Books: Bestsellers

The cricket season continues to influence the bestseller lists - after all, its start was marked by snow on many pitches, and there's still plenty of weather about. So what better way for fans to enjoy their sport than through their annual fix, be it The NatWest Playfair Cricket Annual 1999 or Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 1999.

Bookwatch Ltd, 1999 Compiled from sales over seven days ending 25 April 1999

Bookwatch Ltd, 1999

ORIGINAL FICTION

TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER PRICE WEEKLY SALES

1 (-) One Summer at Deer's Leap Elizabeth Elgin (HarperCollins) pounds 5.99 3,538

2 (1) Monsoon Wilbur Smith (Macmillan) pounds 17.99 3,425

3 (4) Come Together Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees (Arrow) pounds 5.99 3,338

4 (-) She's the One Cathy Kelly (Headline) pounds 5.99 2,984

5 (3) Others James Herbert (Macmillan) pounds 16.99 2,968

6 (2) Charlie Lesley Pearse (Penguin) pounds 5.99 2,481

7 (-) LA Connections 2: Obsession Jackie Collins (Pan) pounds 2.50 1,981

8 (6) An Equal Music Vikram Seth (Phoenix House) pounds 16.99 1,660

9 (8) The Testament John Grisham (Century) pounds 16.99 1,425

10 (5) Bittersweet Danielle Steel (Bantam) pounds 16.99 1,402

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER PRICE WEEKLY SALES

1(1) Playfair Cricket Annual ed Bill Frindall (Headline) pounds 4.99 5,671

2(2) Men Are From Mars... John Gray (Thorsons) pounds 8.99 4,778

3(4) Ground Force Weekend Alan Titchmarsh (BBC) pounds 9.99 3,026

4(6) How to get what you want... John Gray (Vermilion) pounds 9.99 2,545

5(5) Little Book of Feng Shui Lillian Too (Element) pounds 1.99 2,219

6(7) Wisden Cricketer's Alamanack ed Matthew Engel (Wisden) pounds 28 2,050

7(-) The Naked Chef Jamie Oliver (M Joseph) pounds 18.99 2,031

8(-) Little Book of Wrong Shui Rohan Candappa (Ebury) pounds 1.99 1,846

9(-) Gardens of England & Wales National Gardens Scheme pounds 4.50 1,687

10(-) Pretty Boy Roy Shaw (Blake) pounds 14.99 1,366