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Anne Bishop
Jim Butcher
R.A. Salvatore
Joe Abercrombie

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Kim Harrison
Karen Traviss
Lynsay Sands

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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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March
 
SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 25 March 2008

No outstanding debuts this week. The most prominent genre books on multiple general lists remain Stephen King's Duma Key, in its 13th week on this chart, and Kim Harrison's The Outlaw Demon Wails, in its 6th week. Perhaps more significant is Cormac McCarthy's The Road, in its 51st week just in its trade paperback edition.

Noticeable developments include the first appearance on Amazon UK's list of a new Philip Pullman short novel in the "His Dark Materials" universe, Once Upon a Time in the North, ranking #16 today; the book goes on sale April 3rd. And with Terry Pratchett in the news, Amazon UK ranks paperback editions of a couple of his early novels, with The Colour of Magic placing #33 on today's list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.30
WP
03.23
SFC
03.23
USAT
03.16
PW
03.24
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(03.25)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.25)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.25)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (UK) 07.17.07 / 6             82 -7  
Armstrong, Personal Demon (UK) 03.25.08 / 1             50 ++  
Banks, Matter (UK) 01.08.08 / 12             31 +4  
Butcher, Small Favor 03.18.08 / 2           49 +33   x
Feist, Wrath of a Mad God (UK) 02.26.08 / 5             58 -14  
Harrison, The Outlaw Demon Wails 02.19.08 / 6 13 -3 xx xx 92 -42 12 -5 xx   xxx..
King, Duma Key 01.01.08 / 13 14 -1 xx xxx.. 90 -32 13 +1 90 -4   94 -67
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 02.12.08 / 7           11 -1   46 -15
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 33       22 +10 xxx.. 29 +7   xxx..
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 33       20 +5 xxx.. 26 +4   xxx..
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 10           14 -6 64 -19 43 +4
Patterson, The Final Warning: A Maximum Ride Novel 03.18.08 / 2           36 -14    
Pullman, Once Upon a Time in the North (UK) 03.25.08 / 1             16 ++  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 60     xxx.. xxx xxx.. 42 -1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 65             81 +12  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 60               96 -36
Salvatore, The Ancient 03.18.08 / 2 24 +3              
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 39 6 =     xxx xxx.. xx    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.30
WP
03.23
SFC
03.23
USAT
03.16
PW
03.24
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(03.25)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.25)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.25)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Abercrombie, The Last Argument of Kings (UK) 03.18.08 / 2             19 -9  
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 203 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 125 -9 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 51 13 = xxx.. 10 + 75 -4 xxx.. 53 +3 69 -21 16 -3
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 33       11 +5 xxx.. 41 +13 72 -13 xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 133             88 +  
Pratchett, The Colour of Magic (UK) 03.25.08 / 1             33 ++  
Pullman, His Dark Materials Gift Set (UK) 08.02.04 / 26             56 -3 x
Sands, Vampire, Interrupted 03.11.08 / 3 21 -9     123 -62 x      
Traviss, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Revelation 03.11.08 / 3 6 = xx   63 -27 6 -4      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.30
WP
03.23
SFC
03.23
USAT
03.16
PW
03.24
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(03.25)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.25)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.25)
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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