HIT PARADE FOR OCTOBER (CFZ PRESS/FORTEAN WORDS)

UK


1. The Universe next Door by Judge Smith (2)
2. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (3)

3=. Dragons: More than a Myth by Richard Freeman (-)

3=. Monster! by Neil Arnold (-)
5=. Dark Dorset: Calendar Customs by Robert Newland (-)
5=. Haunted Skies Volume Five by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
5=. A Daintree Diary by Carl Portman (-)
5=. The Mystery Animals of the British Isles: London by Neil Arnold (-)

5=. The Inhumanoids by Bart Nunnelly (-)

5=. Sea Serpent Carcasses: Scotland by Glen Vaudrey (7)

US

1. Orang Pendek: Sumatra's Forgotten Ape by Richard Freeman (-)
2. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (3)
3=. The Journal of Cryptozoology Volume One edited by Karl Shuker (7)
3=. Big Bird by Ken Gerhard (5)
5. Monsters of Texas by Ken Gerhard and Nick Redfern (2)
6. Those Amazing Newfoundland Dogs by Jan Bondeson (-)
7. Tetrapod Zoology Book One by Darren Naish (-)
8=. A Daintree Diary by Carl Portman (-)
8=. Wildman by Nick Redfern (-)
8=. Extraordinary Animals Revisited by Karl Shuker (5)

Last month's positions in this pinky colour, which I think is called cerise. Sales in the US were about normal, but in the UK they were terrible - possibly the worst October ever. Hopefully they will improve as we approach what is euphemistically known as the "Festive Season"....