1 Dreams From My Father
by Barack Obama
Last week 9 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 10,920 To date 61,440
(Canongate £8.99)
Illuminating memoir confronting Obama’s divided inheritance
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Obama: Lessons in racism

2 The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama
Last week 18 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 10,080 To date 81,570
(Canongate £8.99)
America’s new president on his values and his country’s future
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3 Monster
by Allan Hall
Last week 8 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 8,720 To date 11,865
(Penguin £6.99)
Detailed investigation into the horrific crimes of Josef Fritzl
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4 Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?
Last week 1 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 6,900 To date 39,975
(Profile £7.99)
Answers to questions from New Scientist’s Last Word column
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5 The Duchess
by Amanda Foreman
Last week 2 Weeks on list 12
Sales last week 4,600 To date 108,730
(HarperPerennial £7.99)
The story of Georgiana, the flamboyant Duchess of Devonshire
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The Duchess against today's icons

6 Broken
by Shy Keenan
Last week 3 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 4,445 To date 50,035
(Hodder £6.99)
Harrowing life story from the founder of Phoenix Survivors
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7 Sold
by Tess Stevens
Last week 17 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 3,870 To date 6,185
(Hodder £6.99)
A childhood lost to prostitution and the criminal underworld
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8 Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
by Bill Bryson
Last week 6 Weeks on list 32
Sales last week 3,800 To date 231,750
(HarperPerennial £7.99)
Investigation of the myths surrounding the Bard
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9 My Booky Wook
by Russell Brand
Last week 4 Weeks on list 18
Sales last week 3,800 To date 192,945
(Hodder £7.99)
Television personality’s frank memoir of sex and drugs and rock’n’roll
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David Baddiel: curious incident of the ghostwriter

10 The Pub Landlord's Book of British Common Sense
by Al Murray
Last week 7 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 3,465 To date 44,215
(Hodder £7.99)
Practical solutions to problems
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