Non-fiction hardbacks
1 : Jordan: Pushed to the Limit by Katie Price
Sales for April 17,395 To date 172,420
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(Century £18.99) Intimate portrait of the celebrity's
recent emotional challenges
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Weldon meets Katie Price
2 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale
Sales for April 7,550 To date 8,330
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(Bloomsbury £14.99) Wiltshire murder case that inspired Dickens
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the Sunday Times review
3 Home by Julie Andrews
Sales for April 4,530 To date 7,550
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(Weidenfeld £18.99) The actress's early life and her success in
musical theatre
Julie
Andrews: My secret father
4 An Appeal to Reason by Nigel Lawson
Sales for April 4,215 To date 4,215
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(Duckworth £9.99) Former chancellor dissects the spin surrounding
global warming
Nigel
Lawson talks to Jean-Paul Flintoff Read
the Sunday Times review
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the book
5 Don'ts for Wives by Blanche Ebbutt
Sales for April 4,140 To date 112,085
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(A&C Black £2.99) One of a pair of facsimile editions of
marriage tips from the start of the 20th century
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the book Read
Sarah Vine's review for the Times
6 Don'ts for Husbands by Blanche Ebbutt
Sales for April 4,100 To date 128,705
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(A&C Black £2.99) One of a pair of facsimile editions of
marriage tips from the start of the 20th century
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the book Read
Michael Gove's review for the Times
7 Anything Goes by John and Carole Barrowman
Sales for April 3,960 To date 31,535
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(Michael O'Mara £18.99) Star's rise from Glaswegian childhood to
West End fame
8 Anne's Song by Anne Nolan 21 4
Sales for April 3,910 To date 4,980
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(Century £12.99) The brutal truth behind the idyllic image of the
Nolan Sisters
9 Around the World in 80 Gardens by Monty Don 18 12
Sales for April 3,735 To date 23,270
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(Weidenfeld £20) Gardener's World presenter travels the globe in
search of great gardens
10 Anfield Iron by Tommy Smith
Sales for April 3,445 To date 4,890
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(Bantam £18.99) Autobiography of tough-tackling Liverpudlian football legend
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the book Q&A
with Tommy Smith
Paperbacks General
1 Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson
Sales for April 50,260 To date 51,615
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(Harper Perennial £7.99) Bryson investigates the myths surrounding
the Bard
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the book Read
The Times review
2 Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
Sales for April 46,430 To date 88,915
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(Phoenix £6.99) Memoir of a 1950s midwife, attached to an order of
nuns in the East End ()
3 Silent Boy by Torey Hayden
Sales for April 39,705 To date 40,545
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(Harper Element £6.99) Story of a young boy trapped in silence for
eight years ()
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4 Bomber Boys by Patrick Bishop
Sales for April 27,745 To date 49,400
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(Harper Perennial £7.99) Spirited portrait of the men of Bomber
Command
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the book
5 Hidden by Cathy Glass
Sales for April 21,175 To date 49,780
Chart position last week 9 weeks on chart 9
(Harper Element £6.99) Foster carer's relationship with a boy
disowned by prostitute mother
6 The Innocent Man by John Grisham
Sales for April 18,115 To date 480,410
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(Arrow £7.99) Thriller writer recounts true story of a miscarriage
of justice ()
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7 Blood River by Tim Butcher 10 18
Sales for April 16,650 To date 118,385
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(Vintage £7.99) Foreign correspondent's account of his solo
expedition to Congo
8 Not Without My Sister by Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones and Juliana
Buhring
Sales for April 16,460 To date 123,170
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(Harper Element £6.99) Abuse in a perverse community
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the book
9 America Unchained by Dave Gorman 12 4
Sales for April 16,385 To date 17,160
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(Ebury £11.99) Googlewhack adventurist drives coast to coast shunning
corporate America
10 Tell Me Why, Mummy by David Thomas
Sales for April 15,020 To date 91,325
Chart position last week 13 weeks on chart 10
(Harper Element £6.99) Story of survival from a child abused by
his alcoholic mother
Hardbacks Fiction
1 Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Sales for April 20,955 To date 50,460
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(Bantam £17.99) Former military cop Jack Reacher's 12th outing,
set in small-town Colorado
Marian
Keyes talks to Rosanna Greenstreet
2 Revelation by CJSansom
Sales for April 19,280 To date 19,870
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(Macmillan £17.99) Fourth Matthew Shardlake thriller set in
16th-century England ()
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3 Hold Tight by Harlan Coben 2 3
Sales for April 12,840 To date 12,840
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(Orion £18.99) Concerned parents spy on their son, but discover
dangerous secrets
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4 Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Sales for April 11,465 To date 11,465
Chart position last week 3 weeks on chart 3
(Hodder £16.99) Death Row killer wants to donate heart to the
sister of a girl he murdered
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5 The Navigator by Clive Cussler 11 6
Sales for April 10,330 To date 22,065
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(M Joseph £18.99) The Numa UMAteam's new adventure involves the
mystery of ancient statue ()
6 A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer 9 9
Sales for April 9,920 To date 37,320
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(Macmillan £18.99) Danny Cartwright, wrongly jailed for murder, is
keen for revenge
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the book
7 The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
Sales for April 9,790 To date 32,155
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(Little, Brown £14.99) Latest Precious Ramotswe instalment
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8 The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
Sales for April 9,140 To date 9,325
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(Hutchinson £12.99) The story of Elizabeth I before she became
queen
9 Centurion by Simon Scarrow
Sales for April 8,220 To date 27,970
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10 Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella 13 11
Sales for April 8,120 To date 84,550
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(Bantam £17.99) Lexi wakes up after a crash to find she has a seemingly
perfect life
Paperbacks Fiction
1 Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Sales for April 108,420 To date 108,420
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(Hodder £6.99) Peace in a New Hampshire town is shattered by a horrific school
shooting
2 Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
Sales for April 89,175 To date 89,175
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(Sphere £7.99) Kay Scarpetta's dreams of a quiet life in Charleston are
shattered
3 An Absolute Scandal by Penny Vincenzi
Sales for April 80,735 To date 151,490
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(Headline Review £7.99) Group of Lloyds names finds that fortune is not always
favourable ()
4 Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson
Sales for April 76,245 To date 76,555
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(Hodder £6.99) DCI Banks and DI Cabbot investigate murders that are seemingly
linked ()
5 Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter
Sales for April 71,940 To date 122,930
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(Arrow £6.99) Jeffrey Tolliver and Sara Linton become ensnared in a violent
underground world
6 The Quest by Wilbur Smith
Sales for April 67,705 To date 70,065
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(Pan £7.99) Ancient Egypt adventure continuing the story of the
Warlock Taita
7 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Sales for April 65,150 To date 641,780
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(Bloomsbury £11.99) Two women struggle to survive in Taliban-ruled
Afghanistan
8 Engleby by Sebastian Faulks
Sales for April 56,860 To date 87,230
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(Vintage £7.99) Tale, from the author of Birdsong, of an amoral
graduate in the 1980s
9 31 Dream Street by Lisa Jewell
Sales for April 55,745 To date 60,895
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(Penguin £6.99) Leah and Toby conspire to rid his house of misfits
10 Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern 16 3
Sales for April 53,995 To date 57,860
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(HarperCollins £12.99) A blood transfusion results in two
strangers being brought together
Figures shown are estimated sales for the four-week period followed by the
estimated total sale
Some figures include sales of more than one edition in the same format and
at the same recommended retail price
