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Bestsellers 6 September
Christopher Paolini
Raymond E. Feist
Cornelia Funke
Herbert/H/Anderson
Brian Jacques
S.M. Stirling

Bestsellers 30 August
Christopher Paolini
Bret Easton Ellis
David & Leigh Eddings
Patrick Carman

2005 Archive

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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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posted 13 September 2005

Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, Christopher Paolini's Eldest, and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince continue to rank high on numerous lists. Kostova's book remains at #1 or #2 on the four fiction hardcover lists compiled here. Paolini's book is #1 on the combined USA Today, while Rowling's book is still high on those lists that include it.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
WP
09.11
SFC
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
(ch 09.12)
Amz
(09.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.13)
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.13)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Straken 08.21.05 / 3           55 -23     52 -24
Carman, Beyond The Valley Of Thorns 08.28.05 / 3 2 +1                
Carman, The Dark Hills Divide 02.06.05 / 21 10 +       xxx..        
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception 04.10.05 / 22       x 4 + xxx..     xxx..
Ellis, Lunar Park 08.21.05 / 4 32 -11   6 +4 xx xx xxx      
Feist, Flight of the Nighthawks (UK) 09.04.05 / 2             16 +12    
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 56 8 +     xxx.. 13 + xxx..     xxx..
Gaiman, Anansi Boys 09.11.05 / 1           69 ++      
Gemmell, Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow (UK) 08.21.05 / 4             57 -35    
Hamilton, Judas Unchained (UK) 08.28.05 / 2             44 +    
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK) 02.20.05 / 9             75 +   xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.14.05 / 5           3 +16     13 +40
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) 09.04.05 / 2             42 +36    
Kostova, The Historian 06.12.05 / 14 2 +1 1 +1 2 = 10 -5 1 + 16 -7     36 -16
Kostova, The Historian (UK) 07.03.05 / 10             95 + 6 =  
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 24           56 +     37 +
Martin, A Feast for Crows (UK) 09.04.05 / 2             40 +12    
Paolini, Eldest 02.27.05 / 28 1 =   3 = 1 = 1 ++ 8 -4 5 -1   14 -10
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 94 xxx..     xxx.. 3 + 93 -36     58 +
Pratchett, Thud! 09.11.05 / 1           33 ++      
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.22.05 / 15             10 +1    
Pratchett, Where's My Cow? (UK) 07.03.05 / 6             37 +40    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 39     1 = 5 -3 2 + 2 -1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 37             27 -9 1 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 38                 22 -11
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
WP
09.11
SFC
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
(ch 09.12)
Amz
(09.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.13)
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.13)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Banks, The Algebraist (UK) 07.03.05 / 9             94 +    
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 46       119 +6   xxx..     xxx..
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell [tpb] 09.11.05 / 1       70 ++          
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (UK) [tpb] 09.04.05 / 2           x 21 ++    
Corder, Lionboy [tpb] 11.29.04 / 2 xxx..   2 ++            
Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [tpb] 07.17.05 / 9 7 -4     110 -40 xxx        
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book 1: The Joiner King 08.07.05 / 6 x     138 -44 xx        
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.29.05 / 16 x     xxx.. 9 +        
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Battle of Corrin 09.11.05 / 1       95 ++          
Koontz/Anderson, Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night 07.24.05 / 8 25 -17 xxx   54 -23 xx xxx..      
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 17 2 =     47 -9   50 -16      
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.12.05 / 13 5 =     112 -36          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 95 18 -5 10 -4 4 +3 30 -15 3 + 49 +21     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 69 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 79 -4 xxx.. 47 -1     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.02.05 / 36             46 -23    
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 46       150 -16   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.09.05 / 14             33 -1 6 =  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.08.05 / 19 1 =   8 ++ 13 -3          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 109 -20          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)               xxx.. 10 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 137 xxx..   xxx.. 74 -32          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 07.19.04 / 36             xx 8 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 63 xxx..   xxx.. 49 -19 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 172 xxx..   xxx.. 116 -48          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 96 -43   xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb] 10.20.02 / 26       xxx..   85 -31      
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords 09.11.05 / 1 35 ++     72 ++          
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.06.05 / 32 xxx..   6 -4 xxx          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.18
WP
09.11
SFC
09.11
USAT
09.04
PW
09.12
(ch 09.12)
Amz
(09.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.13)
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.13)
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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