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The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change 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. 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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July
 
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posted 26 July 2005

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince debuts at #1 on 2 print lists this week -- from San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today; it hasn't yet appeared on the lists from New York Times (which will rank it on its children's list only), Publishers Weekly (ditto), or Washington Post. It continues to rank #1 on the 4 online bookseller lists compiled here (including Australian Dymocks, on its children's list), as it has for several months.

Publication of the new book has boosted sales of the earlier Harry Potter books. Oddly, Amazon US and Amazon Canada show boosted sales of hardcover editions, while USA Today and Amazon UK have paperback editions returning to their lists.

In other news, Origin in Death, the latest of J.D. Robb's series of near-future crime thrillers, debuts on 4 print lists this week. Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian continues to rank high on all lists -- no lower than #11.

(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
07.31
WP
07.24
SFC
07.24
USAT
07.17
PW
07.25
(ch 07.11)
Amz
(07.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.26)
Australia:
Dymocks
(07.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.26)
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 / 44 10 -2     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..      
Carman, The Dark Hills Divide 02.06.05 / 20 9 =       xxx..        
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception 04.10.05 / 16       45 +10 x x     xx
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (UK) 04.10.05 / 16             68 -28 10 =  
Cunningham, Specimen Days 06.05.05 / 8 xxx   9 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..      
Davidson, Undead and Unappreciated 07.03.05 / 3 30 -13     x x xxx     xxx
Fforde, The Big Over Easy (UK) 07.24.05 / 1             23 ++    
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 50 1 +1     xxx.. x xxx..     xxx..
Hobb, Shaman's Crossing (UK) 06.26.05 / 5             50 -11 5 =  
Koontz, Velocity 06.05.05 / 8 20 -2 xxx..   x xx xxx..      
Kostova, The Historian 06.12.05 / 7 2 = 2 -1 3 -2 7 -3 2 -1 11 -3     4 +13
Kostova, The Historian (UK) 07.03.05 / 4             11 -3 3 =  
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 21           xxx..     12 +24
Paolini, Eldest 02.27.05 / 22           14 -4 84 -12   27 +
Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment 04.24.05 / 14 2 -1     xxx.. x        
Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (UK) 07.03.05 / 3             91 +    
Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (UK) 05.03.04 / 26             95 -35 xxx.. xxx..
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.22.05 / 9             72 +    
Robb, Origin in Death 07.10.05 / 3 5 ++ 3 ++   12 ++ 6 ++ x     87 -34
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets   xxx..         44 -20      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CANADA) 07.17.05 / 2                 43 -17
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 01.17.00 / 36 xxx..         48 -23      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 32     1 ++ 1 ++   1 =      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 31             1 = 1 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 32                 1 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 94 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 19 -7      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (CANADA) 07.13.03 / 3                 29 -13
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban   xxx..         68 -33      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (CANADA) 07.17.05 / 2                 30 +16
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone   xxx..         28 -12      
Sage, Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk 04.03.05 / 17 3 +3     xxx.. x        
Twelve Hawks, The Traveler 06.26.05 / 5 22 -7 x   115 -32 x x     x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
07.31
WP
07.24
SFC
07.24
USAT
07.17
PW
07.25
(ch 07.11)
Amz
(07.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.26)
Australia:
Dymocks
(07.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.26)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Banks, The Algebraist (UK) 07.03.05 / 4             53 +24    
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 39       104 -4   xxx..     xxx..
Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [tpb] 07.17.05 / 2 1 =     11 +10          
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.29.05 / 9 8 =     xx x        
Harrison, Every Which Way But Dead 06.19.05 / 6 27 +1     68 -30 12 = xxx xxx..   xxx..
Koontz/Anderson, Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night 07.24.05 / 1           75 ++      
Koontz, The Taking 05.08.05 / 12 xxx xxx..   132 -30 xxx        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 10 3 =     62 +6   42 +5      
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.12.05 / 6 5 +1     66 -2          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 88 23 +6   xxx.. 42 = 9 = 83 +10     xxx..
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas [tpb] 09.27.04 / 7     xxx..     xxx.. 80 +19    
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 62 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 101 +2 xxx.. 55 +1     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.02.05 / 30             6 +1    
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 32       147 -14         xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 39       95 -5   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.08.05 / 12 2 =     49 +11          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 39 +          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)               71 ++ xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (CANADA) 07.06.03 / 10                 42 +14
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 130 xxx..   xxx.. 18 +52          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 07.19.04 / 30             49 -12 3 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA) 08.09.04 / 13                 15 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 56 xxx..   xxx.. 8 +33 xxx.. 60 -18      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)               76 -41 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 166 xxx..   xxx.. 41 +          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 15 +103   x      
Wells, The War of the Worlds [tpb] 06.19.05 / 5             55 +16    
Wrede, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [tpb] 04.17.05 / 15 6 -1     x       xx  
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.06.05 / 25 xxx..   4 +1 xxx          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
07.31
WP
07.24
SFC
07.24
USAT
07.17
PW
07.25
(ch 07.11)
Amz
(07.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.26)
Australia:
Dymocks
(07.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.26)
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]
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