Books: Bestsellers

Enjoy the top slot while you can, Dr Lecter: next week, young Harry Potter will start to work his magic over you and all your rivals. Without Hannibal, Jane Green's new summer (sort of) romance would easily capture the summit. In the sports list, Man Utd occupy four places (including Becks, scraping in) but rescued sailor Pete Goss shows that a salty yarn can still win enough briny hearts to see off a mere soccer team.

Compiled on sales over seven days ending 4 July

Bookwatch Ltd, 1999

SPORT

TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEEKLY PRICE

SALES

1 Close to the Wind Pete Goss (Headline) 991 pounds 6.99

2 The Guv'nor Lenny MacLean (Blake) 799 pounds 14.99

3 Champions of Europe Alex Reith (Man Utd Books) 507 pounds 9.99

4 Man United Ruined My Life Colin Shindler (Headline) 484 pounds 5.99

5 Man U Official Review 98-99 (Man Utd Books) 447 pounds 9.99

6 NatWest Cricket Annual 99 ed Bill Frindall (Headline) 366 pounds 4.99

7 What Now? Phil Tufnell (ColinsWillow) 360 pounds 16.99

8 Fever Pitch Nick Hornby (Indigo) 331 pounds 6.99

9 Anything But Richie Benaud (Coronet) 325 pounds 6.99

10 Boycott on Cricket Geoffrey Boycott(Ebury) 274 pounds 16.99

10 David Beckham D Beckham & N Harman (Man Utd Books) 274 pounds 8.99

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEEKLY PRICE

SALES

1 Driving Over Lemons Chris Stewart (Sort of Books) 4,153 pounds 6.99

2 The Naked Chef Jamie Oliver (M Joseph) 2,895 pounds 18.99

3 Men are from Mars John Gray (Thorsons) 2,620 pounds 8.99

4 Things Can Only Get Better John O'Farrell (Black Swan) 2,367 pounds 6.99

5 Ground Force Watergarden Charlie Dimmock (BBC) 1,483 pounds 9.99

6 Stars Wars: visual dictionary David W Reynolds (DK) 1,445 pounds 12.99

7 Ainsley's Big Cook Out Ainsley Harriott (BBC) 1,226 pounds 14.99

8 The Science of Discworld Terry Pratchett et al (Ebury) 1,190 pounds 14.99

9 How to Get What You Want John Gray (Ebury) 1,073 pounds 9.99

10 Little Book of Feng Shui Lillian Too (Element) 899 pounds 1.99

ORIGINAL FICTION

TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEEKLY PRICE

SALES

1 Hannibal Thomas Harris (Heinemann) 17,720 pounds 16.99

2 Mr Maybe Jane Green (Penguin) 12,826 pounds 6.99

3 LA Connections 4 Jackie Collins (Pan) 5,258 pounds 2.50

4 City Woman Patricia Scanlan (Bantam) 5,127 pounds 5.99

5 The Men in Her Life Imogen Parker (Corgi) 3,152 pounds 5.99

6 Ralph's Party Lisa Jewell (Penguin) 2,999 pounds 5.99

7 Net Force T Clancy & S Piecenik (Headline) 2,790 pounds 5.99

8 Death du Jour Kathy Reichs (Heinemann) 2,518 pounds 10

9 Taking Chances Susan Lewis (Arrow 2,253 pounds 5.99

10 LA Connections 3 Jackie Collins (Pan) 2,145 pounds 2.50