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Guardian UK Hardcover Best-Sellers – October 02 2008
1 (1) Doors Open
by Ian Rankin
2 (New) A Most Wanted Man by John LeCarre
3 (2) Genghis: Bones of the Hills by Colin Iggulden
4 (10) Firefight by Chris Ryan
5 (3) The Private Patient (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) by P.D. James
6 (4) Silks by Dick Francis & Felix Francis
7 (5) Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels) by Kathy Reichs
8 (6) The Other Queen: A Novel by Philippa Gregory
9 (8) Angel Uncovered by Katie Price
10 (New) Believers by Zoe Heller
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