1 The Appeal
by John Grisham
Last week 1 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 44,560 To date 97,280
(Arrow £7.99)
Legal thriller involving big business and political corruption
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2 This Year It Will Be Different
by Maeve Binchy
Last week 3 Weeks on list 12
Sales last week 17,350 To date 281,295
(Orion £7.99)
A Christmas short-story collection from much-loved Irish author
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3 Ritual
by Mo Hayder
Last week 10 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 16,475 To date 26,750
(Bantam £6.99)
DI Jack Caffery joins police driver Flea Marley in a hunt for an abductor
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Mo Hayder Interview

4 You'Ve Been Warned
by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Last week 2 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 16,140 To date 74,200
(Headline £7.99)
New York nanny’s dream life becomes a nightmare
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5 Amazing Grace
by Danielle Steel
Last week 4 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 13,010 To date 58,545
(Corgi £6.99)
The lives of four strangers collide in the aftermath of an earthquake
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6 Thanks for the Memories
by Cecelia Ahern
Last week 7 Weeks on list 11
Sales last week 12,870 To date 201,870
(Harper £6.99)
A patient who leaves hospital after a bad accident is overcome by déjà vu
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7 A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
Last week 8 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 12,815 To date 189,955
(Bloomsbury £7.99)
Two women struggle to survive in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
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Hosseini's incredible journey

8 The Lost Throne
by Chris Kuzneski
Last week 5 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 12,545 To date 51,460
(Penguin £6.99)
Academic investigates mystery and murder at a remote Greek monastery
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9 A Prisoner of Birth
by Jeffrey Archer
Last week 6 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 12,135 To date 104,755
(Pan £6.99)
Danny Cartwright, wrongly jailed for murder, is keen for revenge
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Jeffrey Archer talks to Janice Turner

10 Double Cross
by James Patterson
Last week 9 Weeks on list 10
Sales last week 9,105 To date 163,185
(Headline £7.99)
Alex Cross is back, investigating murders in Washington DC
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