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Bestsellers 13 Dec
Michael Crichton
Dean Koontz

Bestsellers 6 Dec
Sean Stewart



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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
21 December 2004


A day after news that J.K. Rowling delivered the manuscript of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to her publishers, who have in turn scheduled it for release on July 16, 2005, the book ranks #1 on both the American and Canadian Amazon sites. (It's not ranked on the UK Amazon.) Scholastic apparently hasn't assigned it an ISBN yet; Amazon is tracking it with a product id code. And of course, no cover images are yet available.

Meanwhile, Michael Crichton's State of Fear (HarperCollins) debuts strongly on the 5 published lists compiled here, as high as #1 at Washington Post. And Dean Koontz's Life Expectancy (Bantam) debuts on 3 of the published lists, as high as #8 at New York Times.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.26
WP
12.19
SFC
12.19
USAT
12.12
PW
12.20
(ch 12.01)
Amz
(12.21)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.21)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.21)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.21)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers 09.13.04 / 15 6 +1     xxx.. 5 + xxx..      
Chabon, The Final Solution 11.15.04 / 6 xxx   4 +4     99 +      
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 08.02.04 / 21 19 +2 xxx.. xxx.. 107 +18 xxx.. 34 +7      
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (UK) 08.09.04 / 20             7 +4   20 -3
Crichton, State of Fear 12.13.04 / 2 3 ++ 1 ++ 3 ++ 5 ++ 3 ++ 4 -2     9 -4
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 19 2 -1     90 -4 1 + xx     x
Funke, The Dragon Rider (AUS) 10.18.04 / 9               9 =  
Jacques, Rakkety Tam 09.06.04 / 9 xxx..     xxx.. 10 + xxx..      
King, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 03.22.04 / 38 30 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 78 -5     xx
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 06.07.04 / 28 22 +1 xxx.. xxx.. 99 +3 xxx 72 -4     xxx
Koontz, Life Expectancy 12.13.04 / 2 8 ++     31 ++ 10 ++ x      
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia 11.22.04 / 4 9 -1                
Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror 11.08.04 / 7 20 +2   xxx.. 110 +24          
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 68 1 +1     75 +10 2 + xxx..     x
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 08.16.04 / 19             40 -17 xxx.. xxx..
Pullman, The Scarecrow and His Servant (UK) 11.08.04 / 7             31 +9    
Roth, The Plot Against America 09.20.04 / 14 14 = xxx 1 +1 68 +3 15 -1 9 +1     87 -72
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 1           1 ++      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 1                 1 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 87 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 79 +      
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords 10.11.04 / 10 xx xxx..   xxx xxx.. xxx..     85 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.26
WP
12.19
SFC
12.19
USAT
12.12
PW
12.20
(ch 12.01)
Amz
(12.21)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.21)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.21)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.21)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Barker, Abarat 10.04.04 / 7 10 =                
Brennan, Faerie Wars [tpb] 09.27.04 / 5 xxx..       8 +        
Crichton, State of Fear (AUSTRALIA) [tpb] 12.13.04 / 2               8 =  
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 54 7 =     xxx.. xxx..       xxx..
Koontz, Odd Thomas 11.08.04 / 7 12 -1     55 -14 11 -3       xxx..
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 57 xxx..   xxx.. 95 -3 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (CANADA) [tpb] 08.23.04 / 11                 94 -61
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 31 14 +9 10 ++ x 41 +12 6 -1 48 -2     xx
Rodda, Deltora Quest Series 3, Book 4: Sister of the South (AUSTRALIA) 10.18.04 / 10               6 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 25 xxx..   xxx.. 64 +4 xxx.. xxx..      
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand [tpb] 08.16.04 / 15 9 -1       xxx..        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.26
WP
12.19
SFC
12.19
USAT
12.12
PW
12.20
(ch 12.01)
Amz
(12.21)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.21)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.21)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.21)
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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