1 Cry Silent Tears
by Joe Peters
Last week 1 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 12,470 To date (39,065)
(Harper Element £6.99)
How a mute boy overcame terrible suffering; an inspiring memoir
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2 My Booky Wook
by Russell Brand
Last week 2 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 11,400 To date (132,310)
(Hodder £7.99)
Television personality's frank memoir of sex and drugs and rock'n'roll
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Russel Brand on his childhood and his career

3 Child C
by Christopher Spry
Last week - Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 7,005 To date (9,745)
(Pocket £6.99)
One of Eunice Spry's victims speaks out for the first time
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4 My Life with George
by Judith Summers
Last week 7 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 6,655 To date (15,050)
(Penguin £6.99)
Memoir of a mother and son's relationship with "barking mad" dog
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5 Beyond Ugly
by Constance Briscoe
Last week - Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 6,480 To date (7,530)
(Hodder £6.99)
Continues the story of her attempts to overcome a harrowing childhood
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6 Gangs
by Ross Kemp
Last week 6 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 5,810 To date (29,260)
(Penguin £6.99)
Television hardman infiltrates some of the world's most notorious gangs
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7 Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
by Bill Bryson
Last week 5 Weeks on list 21
Sales last week 5,550 To date (184,840)
(HarperPerennial £7.99)
Investigation of the myths surrounding the Bard
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8 Nowhere to Run
by Judy Westwater
Last week 3 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 5,155 To date (50,960)
(Harper Element £6.99)
A violent childhood in a British circus and on South African streets
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9 The Duchess
by Amanda Foreman
Last week 16 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 4,985 To date (11,095)
(HarperPerennial £7.99)
The story of Georgiana, the flamboyant Duchess of Devonshire
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A comparison of The Duchess to modern day icons

10 The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
by Kate Summerscale
Last week 11 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 4,655 To date (16,610)
(Bloomsbury £11.99)
Wiltshire murder case that inspired Dickens
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Ed Caesar interviews Kate Summerscale


Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the week ending 23/08/08.

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