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12.21
12.14
12.07
11.30
11.23
11.16
11.09
11.02
10.26
10.19
10.12
10.05
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09.21
09.14
09.07
08.31
08.24
08.17
08.10
08.03
07.27
07.20
07.13
07.06
06.29
06.22
06.15
06.08
06.01
05.25
05.18
05.11
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04.20
04.13
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The table compiles selected SFFH books placing on general bestseller lists.
See #Key below.

from LOCUS Magazine

Bestseller lists compiled from sales at specialty stores:

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SFFH on General Lists
28 December 2003


Pre-publication orders for Robert Jordan's new Wheel of Time novel, New Spring (Tor), rank it on two Amazon lists this week. It goes on sale January 6.

Philip Pullman's three His Dark Materials volumes rank in the top 4 on BookScan's children's list this week. Belatedly added to this chart are two books ranking further down on BookScan's fiction list: the paperback of Michael Gerber's Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody, and another parody by A.R.R.R. Roberts [aka Adam Roberts] called The Soddit, or, Cashing in Again (Gollancz).

Three lists haven't been updated this week due to holiday breaks.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.04
SFC
12.28
WP
12.21
USAT
12.23
PW
12.22
(ch 12.01)
Book
Sense

12.29
Amz
(12.29)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
12.20
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.29)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 30x3 10x4 150 15x5 15x6 100 25x3 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Fisher, The Return of The King Visual Companion 11.16.03 / 7 29 +3     123 +     52 +12     xxx..
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 12 5 -1     116 -8   3 +1 x     xx
Jordan, New Spring 12.28.03 / 1             61 ++     21 ++
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 05.25.03 / 27 5 = xxx..   19 -4 [ 5 ] 10 -1 36 +11     46 -3
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (UK) 11.16.03 / 7               46 -5    
Koontz, Odd Thomas 12.14.03 / 3 7 -1     26 +2 [ 10 ]   46 +38      
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife 10.12.03 / 12 31 -1     xxx..   14 -2 42 -23      
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 17 2 =     16 -5   1 = 39 -13     xxx..
Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment (UK) 10.05.03 / 13               18 -11   xxx..
Pullman, Lyra's Oxford (UK) 11.16.03 / 7               8 -4    
Rice, Blood Canticle 10.12.03 / 12 19 = 10 +   92 =   xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Roberts, The Soddit, or, Cashing in Again (UK) 12.21.03 / 2               36 +6    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 46 1 = xxx..   8 -3   4 + 50 -26      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 27               7 = [ 5 ]  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Adult Edition (CANADA) 07.06.03 / 11                   24 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban   9 +           xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone   7 +3           xxx..      
Russell, The Art of The Return of the King 12.28.03 / 1             38 ++      
Salvatore, The Lone Drow 08.31.03 / 12 35 -1     xxx   xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand 12.07.03 / 4 xxx         9 +2       x
Tolkien, The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition) 12.21.03 / 2             22 -4      
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Leatherette Collector's Edition) 12.21.03 / 2             20 -12      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.04
SFC
12.28
WP
12.21
USAT
12.23
PW
12.22
(ch 12.01)
Book
Sense

12.29
Amz
(12.29)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
12.20
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.29)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Colfer, Artemis Fowl 05.19.02 / 61 xxx..     xxx..   13 =       xxx..
Crichton, Prey 11.23.03 / 6 7 -3   [ 10 ] 29 -6 [ 4 ] 4 -1       xxx
Crichton, Timeline [tpb] 11.16.03 / 7 25 -2     106 -30 [ 14 ] xxx        
Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth [tpb] 01.19.03 / 2             86 +      
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 14 8 +1     126 +7   5 -2       xxx..
Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (UK) 12.21.03 / 2               31 +3    
Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight 12.07.03 / 4 23 +2     80 -23 [ 9 ] 10 -4       xx
King, From a Buick 8 12.07.03 / 4 6 =     28 -4 [ 6 ]          
Koontz, By the Light of the Moon 11.16.03 / 7 12 -2     35 = [ 8 ]          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 6 27 +3 xxx..   86 +28     xxx..      
Nylund, Halo: First Strike 12.14.03 / 3 34 -3     101 -27 [ 15 ]          
Pratchett, Night Watch (UK) 10.05.03 / 13               34 -2    
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (UK)             xxx..   4 +5    
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)             xxx..   1 +4    
Pullman, The Subtle Knife (UK)                 3 +5    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK)                 46 +    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   5 +2 xxx..   xxx   xxx..        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)                 21 +4    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 73 1 = xxx..   91 -12   xx        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)                 44 +    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)                 25 +    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 133 3 = xxx..   104 -20   14 +1        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   6 -1 xxx..   124 -8   12 =        
Smith, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare [tpb] 11.16.03 / 7 3 +3     60 +15           9 ++
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Box Set 02.23.03 / 17       84 +56     15 +2 xxx..    
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings [tpb]         126 +   20 +        
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Box Set         xxx..   xxx..       53 -38
Tolkien, The Return of the King   17 +15     95 +   xxx..   xxx..    
Tolkien, The Silmarillion         76 +     87 +      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.04
SFC
12.28
WP
12.21
USAT
12.23
PW
12.22
(ch 12.01)
Book
Sense

12.29
Amz
(12.29)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
12.20
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.29)
This cell color indicates rankings on children's bestsellers lists This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales [Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data -- rankings from one or more weeks before -- and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

Key:
The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:
   =    same as last week
   + or - with number:    difference since last week
   +    back on list
   ++    new on list
   x    no longer on list (number of x's: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats, and BookScan, which combines hardcovers and paperbacks within lists for fiction, nonfiction, and children's. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.  



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