20)
Brilliant anthology of prose from the playwright, with personal revelations
895 (328,765)

9 Ollie/Stephen Venables
(Hutchinson £14.99)
Mountaineer’s story of his son’s desperate fight for life
805 (2,625)

10 Our Betty/Liz Smith
(Simon & Schuster £14.99)
Actress reflects on her life on and off the stage and screen
785 (1,410)

PAPERBACKS: General

1 Ghost Girl/Torey Hayden
(Harper Element £6.99)
Educational psychologist helps solve problems of another patient
19,970 (96,925)

2 Behind Closed Doors/Jenny Tomlin
(Hodder £6.99)
Mother relives her squalid and abusive childhood in the East End
12,765 (142,145)

3 The World According to Clarkson/Jeremy Clarkson
(Penguin £6.99)
Sunday Times columnist expounds his views on his favourite things
7,680 (986,445)

4 Moondust/Andrew Smith
(Bloomsbury £8.99)
Views of the nine remaining astronauts to have walked on the moon
6,355 (88,515)

5 The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Michael Baigent et al
(Arrow £8.99)
Dan Brown’s opponents in the recent trial
5,970 (95,540)

6 Instant Confidence/Paul McKenna
(Bantam Press £9.99)
Hypnotist on how to improve yourself by mastering your emotions
5,420 (105,940)

7 Planet Earth: The Making of an Epic Series
David Nicholson-Lord
(BBC £9.99)
Behind the scenes of the natural history programme
4,365 (10,170)

8 You Are What You Eat: The Meal Planner That Will Change Your Life
(Virgin £12.99)
Official tie-in to the latest Channel 4 makeover series
3,695 (42,920)

9 Dr Gillian McKeith’s Ultimate Health Plan
Gillian McKeith
(M Joseph £14.99)
More nutritional advice from You Are What You Eat host
3,600 (102,655)

10 I Can Make You Thin/Paul McKenna
(Bantam Press £9.99)
Motivational tips for weight loss from the celebrity guru
3,480 (460,645)

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1 Cell/Stephen King
(Hodder £17.99)
Virus carried by mobile phones turns people insane or kills them
4,845 (59,690)

2 Blue Shoes and Happiness/Alexander McCall Smith
(Polygon £12.99)
Precious Ramotswe solves more cases and ponders whether to diet
4,300 (28,705)

3 False Impression/Jeffrey Archer
(Macmillan £17.99)
Mystery behind a Van Gogh painting causes chase around the world
3,390 (33,135)

4 Suite Française/Irène Némirovsky
(Chatto £16.99)
Newly discovered masterpiece about the lives of French citizens under the Nazis
2,950 (15,925)

5 The 5th Horseman/James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(Headline £17.99)
Women’s murder club probes a series of deaths in a hospital
2,680 (47,910)

6 Polar Shift/Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos
(M Joseph £17.99)
Anti-globalisation group threatens to instigate climate change
2,675 (11,915)

7 The House/Danielle Steel
(Bantam Press £17.99)
Estate agent pours her heart into the restoration of an old mansion
2,475 (31,655)

8 Pig Island/Mo Hayder
(Bantam Press £12.99)
Journalist looks for a scoop on a cult rumoured to be Satanists
2,335 (3,320)

9 Every Mother’s Son/Lyn Andrews
(Headline £12.99)
Advent of war changes lives of Irish immigrants in Liverpool
2,085 (14,060)

10 Journey’s End/Josephine Cox
(HarperCollins £17.99)
An elderly woman agonises over whether to tell a lifelong family secret
1,940 (30,560)

PAPERBACKS: Fiction

1 Cross Bones/Kathy Reichs
(Arrow £6.99)
New forensic investigation leads Tempe Brennan to an ancient ossuary
43,105 (70,350)

2 Labyrinth/Kate Mosse
(Orion £7.99)
Unearthing two skeletons sparks Grail adventure in southern France
36,165 (454,705)

3 One Shot/Lee Child
(Bantam £6.99)
Surrender of a cold-blooded killer puzzles Jack Reacher
26,440 (33,760)

4 The Last Templar/Raymond Khoury
(Orion £6.99)
FBI agent and archeologist are caught up in centuries-old mystery
20,110 (71,055)

5 The Triumph of the Sun/Wilbur Smith
(Pan £6.99)
Three men fight for survival during the siege of Khartoum
19,455 (28,855)

6 Candyfloss/Jacqueline Wilson
(Doubleday £12.99)
Girl is faced with a dilemma when her stepfather gets a job in Australia
10,830 (74,775)

7 Evil Star/Anthony Horowitz
(Walker £6.99)
Teenage boys battle the forces of evil in the deserts of Peru
4,575 (4,575)

8 Clean Break/Jacqueline Wilson
(Corgi £5.99)
Sisters have to cope on their own after sudden departure of man of the house
4,545 (26,845)

9 Koyasan/Darren Shan
(HarperCollins £1)
Girl conquers her fears and enters the world of the graveyard
4,075 (122,270)

10 The Stone Pilot/Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
(Corgi £1)
Special edition of the Edge Chronicles tracing the history of a trog
3,305 (111,580)

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