Dean Koontz' latest novel Velocity (Bantam) debuts on 3 newspaper lists this week, as high as #4 on the New York Times' hardcover fiction list. We'll track it here even though, based on descriptions and reviews, the book appears to be a non-supernatural thriller, a sub-genre Locus would not normally cover.
J.K. Rowling's forthcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ranks #1 this week on all three Amazon lists.
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
06.12 |
WP
06.05 |
SFC
06.05 |
USAT
05.29 |
PW
06.06
(ch 05.23) |
Amz
(06.07) |
UK:
Amz UK
(06.07) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.07) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.07) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
30x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
10x4 |
100 |
| Hardcovers |
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Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers |
09.13.04 / 37 |
9 + |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Carman, The Dark Hills Divide |
02.06.05 / 14 |
10 + |
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xx |
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Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (UK) |
08.09.04 / 29 |
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57 +4 |
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xxx.. |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception |
04.10.05 / 9 |
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53 -8 |
xx |
56 -14 |
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xxx |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (UK) |
04.10.05 / 9 |
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10 -2 |
1 = |
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Cunningham, Specimen Days |
06.05.05 / 1 |
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37 ++ |
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Funke, Dragon Rider |
08.16.04 / 43 |
2 = |
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xxx.. |
xx |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead as a Doornail |
05.01.05 / 5 |
35 -7 |
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xx |
xxx |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go |
04.10.05 / 9 |
33 -1 |
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8 +1 |
xxx.. |
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xxx |
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18 + |
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Koontz, Velocity |
06.05.05 / 1 |
4 ++ |
8 ++ |
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14 ++ |
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Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia |
11.22.04 / 13 |
xxx.. |
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54 +7 |
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Luceno, The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
04.03.05 / 10 |
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60 -12 |
xxx.. |
x |
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7 ++ |
77 ++ |
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Martin, A Feast for Crows |
02.23.03 / 17 |
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59 -15 |
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12 + |
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Paolini, Eldest |
02.27.05 / 15 |
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19 +1 |
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xx |
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Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment |
04.24.05 / 7 |
1 = |
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x |
xx |
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Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (UK) |
05.03.04 / 19 |
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44 +3 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Pratchett, Thud! (UK) |
05.22.05 / 3 |
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65 +8 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
12.20.04 / 25 |
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1 = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) |
12.27.04 / 24 |
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1 = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) |
12.20.04 / 25 |
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1 = |
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Sage, Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk |
04.03.05 / 10 |
5 -1 |
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xxx.. |
xx |
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Stover, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
03.20.05 / 12 |
10 -3 |
9 -2 |
xxx.. |
31 -10 |
9 + |
x |
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xx |
| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
06.12 |
WP
06.05 |
SFC
06.05 |
USAT
05.29 |
PW
06.06
(ch 05.23) |
Amz
(06.07) |
UK:
Amz UK
(06.07) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.07) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.07) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
04.10.05 / 9 |
32 -12 |
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67 -12 |
15 + |
x |
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Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [tpb] |
03.20.05 / 10 |
27 +6 |
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47 -15 |
7 + |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Armstrong, Haunted |
06.05.05 / 1 |
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62 ++ |
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Funke, Inkheart [tpb] |
05.29.05 / 2 |
7 -2 |
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100 +19 |
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Koontz, The Taking |
05.08.05 / 5 |
3 -2 |
4 -1 |
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12 = |
2 + |
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Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set |
12.21.03 / 3 |
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109 +37 |
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62 -22 |
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Maguire, Wicked [tpb] |
06.15.03 / 81 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
46 +7 |
10 + |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (UK) |
02.13.05 / 16 |
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51 -2 |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] |
05.24.04 / 55 |
35 -5 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
76 -12 |
xx |
53 -10 |
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x |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] |
01.02.05 / 23 |
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20 +4 |
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Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday (UK) |
05.22.05 / 3 |
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29 +2 |
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Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four |
07.20.03 / 32 |
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111 +21 |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Paolini, Eragon [tpb] |
05.08.05 / 5 |
2 = |
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49 -15 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] |
08.11.02 / 123 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
120 -12 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] |
07.05.04 / 49 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
85 -3 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Wrede, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [tpb] |
04.17.05 / 8 |
1 = |
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32 -10 |
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3 = |
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Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] |
02.06.05 / 18 |
xxx.. |
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x |
132 + |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
06.12 |
WP
06.05 |
SFC
06.05 |
USAT
05.29 |
PW
06.06
(ch 05.23) |
Amz
(06.07) |
UK:
Amz UK
(06.07) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.07) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(06.07) |
| 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] |
