Tony Blairs memoirs, based on his time as the prime minister, have broken sales records, booksellers have said.
A Journey became Waterstones fastest-selling autobiography ever and shot to the top of Amazons best-seller list.
Mr Blairs account of his time in Downing Street sold more copies on its first day of publication than David Beckham and Russell Brands autobiographies.
It is currently the 12th best-seller in the US and 9th in Canada.
However, readers in France and Germany were not quite as interested, as the book only ranked 366th and 529th respectively.
Although Waterstones refused to disclose precise sales figures, a spokesman said the book had been a "stupendous" and "unprecedented" success.
He added: "Weve never seen a book like this sell so quickly in one day. Its selling in the sort of numbers you dont see outside of mass market fiction with huge appeal - Dan Brown and JK Rowling are the competition here.
The chain said it sold as many copies of A Journey on Wednesday as it did of former business secretary Lord Mandelsons memoirs The Third Man in three weeks.
Official sales figures will not be released until next Tuesday.
The memoirs include Mr Blairs accounts of the Iraq war, the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America and Princess Dianas death.
He also wrote about concerns over the amount he was drinking and of the rift he had with his successor Gordon Brown.
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