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Old-timer, Bernard Cornwell's latest Sharpe story has knocked the heavily- hyped newcomer, Come Together, off the top of the non-fiction list, while Catherine Cookson is stuck firm in fifth position: that should please Bantam who still have a couple of her unpublished manuscripts waiting in the wings...
Compiled from data supplied on sales over seven days ending 7 March 1999
Bookwatch Ltd, 1999
ORIGINAL FICTION
TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER PRICE WEEKLY SALES
1 (4) Sharpe's Fortress Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins) pounds 16.99 5,877
2 (2) The Testament John Grisham (Century) pounds 16.99 5,747
3 (3) Single & Single John le Carre (Hodder) pounds 16.99 4,738
4 (1) Come Together Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees (Arrow) pounds 5.99 4,428
5 (5) The Thursday Friend Catherine Cookson (Bantam Press) pounds 16.99 2,152
6 (6) Caroline's Sister Sheila O'Flanagan (Poolbeg) pounds 5.99 1,169
6 (-) Night Whispers Judith McNaught (Pocket) pounds 5.99 1,169
8 (9) Messiah Boris Starling (HarperCollins) pounds 5.99 1,120
9 (10) Southern Cross Patricia D Cornwell (Little, Brown) pounds 16.99 1,081
10 (6) Liar Birds Lucy Fitzgerald (Black Swan) pounds 5.99 1,078
ORIGINAL NON-FICTION
TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER PRICE WEEKLY SALES
1 (-) 5 Go Mad in the Kitchen Various authors (New Crane) pounds 1 4,197
2 (7) Ground Force Weekend Alan Titchmarsh (BBC) pounds 9.99 3,348
3 (1) Station X Michael Smith (Channel 4) pounds 14.99 3,324
4 (3) Little Book of Feng Shui Lillian Too (Element) pounds 1.99 2,905
5 (2) Men are From Mars... John Gray (Thorsons) pounds 8.99 2,525
6 (8) ITV Formula One Guide Bruce Jones (Carlton) pounds 5.99 2,354
7 (6) Delia's How to Cook Delia Smith (BBC) pounds 16.99 1,811
8 (4) The Year 1000 R Lacey & D Danziger (Little, Brown) pounds 12.99 1,648
9 (5) Seafood Odyssey Rick Stein (BBC) pounds 18.99 1,616
10 (-) Time Team Tim Taylor (Channel 4) pounds 18.99 1,282
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