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The Official UK CHART

1.

Run Away

by Harlan Coben
2.

The World's Worst Teachers

by David Walliams; Tony Ross
3.

Pinch of Nom

by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson
4.

The Reckoning

by John Grisham
5.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris
6.

The Holiday

by T M Logan
7.

Turning Point

by Danielle Steel
8.

The Fox

by Frederick Forsyth
9.

Time to Eat

by Nadiya Hussain
10.

Absolute Proof

by Peter James
11.

A Keeper

by Graham Norton
12.

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty
13.

Normal People

by Sally Rooney
14.

I Owe You One

by Sophie Kinsella
15.

This is Going to Hurt

by Adam Kay
16.

Identity Crisis

by Ben Elton
17.

Then She Vanishes

by Claire Douglas
18.

The Man With No Face

by Peter May
19.

One Minute Later

by Susan Lewis
20.

Say You're Sorry

by Karen Rose

16th August 2019

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