The Lost Symbol takes Christmas number one

23 December 2009


Dan Brown's record-breaking thriller The Lost Symbol has topped the 2009 Christmas book charts.


The Lost Symbol, sequel to the hugely-successful The Da Vinci Code, follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langton as he races against time to decipher codes and forgotten histories connected to the Freemasons.


The Mystery-thriller faced competition from the Guinness World Records 2010, which took second place and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer, which took third.

 

The full top 10:

 

  1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown 
  2. Guinness World Records 2010 
  3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 
  4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 
  5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 
  6. Where's Stig? 
  7. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult 
  8. Delia's Happy Christmas by Delia Smith 
  9. Ooh! What a Lovely Pair by Ant and Dec 
  10. My S*** Life So Far by Frankie Boyle

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Source: Waterstone's