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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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Locus Bestsellers, compiled from sales at specialty stores:
January
 
SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 31 January 2006

As has been true for several weeks, there's little strong presence of SF/F/H books on the general bestsellers lists, though titles by Jordan, Koontz, Kostova, Maguire, Martin, and Rowling hold on on one list or another months after their debuts. Stephen King's Cell is poised to debut on print lists next week. Meanwhile, Kenneth Oppel's Skybreaker (Eos), debuts on the NY Times' children's chapter book list at #10 this week.

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

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.05
WP
01.29
SFC
01.29
USAT
01.22
PW
01.30
(ch 01.16)
Amz
(01.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.31)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Bakker, The Warrior-Prophet (CANADA) 06.28.04 / 8                 71 +
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 75 8 +     xxx.. xx xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 20 4 =     xxx xx xxx..     xxx..
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK) 02.22.05 / 21             47 -13   xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.16.05 / 25 29 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
King, Cell 12.13.05 / 8           3 =     7 -4
Koontz, Forever Odd 11.29.05 / 10 21 -6 xxx..   xx xxx xxx..      
Kostova, The Historian 06.14.05 / 34 27 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch 09.20.05 / 20 24 -5 xxx.. 9 + xxx xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 44 35 -8 xxx.. xxx xxx xxx.. xxx..     69 -13
Oppel, Skybreaker 01.31.06 / 1 10 ++                
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 48 2 -1   xx 49 +8 xx 93 + xxx..   xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 59     xxx.. 78 -10 xx 24 +7      
Stroud, Ptolemy's Gate 12.27.05 / 6       91 -7 xx 88 -1     52 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.05
WP
01.29
SFC
01.29
USAT
01.22
PW
01.30
(ch 01.16)
Amz
(01.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear 11.08.05 / 13 21 -3 xxx..   39 +2 8 =       xxx..
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book III: The Swarm War 01.10.06 / 4 x     92 -33 x        
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 33 5 -1     xxx.. xx        
Goodkind, Chainfire 12.13.05 / 8 xxx     150 -8 xxx..        
Koontz, Life Expectancy 11.08.05 / 13 34 + xxx..   133 -5 xxx..        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 37 1 =     7 -2   22 +1     xxx..
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.14.05 / 33 2 =     9 =          
Lewis, The Magician's Nephew 11.29.05 / 10       125 -22          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 115 13 -2 6 + xxx.. 17 = 6 -2 63 -5     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 84 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 79 +7     20 +8
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 56             7 -3    
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 39 3 =   xxx.. 81 +1          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 83 xxx..   xxx.. 99 +2 xxx.. xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.05
WP
01.29
SFC
01.29
USAT
01.22
PW
01.30
(ch 01.16)
Amz
(01.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.31)
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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