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Your support makes all the difference.Young writer Lisa Jewell's first novel Ralph's Party has spectacularly toppled Jilly Cooper from the head of the fiction list. Ralph's Party was issued as a paperback original at a reasonable pounds 5.99. Despite heavy discounting to promote hardbacks, this is a better way of encouraging readers to try a critically acclaimed but unknown author. Sales of non- fiction are down this week but sunshine, the Chelsea Flower Show and the many public appearances of the ever-cheerful Charlie Dimmock have combined to reverse The Ground Force Weekend Workbook's downwards slide. Compiled on sales over seven days ending 30 May
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ORIGINAL NON-FICTION
TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEEKLY PRICE
SALES
1 The Naked Chef Jamie Oliver (M Joseph) 3,292 pounds 18.99
2 Men are From Mars John Gray (Thorsons) 2,743 pounds 8.99
3 The Planets D McNab & J Younger (BBC) 1,804 pounds 19.99
4 Little Book of Feng Shui Lillian Too (M Joseph) 1,192 pounds 1.99
5 Ground Force Workbook Alan Titchmarsh (BBC) 1,037 pounds 9.99
6 Star Wars: the making Laurent Bouzereau (Ebury) 1,018 pounds 14.99
7 Star Wars: cross-sections David W Reynolds (DK) 1,004 pounds 12.99
8 How to Get What You Want John Gray (Vermilion) 832 pounds 9.99
9 Little Book of Wrong Shui Rohan Candappa (Ebury) 696 pounds 1.99
10 Pretty Boy Roy Shaw (Blake) 686 pounds 14.99
ORIGINAL FICTION
TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEEKLY PRICE
SALES
1 Ralph's Party Lisa Jewell (Penguin) 6,611 pounds 5.99
2 Score! Jilly Cooper (Bantam) 4,563 pounds 16.99
3 LA Connections 3 Jackie Collins (Pan) 3,408 pounds 2.50
4 Star Wars Terry Brooks (Century) 2,857 pounds 15.99
5 City Woman Patricia Scanlan (Bantam) 2,304 pounds 5.99
6 Head Over Heels Jill Mansell (Headline) 2,187 pounds 5.99
7 Taking Chances Susan Lewis (Arrow) 1,773 pounds 5.99
8 Net Force T Clancy & S Piecenik (Headline) 1,744 pounds 5.99
9= The Right Thing Judy Astley (Black Swan) 1,681 pounds 6.99
9= LA Connections 3 Jackie Collins (Pan) 1,681 pounds 2.50
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
TITLE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER WEEKLY PRICE
SALES
1 Things Can Only ... John O'Farrell (Black Swan) 2,743 pounds 6.99
2 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt (Flamingo) 1,210 pounds 6.99
3 Once, In a House ... Andrea Ashworth (Picador) 1,210 pounds 6.99
4 Man Utd Ruined ... Colin Shindler (Headline) 1,060 pounds 5.99
5 The Informer Sean O'Callaghan (Corgi) 992 pounds 6.99
6 C John Diamond (Vermillion) 933 pounds 5.99
7 Pretty Boy Roy Shaw (Blake) 686 pounds 14.99
8= Falling Leaves Adeline Yen Mah (Penguin) 566 pounds 6.99
8= The Guv'nor Lenny McLean (Blake) 566 pounds 14.99
10 Still Me Christopher Reeve (Arrow) 544 pounds 6.99
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