Bestsellers
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of July 21st, 2009)
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of July 21st, 2009)
| 1 | THE ANGEL’S GAME by Carlos Ruiz Zafón | 1 (5) |
| 2 | SACRED HEARTS by Sarah Dunant | (1) |
| 3 | THE CHILDREN’S BOOK by A.S. Byatt | 9 (14) |
| 4 | NOCTURNES by Kazuo Ishiguro | 4 (10) |
| 5 | MY FATHER’S TEARS by John Updike | 7 (3) |
| 6 | BROOKLYN by Colm Tóibín | (1) |
| 7 | FINGER LICKIN’ FIFTEEN by Janet Evanovich | 5 (2) |
| 8 | ASSEGAI by Wilbur Smith | 6 (3) |
| 9 | TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT by Alexander McCall Smith | 3 (13) |
| 10 | THE LITTLE STRANGER by Sarah Waters | 10 (12) |
| 1 | WHY YOUR WORLD IS ABOUT TO GET A WHOLE LOT SMALLER by Jeff Rubin | 1 (9) |
| 2 | OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell | 4 (34) |
| 3 | DEAD AID by Dambisa Moyo | 5 (7) |
| 4 | THE BOLTER by Frances Osborne | 2 (3) |
| 5 | SLOW DEATH BY RUBBER DUCK by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie | 3 (9) |
| 6 | THE EVOLUTION OF GOD by Robert Wright | (1) |
| 7 | THE CELLO SUITES by Eric Siblin | 8 (18) |
| 8 | SUMMER WORLD by Bernd Heinrich | (1) |
| 9 | THE HOUSE OF WITTGENSTEIN by Alexander Waugh | 6 (2) |
| 10 | LUCY’S LEGACY by Donald Johanson and Kate Wong | 7 (2) |
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