Dan Brown's Lost Symbol tops Christmas book chart

Dan Brown's follow-up to The Da Vinci Code has topped the book charts for Christmas.

The Lost Symbol was the best-selling book for the week ending 19 December and takes the top spot for Christmas, bookseller Waterstone's said.

The thriller, again featuring Harvard "symbologist" Robert Langdon, hit the shelves in September with a UK first print run of a million copies.

Brown faced competition from Guinness World Records 2010, which was number one the week before, and Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse, the third book in her Twilight saga.

Meyer also takes the number four slot with Twilight itself.