TOP TEN BOOKS

1 How they stole the game, David Yallop (Poetic Publishing, hardback, pounds 16.99)

2 Natwest Playfair Cricket World Cup, edited by Bill Frindall (Headline, paperback, pounds 4.99)

3 World of Tennis 1999, edited by John Barrett (Collins Willow, paperback, pounds 12.99)

4 Hoolifan - 30 years of hurt, Martin King and Martin Knight (Mainstream, paperback, pounds 7.99)

5 The Sporting News baseball guide 1999 (The Sporting News, paperback, pounds 13.95)

6 A Captain's Diary, Alec Stewart with Brian Murgatroyd (Collins Willow, hardback, pounds 16.99).

7 Summer of '98, Mike Lupica (Putnam, hardback, pounds 20.50).

8 Perfect Pitch 4 - Dirt, edited by Simon Kuper and Marcela Mora y Araujo (Headline, paperback, pounds 7.99)

9 Hillsborough - The Truth, Phil Scraton (Mainstream, papaperback, pounds 9.99)

10 Posts, Neville Gabie (Penguin, paperback, pounds 9.99)

List compiled by Sportspages Bookshops, 94-96 Charing Cross Road, London, 0171 240 9604 & St Ann's Square, Manchester, 0161 832 8530; www.sportspages.co.uk