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SFFH on Bestseller Lists: 4 February 2001


Dean Koontz's From the Corner of His Eye remains the strongest genre book on the lists this week (aside from Harry Potter), while the paperback of Thomas Harris's Hannibal is back on several lists in anticipation of the film, opening February 9. Orson Scott Card's Shadow of the Hegemon still ranks this week on four lists.

Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn has finally, after a long run on the BookSense trade paperback list, dropped off.
This cell color indicates ineligible titles, e.g. YA titles excluded from fiction lists, or no paperback lists This cell color indicates stale data; e.g., children's bestseller lists updated only monthly
Title NYT
11 Feb
LAT
4 Feb
SFC
4 Feb
USAT
1 Feb
WP
4 Feb
WSJ
2 Feb
London
Times
4 Feb
PW
5 Feb
BookSense
5 Feb
Amz
(31 Jan)
Amz UK
[4 Feb]
Items compiled/total on list 30 15 15 50 10 10 10 15 15 hc, 5 pb 25 10
Fiction hardcovers
Card, Shadow of the Hegemon 16 -5 x 10 -6 xxx       12 -2 x 3 +1  
Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay   x xxx                
Eddings, The Redemption of Althalus 33 -7                    
Jacques, Lord Brocktree [UK: Sep] xx ch hc 5 = ch           5 -2 ch fic xxx.. ch xxx..  
Jordan, Winter's Heart [US, UK: Nov] 25 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xx xxx xxx x xx
Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye 3 -1 1 = xx 38 -10 9 -6 6   3 -1 11 +1 8 +1  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Indwelling 32 -13 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   19 +  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Mark [US Nov] 6 +6 xx   xxx xxx.. xx   x xxx.. 9 +  
Martin, A Storm of Swords [US: Oct] xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. x  
Pratchett, The Truth [UK: 9 Nov; US 7 Nov] xxx..           6 -1       5 =
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass [US: Oct; UK: Nov] 8 -2 ch hc   xxx xxx..   xxx..   1 = ch fic x ch    
Rice, Merrick [US: Oct; UK: Oct] xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. x  
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban 1 = ch hc x ch 2 = 13 -2   3 3 ch hc 1 = ch series 3 = ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire US UK 2 = ch hc x ch 5 = 14 =   4 1 = ch hc 1 = ch series 4 +1 ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets 4 = ch hc 4 -3 ch x xxx..   x 4 ch hc 1 = ch series xxx.. ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 3 = ch hc   xxx     x 2 ch hc 1 = ch series xxx.. ch    
Fiction paperbacks
Card, Ender's Game               xxx..   23 +  
Card, Ender's Shadow xxx             xxx.. xxx.. 17 -3  
Crichton, Timeline 16 -3     28 -2 x   xxx x 4 +1 11 -2  
Harris, Hannibal 4 = 9 +   5 -1 7 +   xxx.. 2 =      
Herbert, Dune                   xx  
Koontz, False Memory 10 =     21 -4 xx     8 =   xx  
Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn [tpb]   xxx..             x tpb    
Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant [UK]             xxx..       xxx
Pullman, The Golden Compass               3 ch fic      
Pullman, The Subtle Knife               4 ch fic   x  
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets [US pb 15 Aug] 2 = ch pb   x 8 -2       1 = ch series 2 = ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 1 = ch pb 8 -6 ch x 7 -2       1 = ch series 1 = ch    
Sachar, Holes 3 = ch pb     xxx..       2 = ch fic x ch    
Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR                   13 +7  
Nonfiction
King, On Writing 16 -5 5 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx xxx.. 19 +3  
  NYT LAT SFC USAT WP WSJ London PW BookSense Amz Amz UK

The table compiles SFFH books placing 15th or higher on general bestseller lists (30th or higher on the combined USA Today list). The current rank of each book and the change since last week are shown, where:
   = same as last week
   + or - with number: difference since last week
   + back on list
   ++ new on list
   x no longer on list (number of x's: weeks off list)
   () below cut-off but noted anyway
   -- previously noted anyway but now nowhere in sight
   nyp Not-yet-published (pre-ordered)

Columns show ranks on lists from, respectively, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, London Times, Publishers Weekly, BookSense, Amazon.com (fiction lists), and Amazon UK (fiction lists). 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. Some books are on separate general [nonfiction] lists (gen), children's lists (ch), trade paperback lists (tpb), or mass market paperback lists (mm), as indicated.  

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