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Original Fiction

Original Fiction

1. As It Is In Heaven, by Niall Williams (Picador) 2. Star Wars/The Phantom Menace, by Terry Brooks (Century) 3. The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, by Rebecca Wells (Macmillan) 4. Shadow-Box, by Antonia Logue (Bloomsbury) 5. The Ground Beneath Her Feet, by Salman Rushdie (Cape)

Hardback Non-Fiction

1. James Joyce, by Edna O'Brien (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) 2. George's Ghost, by Brenda Maddox (Macmillan) 3. Ironing the Land, by Kevin O'Connor (Gill & Macmillan) 4. My Friend's Secrets, by Joan Collins (Andre Deutsch) 5. Star Wars: The Making of Episode 1: Phantom Men- ace, by Laurent Bouzcreau & Jody Duncan (Ebury)

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Paperback Fiction

1. Point of Origin, by Patricia Cornwall (Warner) 2. Tara Road, by Maeve Binchy (Orion) 3. The Keeper, by Gareth O'Callaghan (Poolbeg) 4. Cold Steel, by Paul Carson (Arrow) 5. Mary, Mary by Julie Parsons (Town House)

Paperback Non-Fiction

1.The Junkyard, ed by Marsha Hunt (Mainstream) 2. Freedom of Angels, Bernadette Fahy (O'Brien Press) 3. Life After Loss, by Christy Kenneally (Mercier) 4. The Informer, by Sean O'Callaghan (Corgi) 5. Anam Cara, by John O'Donoghue (Bantam)

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Original Fiction

1. Score, by Jilly Cooper (Bantam Press) 2. Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace, by Terry Brooks (Century) 3. Monsoon, by Wilbur Smith (Macmillan) 4. Others, by James Herbert (Macmillan) 5. East of the Mountains, by David Guterson (Bloomsbury)

Hardback Non-Fiction

1. The Naked Chef, by James Oliver (Michael Joseph) 2. The Planets, by David McNab & James Younger (BBC) 3. Star Wars Episode One: Incredible Cross-Sections, by David West Reynolds (Dorling Kindersley) 4. Star Wars Visual Dictionary, by David West Reynolds (Dorling Kindersley) 5. Pretty Boy, by Roy Shaw (Blake)

Paperback Fiction

1. Tara Road, by Meave Binchy (Orion) 2. Ralph's Party, by Lisa Jewell (Penguin) 3. About a Boy, by Nick Hornby (Indigo) 4. The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett (Corgi) 5. Point of Origin, by Patricia Cornwell (Warner)

Paperback Non-Fiction

1. BBC Proms Guide 1999 (BBC) 2. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, by John Gray (Thorsons) 3. Things Can Only Get Better, by John O'Farrell (Black Swan) 4. Stalingrad, by Antony Beevor (Penguin) 5. Rough Guide to the Internet 1999, by Angus Kennedy (Rough Guides)

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