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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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October
 
SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 1 November 2005

Robert Jordan's Knife of Dreams slips a bit, but still ranks #2 on three of the five print lists compiled here, and remains in the top 10 on the other two.

This is the last week before the US edition of George R.R. Martin's A Feast for Crows goes on sale (a week from today); the book has already ranked on Amazon lists for 31 weeks, on and off, since February of 2003.

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

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.06
WP
10.30
SFC
10.30
USAT
10.23
PW
10.31
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(11.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.01)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.01)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Straken 08.23.05 / 10 29 -4 xxx..   xx xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 63 8 -2     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 7 2 =     64 -8 xx 74 -15     xx
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes 10.11.05 / 4 10 -4 x x 33 -13 7 -3 59 -10     22 -11
Gaiman, Anansi Boys 09.13.05 / 8 22 -3 xxx 8 -2 x xx xxx     81 +
Hamilton, Judas Unchained (UK) 08.30.05 / 9             57 -26    
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.16.05 / 12 2 -1 2 -1 7 -5 4 -2 2 -1 28 -7     7 +13
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) 09.06.05 / 9             35 -19 x  
Kostova, The Historian 06.14.05 / 21 18 -8 xxx.. xxx.. 117 -12 x 51 +1     xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch 09.20.05 / 7 7 = 10 -2 3 = 29 -6 5 +1 54 +41     xx
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 31           19 +13     8 +31
Martin, A Feast for Crows (UK) 09.06.05 / 9             21 -6 x  
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 35 1 =   x 10 = xx 46 -8 40 -12   xx
Pratchett, Thud! 09.13.05 / 8 35 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx..      
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.24.05 / 22             10 -5 x xx
Pratchett, Where's My Cow? (UK) 07.05.05 / 13             70 -30   xx
Reynolds, Pushing Ice (UK) 11.01.05 / 1             46 ++    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 46     xx 21 -12 xx 15 +5      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 44             43 +3 x  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 44                 66 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.06
WP
10.30
SFC
10.30
USAT
10.23
PW
10.31
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(11.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.01)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.01)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book II: The Unseen Queen 10.11.05 / 4 35 +     93 -23 x        
DuPrau, The City of Ember [tpb] 06.28.04 / 27 8 +       xxx..        
Espenson, Finding Serenity : Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly [tpb] 11.01.05 / 1                 71 ++
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 20 7 +1     xxx.. xx        
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (UK) [tpb] 10.11.05 / 4             67 -14 x  
King, The Colorado Kid 10.18.05 / 3 6 -1 x   14 -9 2 -1        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 24 1 =     35 -1   37 +4     57 ++
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.14.05 / 20 3 +3     24 +16          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 102 8 +3 5 +2 6 -1 13 = 3 -1 41 -5     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 76 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. 87 -1     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 43             9 +2    
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 26 2 =   xxx.. 30 =          
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 10.04.05 / 5             27 -10    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 144 xxx..   xxx.. 103 +3          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 70 xxx..   xxx.. 129 -7 xxx.. xxx..      
Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion [tpb] 10.04.05 / 2           xxx..     27 +
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.08.05 / 38 xxx..   8 + xxx..          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.06
WP
10.30
SFC
10.30
USAT
10.23
PW
10.31
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(11.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.01)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.01)
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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