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19 May 2002


Jean Auel's The Shelters of Stone extends its dominance this week, debuting on four additional lists, including both UK lists, and ranking at #1 on all but one list. (That one list, BookSense, has not been updated for a second week in a row.)

New on the lists is Douglas Adams's The Salmon of Doubt, ranking high in the UK and in San Francisco, running-up in New York.

Also new in the UK is the second Science of Discworld book by Terry Pratchett and collaborators; it debuts in the top five on both UK lists, while the paperback of Pratchett's Thief of Time debuts on both UK paperback lists.

Title NYT
5.26
LAT
5.19
SFC
5.19
USAT
5.16
WP
5.19
WSJ
5.17
London
Times
5.19
PW
5.20
Book
Sense

5.06
stale
Amz
(5.19)
Amz UK
(5.19)
Items compiled from each list 30 15 15 50 10 10 10 15 15 hc, 5 pb 25 10
Hardcovers
Adams, The Salmon of Doubt 26 ++   7 ++       4 ++       5 ++
Auel, The Shelters of Stone 1 = 4 +3 1 +1 1 = 1 ++ 1 = 1 ++ 1 =   1 ++ 1 ++
Bisson, Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive xx                    
Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity 34 -9                 13 +1  
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident 2 +3                    
Gemmell, Stormrider             x       xxx
Harvard, Bored of the Rings             x       xxx.. (nf)
King, Everything's Eventual 8 = 8 +2   24 +4 xx 8 = x 9 -2 x 7 +1 6 -2
Pratchett/Stewart, The Science of Discworld II: The Globe             4 ++ gen       5 ++ (nf)
Reynolds, Sw: ATOC: Visual Dictionary       xx   14 -4   14 -2     6 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire 3 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx   -- 6 +2    
Salvatore, SW2: Attack of the Clones 3 = 7 +4 xx 8 -6 x 4 -2 3 +5 4 -2 7 ++ 10 -6 3 -2
Vax, The Art of Star Wars Episode 2... 26 -4 (nf)                    
Trade Paperbacks
Hearn, SW Episode II: The Illustrated Companion             xx        
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban 2 = xxx.. xxx.. xx     x   1 +2    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets 3 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx     x -- 7 -2    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 4 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     x -- x    
Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR                 xxx.. 18 -2  
Wallace, SW New Essential Guide to Characters 26 -11 (nf)                    
Mass Market Paperbacks
Allston, The New Jedi Order: Rebel Dream xx     xxx       xx   xx  
Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear                   24 ++  
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451   3 -1                  
Colfer, Artemis Fowl 7 ++                    
Gaiman, American Gods 31 +4     35 +10       10 ++      
Keel, The Mothman Prophecies xx (nf)     xxx..           xxx..  
Pratchett, Thief of Time             5 ++       4 ++
Reardon, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer 14 +1     38 -5       9 +2      
Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR       xxx..           23 -9  
Wrede, SW 2: Attack of the Clones 1 =     25 -11              
  NYT LAT SFC USAT WP WSJ London PW Book
Sense
Amz Amz UK
This cell color indicates rankings on children's bestsellers lists Italics indicates stale data -- rankings from one or more weeks before

The table compiles SFFH books placing on general bestseller lists. The table shows 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)

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.

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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