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The Official UK CHART

1.

Origin

by Dan Brown
2.

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman
3.

Surprise Me

by Sophie Kinsella
4.

Damaged

by Martina Cole
5.

This is Going to Hurt

by Adam Kay
6.

The Summer Maiden

by Dilly Court
7.

The Rooster Bar

by John Grisham
8.

The Break

by Marian Keyes
9.

The World's Worst Children 3

by David Walliams & Tony Ross
10.

Into the Water

by Paula Hawkins
11.

Munich

by Robert Harris
12.

The Perfectly Imperfect Woman

by Milly Johnson
13.

A Stranger in the House

by Shari Lapena
14.

The Midnight Line

by Lee Child
15.

Coming Home

by Fern Britton
16.

The Woman in the Wood

by Lesley Pearse
17.

The Greek Escape

by Karen Swan
18.

The Dead Ex

by Jane Corry
19.

Force of Nature

by Jane Harper
20.

The Dark Angel

by Elly Griffiths

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