BOOKS / Bestsellers of 1993

----------------------------------------------------------------- BESTSELLERS OF 1993 ----------------------------------------------------------------- HARDBACK FICTION ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle, Secker pounds 12.99 2 Honour Among Thieves by Jeffrey Archer, HarperCollins pounds 15.99 3 Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years by Sue Townsend, Methuen pounds 8.99 4 The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous by Jilly Cooper, Bantam pounds 14.99 5 Decider by Dick Francis, Michael Joseph pounds 14.99 6 A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, Phoenix House pounds 20 7 The Night Manager by John le Carre, Hodder pounds 15.99 8 Mrs de Winter by Susan Hill, Sinclair-Stevenson pounds 12.99 9 River God by Wilbur Smith, Macmillan pounds 15.99 10 The Queen and I by Sue Townsend, Methuen pounds 8.99 ----------------------------------------------------------------- HARDBACK NONFICTION ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Delia Smith's Summer Collection BBC pounds 14.99 2 The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher, HarperCollins pounds 25 3 Some Other Rainbow by John McCarthy & Jill Morrell, Bantam pounds 14.99 4 Bravo Two-Zero by Andy McNab, Bantam pounds 14.99 5 The Guinness Book of Records 1994, ed Peter Matthews, pounds 14.99 6 Taken on Trust by Terry Waite, Hodder pounds 14.99 7 Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 1994, Mitchell Beazley, pounds 7.99 8 Diaries by Alan Clark, Weidenfeld, pounds 20 9 Pole to Pole by Michael Palin, BBC, pounds 16.99 10 Eat Your Greens by Sophie Grigson, Network, pounds 15.99 ----------------------------------------------------------------- PAPERBACK FICTION ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, Arrow pounds 4.99 2 The Firm by John Grisham, Arrow pounds 4.99 3 The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller Mandarin pounds 3.99 4 The Men and the Girls by Joanna Trollope, Black Swan pounds 5.99 5 The Queen and I by Sue Townsend, Mandarin pounds 4.99 6 Fatherland by Robert Harris, Arrow pounds 4.99 7 The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Penguin pounds 5.99 8 The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy, Orion pounds 4.99 9 The Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope, Black Swan pounds 5.99 10 The Pelican Brief by John Grisham, Arrow pounds 4.99 ----------------------------------------------------------------- PAPERBACK NONFICTION ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Wild Swans by Jung Chang, Flamingo pounds 7.99 2 An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan, Vintage pounds 6.99 3 Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton, O'Mara pounds 6.99 4 Food Combining for Health by Doris Grant & Jean Joice, Thorsons pounds 4.99 5 Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby, Gollancz pounds 4.99 6 The Rock & Water Garden Expert by D G Hessayon, Expert pounds 4.99 7 Gardens of England & Wales Open to the Public 1993 National Gardens Scheme pounds 2.50 8 Every Living Thing by James Herriot, Pan pounds 4.99 9 The Food Combining Diet by Kathryn Marsden, Thorsons pounds 4.99 10 The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson, Abacus pounds 5.99 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Compiled by Bookwatch -----------------------------------------------------------------