1. The Testament, by John Grisham (Century)
2. An Equal Music, by Vikram Seth (Phoenix House)
3. Monsoon, by Wilbur Smith (Macmillan)
4. The Ground Beneath Her Feet, by Salman Rushdie (Cape)
5. Every Dead Thing, by John Connolly (Hodder)
Hardback Non-fiction
1. 44: A Dublin Memoir, by Peter Sheridan (Macmillan)
2. Making Peace, by Senator George Mitchell (Heinemann)
3. Business @ The Speed of Thought, by Bill Gates (Penguin)
4. Ironing the Land, by Kevin O'Connor (Gill & Macmillan)
5. The Whole Woman, by Germaine Greer (Doubleday)
Paperback Fiction
1. About a Boy, by Nick Hornby (Indigo)
2. She's The One, by Cathy Kelly (Poolbeg) 3. The Eleventh Commandment, by Jeffrey Archer (HarperCollins)
4. Charlie, by Leslie Pearse (Picador)
5. A Patchwork Planet, by Ann Tyler (Vintage)
Paperback Non-fiction
1. Anam Cara, by John O'Donoghue (Bantam)
2. Rough Guide to the Internet 1999, by Angus Kennedy (Rough Guides)
3. The Truth About the Irish, by Terry Eagleton (New Island)
4. Family Finance 1999/2000, by Colm Rapple (Squirrel Press)
5. From the Inside, by Tony Flannery (Mercier)
Original Fiction
1. Monsoon, by Wilbur Smith (Macmillan)
2. Others, by James Herbert (Macmillan)
3. Bittersweet, by Danielle Steel (Bantam Press)
4. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King (Hodder)
5. The Testament, by John Grisham (Century)
Hardback Non-fiction
1. Wisden Cricketer's Almanac 1999, ed Matthew Engel (Wisden)
2. The Whole Woman, by Germaine Greer (Doubleday)
3. The Year 1000, by Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger (Little, Brown)
4. Sophie Grigson's Herbs, by Sophie Grigson (BBC)
5. Notes From a Big Country, by Bill Bryson (Doubleday)
Paperback Fiction
1. About a Boy, by Nick Hornby (Indigo)
2. The Lazarus Child, by Robert Mawson (Bantam)
3. The Eleventh Commandment, by Jeffrey Archer (HarperCollins)
4. A Patchwork Planet, by Anne Tyler (Vintage)
5. A Long Finish, by Michael Dibdin (Faber)
Paperback Non-fiction
1. Natwest Playfair Cricket Annual 1999, ed by Bill Frindall (Headline)
2. Birthday Letters, by Ted Hughes (Faber)
3. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, by John Gray (Thorsons)
4. Rough Guide to the Internet 1999, by Angus Kennedy (Rough Guides)
5. Notes From a Small Island, by Bill Bryson (Black Swan)