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It’s a bit of a mixed bag this week with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson at number one in the Bestsellers, followed by Claudia Gray’s Hourglass. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin secures top spot in the Highest New Entries chart and Original Sin by Allison Brennan is the ‘fastest mover’–Weekly Book Newsletter.

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Stieg Larsson stays top of the Bestsellers this week with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire in first and second place respectively. Garth Nix’s Lord Sunday is number one in the Highest New Entries. On the Fastest Movers chart the late J D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye comes second and Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard is number one–Weekly Book Newsletter.

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John Silvester and Andrew Rule are household names these days, so it’s no surprise that their latest book Underbelly: The Golden Mile is proving to be popular with the true-crime fans. It comes in at number one in the Fastest Movers and number three in the Bestsellers charts this week. Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad is number one in the Highest New Entries chart and Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo remains top of the Bestsellers–Weekly Book Newsletter.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson is still popular with book-buying folk after Christmas and is top of the Bestsellers chart this week. James Patterson’s Worst Case sits at number two followed by Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. Elizabeth Kostova’s The Swan Thieves is number one in the Highest New Entries charts and crime-related books continue to flourish with Underbelly The Golden Mile by John Silvester & Andrew Rule the fastest mover this week.

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Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love, has topped the charts again in the Highest New Entries this week at any rate–with Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, her exploration of marriage ahead of her own nuptials. Dan Brown is number one in the Bestsellers with The Lost Symbol and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson is close behind at number two. James Patterson, never seeming to be far from the action in the charts, has Worst Case coming in at number one in the Fastest Movers this week.

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Dan Brown gets his time in the sun this week with The Lost Symbol at number one in the Bestseller charts. Stieg Larsson and Stephenie Meyer battle it out beneath him with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Breaking Dawn (Red-Edged) coming second and third respectively. James Patterson’s Worst Case takes top spot in the Highest New Entries and Don’t Tell by Karen Rose moves the fastest on the Fastest Movers chart–Weekly Book Newsletter.

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Peter Carey continues his reign of the Most Mentioned chart in MX this week. His new book Parrot and Olivier in America has been receiving some very positive reviews. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest–Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s awaited final book in the ‘Millennium’ trilogy–is also continuing to appear in the review pages, as is Ray Martin’s autobiography Ray: Stories of My Life. Alex Miller’s Lovesong and David Foster’s Sons of the Rumour also feature strongly on the chart this week.

Most mentioned in the Media this week

1 Lovesong, by Alex Miller
2 Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
3 Sons of the Rumour, by David Foster
4 Ray: Stories of My Life, by Ray Martin
5 Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, The by Stieg Larsson

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Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol triumphs again in the Bestsellers at number one, followed by The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson. The Highest New Entries chart saw Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? by Paul Barry nab top spot and Stephenie Meyer’s influence is still powerful with New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz coming in at number one in the Fastest Movers chart.

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It’s a girlish week at the top of the charts–Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest is number one in the Bestsellers (overtaking The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown), and Jackie Collins’ Poor Little Bitch Girl is top of the Fastest Movers chart. Hilary Mantel comes second in the Fastest Movers with her Man Booker-winning novel Wolf Hall. Mick Gatto & Tom Noble’s book I, Mick Gatto makes it to top spot in the Highest New Entries this week.

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Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest presides over the Highest New Entries chart this week and comes second in the Bestsellers after The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Diana Gabaldon’s An Echo in the Bone is number one in the Fastest Movers this week, while Marian Keyes’ The Brightest Star in the Sky comes second.

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