A witch, a policeman, a serial killer and a mermaid all walk into a bar. In outer space.

Welcome to our Top 10 chart for the week ending May 24, 2013. There’s been a lot of movement this past week – not that you’d know it from looking at the top: Dathan Auerbach’s Penpal and MW Duncan’s Only The Dead stay rooted in first and second places for yet another week. Remember, chart positions are determined wholly by unique page views – or, in less techy speak, the books that have excited our readers the most.

Position			Buy	Last week
1		Penpal by Dathan Auerbach Penpal is a horror story about a man trying to make sense of some traumatic events from his childhood.	Amazon (US, UK)
2		Only The Dead by MW Duncan Sent to train Liberian rebels to fight a corrupt government, Mark finds himself in the midst of chaos when the war erupts around him.	Amazon(US,UK)
3		The Human Algorithm by S T Ovrecash.  The future of earth has been shaped by the lowering cost of electronic devices and the pervasiveness of the internet.  So much that even governments have been replaced by a computer program known as AMO (the algorithm of mass opinion).	Amazon(US,UK)
4		Immortal Passion by Lilian Roberts is the saga of a mortal woman, Arielle Lloyd, and her immortal lover, Sebastian Gaulle.	Amazon (US, UK)
5		The Drowning World by Brenda Peterson is set in a future of rising seas, Flood Lands, and tells the story of an impossible romance.	Amazon(US,UK)
6		The Phoenix Conspiracy Series, by Richard L Sanders, is a space-opera/mystery about an intelligence operative who is racing against all odds to unravel a conspiracy deeply entrenched within his own government	Amazon (US, UK)
7		Lustmord by Kirk AlexCecil O. Biggs, the baddie in this tale is a jack of many trades, master of one: dismembering his victims. He’s a man of the cloth by day, sexual predator by night.	Amazon (US, UK)
8		The McCarthys of Gansett Island Series is about a family that owns a marina and hotel on a fictional version of Block Island, Rhode Island. The stories incorporate the five McCarthy siblings and their parents as well as their wide circle of friends and extended family.	Amazon(US,UK)
9		Police, Crime & 999 by John Donoghue are hilarious anecdotes from an front-line police officer	Amazon (US, UK)
10		FUNNY TRAGIC CRAZY MAGIC by Sheena Boekweg is about Larissa Alvarez, a sixteen generation witch who only wants to be normal.	Amazon (US, UK)