Best-sellers in N.Z.

Press, 23 January 1988, Page 25

Best-sellers in N.Z.

The best-selling book titles during December. This list is compiled by the Booksellers’ Association from figures supplied by a sample of bookshops throughout New Zealand. Paperbacks 1. Power of the Sword. (1) — Wilbur Smith (Pan). 2. The Other Side of the Paradise. (6) — Noel Barber (Coronet). 3. It. (2) — Stephen King (N.E.L.). 4. The Moth. (-) — Catherine Cookson (Corgi). 5. Santorini. (7) — Alistair Mac Lean (Fontana). 6. Last of the Breed. (-) — Louis L’Amour (Bantam). 7. Fortunes. (-) — Vera Cowie (Fontana). 8. A Kingdom for the Bold. (-) — Anne Worboys (Pan). 9. In Love and Friendship. (4) — Hilary Norman (Coronet). 10. The Handmaid’s Tale. (3) — Margaret Atwood (Virago). General Hardbacks 1. Time Flies. (1) — Bill Cosby (Doubleday). 2. Savages. (2) — Shirley Conran (Sidgwick and Jackson). 3. Rage. (3) — Wilbur Smith (Heinemann). 4. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. (7) — Douglas Adams (Heinemann). 5. Hot Money. (-) — Dick Francis (Michael Joseph). 6. The Scented Room (-) — Barbara Milo Orbach (Potter). 7. The Guinness Book of Records 1988 (-) - (Guinness Books). 8. Little Book of Hugs. (4) — Kathleen Keating (Angus and Robertson). 9. Elvis World. (6) — Jane and Michael Stern (Bloomsbury). 10. The Discovery of the Titanic (-) — Robert D. Ballard (Hodder and Stoughton). New Zealand 1. Those Were The Days 19305. (10) — (Moa). 2. The Crowe Style. (1) — Dave and Audrey Crowe (Moa). 3. John Kirwan’s Rugby World. (7) — (Rugby World). 4. Alison Hoist’s New Microwave Cookbook. (-) — Alison Holst (Beckett). 5. Footrot Flats 12. (3) — Murray Ball (Imprint). 6. Those Were The Days 19505. (-) — (Moa). 7. Billy T. James Hard-Case Book 11. (-) — Billy T. James (Beckett). 8. Country Calendar. (-) — (TVNZ). 9. The Treaty of Waitangi. (4) — Claudia Orange (A. and U./ P.N.P.). 10. A Man’s Country? (5) — Jock Phillips (Penguin). (Figures in brackets shows position on previous month’s list.)