The Top 20 Biteback and The Robson Press Bestsellers

…of all time, here for your perusal.
1. The Yes Minister Miscellany, by Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Hardback £9.99, paperback £6.99
This brilliantly funny book includes lists of interesting and little-known facts about one of the most popular and critically successful British sitcoms of all time.
2. Tango 190, by David Rathband. Hardback £15.99, paperback £9.99
The late PC David Rathband’s personal account of his attack by gunman Raoul Moat and the events surrounding it, including his attendance at the trials of Moat’s henchmen and his concerns at Northumbria police’s alleged mishandling of the situation on the night of the attack.
3. Brown at 10, by Anthony Seldon and Guy Lodge. Hardback £20, paperback £14.99
Written by two of Britain’s leading political and social commentators, Brown at 10 is the definitive chronicle of Gordon Brown’s troubled period in Number 10.
4. Hard Times, by Peter Brookes. Hardback £16.99
Hard Times is the latest collection of outrageous sketches of contemporary British and political life by British Cartoonist of the Year Peter Brookes, taken from his award-winning cartoons in The Times.
5. Heroines and Harridans: A Fanfare of Fabulous Females, by Sandi Toksvig, with illustrations by Sandy Nightingale. Hardback £17.99
A tale of eccentricity (generally British), some bad behaviour (occasionally American) and rather odd love lives (some corking aristocrats).
6. Orient Express: A Personal Journey, by James B. Sherwood, with Ivan Fallon. Hardback, £25
When the fabled Orient-Express train was taken out of service in 1977, James B. Sherwood bought two of its 1920s luxury sleeping cars at auction. Here he tells his personal story of restoring the train to its former glory.
7. Tales I Never Told! by Michael Winner. Hardback £16,99, paperback £9.99
The late Michael Winner’s life brought him in touch with many of the most famous people in the world. In his acclaimed autobiography he told some stories but kept back a wealth of others, which are recounted here with his customary wit and humour.
8. 22 Days in May, by David Laws. Paperback, £9.99
22 Days in May was the first detailed Liberal Democrat insider account of the negotiations which led to the formation of the Lib Dem/Conservative coalition government in May 2010.
9. Michael Winner’s Hymie Joke Book: 50 Shades of Oy Vey! Hardback, £12.99
A collection of the late Michael Winner’s hilarious Hymie jokes, which appeared every week as a tail-piece to his popular column in The Sunday Times.
10. When One Door Closes, by Peter Sissons. Hardback £17.99, paperback £9.99
This is the surprisingly funny, dramatic and often poignant story of Britain’s most distinguished newsreader. An Iranian Fatwa hanging over him, shot through both legs during the Nigerian Civil War, Sissons has some fascinating stories to tell.
11. Margaret Thatcher: In Her Own Words, edited by Iain Dale. Paperback £12.99
This volume collects together Margaret Thatcher’s greatest and most famous speeches, as well as the cream of her interviews, alongside other biographical material.
12. Not In Front of the Corgis: Secrets of Life Behind the Royal Curtains, by Brian Hoey. Hardback £14.99, paperback £8.99
The Windsors are England’s most famous family, but what are they really like when they’re out of the public gaze? Not in Front of the Corgis is the real Upstairs Downstairs – a unique and fascinating collection of all the secrets you ever wanted to know about the Royal Family.
13. Watermelons: How environmentalists are killing the planet, destroying the economy and stealing your children’s future, by James Delingpole. Paperback £14.99, updated paperback £9.99
If global warming isn’t real then how come the ice caps are melting? Why would all the world’s top scientists lie to us? James Delingpole has all the answers – and they’re not the ones Al Gore would like you to hear.
14. Masters of Nothing: How the Crash Will Happen Again Unless we Understand Human Nature, by Matthew Hancock and Nadhim Zahawi. Paperback, £12.99
This book is about how people behave. It is a story of how a failure to understand human nature helped cause one of the biggest crises in the history of capitalism and how it will happen again unless we get to grips with it.
15. 5,000 Great One Liners, by Grant Tucker. Paperback, £9.99
The funniest, wittiest and most cutting one line jokes from around the world, collected together in one immaculate collection.
16. Flying Free, by Nigel Farage. Paperback, £8.99
Never one for a quiet life, this autobiography includes the story of Nigel’s extraordinary escape from death in a plane crash on the eve of the 2010 general election, his recovery and return to the leadership of UKIP in November 2010.
17. Trust: How We Lost it and How to Get it Back, by Anthony Seldon. Paperback, £8.99
In the absence of coherent political leadership on vital social issues, Trust looks at what each of the major parties have to offer, but also looks beyond politics to deliver a deeply considered and exhaustively researched recipe for social harmony and individual wellbeing.
18. Inside Out: My Story of Betrayal and Cowardice at the Heart of New Labour, by Peter Watt. Hardback, £16.99
As General Secretary of the Labour Party, Peter Watt was at the heart of government, and this is the ultimate insider exposé: a no-holds-barred account of the spectacular decline of the most effective party political machine of modern times.
19. Walk Like A Man: Coming of Age with the Music of Bruce Springsteen, by Robert J Wiersema. Paperback, £12.99
Novelist Robert Wiersema grew up with Bruce Springsteen’s songs. His book tells the story of a man becoming a man and of the man and the music that have accompanied him on his journey.
20. The Secrets of Station X: How the Bletchley Park Codebreakers Helped Win the War, by Michael Smith. Paperback, £9.99
This astonishing story, of how the British codebreakers of Bletchley Park cracked the Nazi Enigma cyphers, cutting an estimated two years off¬ the Second World War, never ceases to amaze.