Ireland
Original Fiction
1. Never Too Late, by Cathy Kelly (Poolbeg) 2. Last Chance Saloon, by Marian Keyes (Poolbeg) 3. Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, by Sue Townsend (Michael Joseph) 4. The Blackwater Lightship, by Colm Toibin (Picador) 5. The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday)
Hardback Non-Fiction
1. 'Tis: A Memoir, by Frank McCourt (Flamingo) 2. The Whoseday Book, by various (Irish Hospice Foundation) 3. Irish Times Book of the Century, by Fintan O'Toole (Gill & Macmillan) 4. James Dillon: A Biography, by Maurice Manning (Wolfhound Press) 5. Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, by Michael Palin (Weidenfield & Nicolson)
Paperback Fiction
1. Suddenly Single, by Sheila O'Flanagan (Headline) 2. The Magdalen, by Marita Conlon McKenna (Bantam) 3. Every Dead Thing, by John Connolly (Coronet) 4. The Pilot's Wife, by Anita Shreeve (Abacus) 5. Archangel, by Robert Harris (Arrow)
Paperback Non-Fiction
1. Aches & Pains, by Maeve Binchy (Poolbeg) 2. Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt (Harper Collins) 3. Bloody Women, by David Kiely (Gill & Macmillan) 4. The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, by Allen Carr 5. Black Cat in the Window, by Liam O Murchu (Bestselling Books)
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Britain
Original Fiction
1. The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday) 2. Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, by Sue Townsend (Michael Joseph) 3. Crisis Four, by Andy McNab (Bantam Press) 4. Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee (Secker) 5. Irresistible Forces, by Danielle Steel (Bantam Press)
Hardback Non-Fiction
1. The Guinness Book of Records 2000, (Guinness) 2. If Only, by Gerri Halliwell (Bantam Press) 3. Walking With Dinosaurs: A Natural History, by Tim Haines (BBC) 4. 'Tis: A Memoir, by Frank McCourt (Flamingo) 5. How to Cook, Book 1, by Delia Smith (BBC)
Paperback Fiction
1. Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett (Corgi) 2. Archangel, by Robert Harris (Arrow) 3. Mirror Image, by Danielle Steel (Corgi) 4. Dead Souls, by Ian Rankin (Orion) 5. Suddenly Single, by Sheila O'Flanagan (Headline)
Paperback Non-Fiction
1. Angela's Ashes, by Frank Mc Court (Flamingo) 2. Notes from A Big Country, by Bill Bryson (Black Swan) 3. The English, by Jeremy Paxman (Penguin) 4. The Rough Guide to the Internet, by Angus Kennedy (Rough Guides) 5. Stalingrad, by Antony Beevor (Penguin)
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