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Bestsellers 23 Aug
China Miéville
Herbert & Anderson
D.J. MacHale

Bestsellers 16 Aug
Jasper Fforde
Harry Turtledove
Karen Marie Moning
J.D. Robb
Jim Butcher



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The table compiles selected SFFH books placing on general bestseller lists.
See #Key below.

from LOCUS Magazine

Bestseller lists compiled from sales at specialty stores:

September

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SFFH on General Lists
31 August 2004


Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson's latest Dune novel, The Battle of Corrin (Tor), debuts on 5 US lists this week, and 1 UK list; as high as #6 in San Francisco.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.05
WP
08.29
SFC
08.29
USAT
08.22
PW
08.30
(ch 08.01)
Book
Sense

08.24
Amz
(08.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(08.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.31)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 15x6 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Bakker, The Warrior-Prophet (CANADA) 06.28.04 / 7                   27 +29
Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil 08.23.04 / 2             21 =      
Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil (UK) 08.30.04 / 1               42 ++    
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 08.02.04 / 5             9 +18      
Feist, Exile's Return (UK) 08.23.04 / 2               20 +46    
Fforde, Something Rotten 08.09.04 / 4 25 -2   8 ++ x   11 + xxx      
Fowler, The Jane Austen Book Club 05.03.04 / 18 21 -5 xxx.. 3 +4 x xx 6 + xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 3 1 +6     70 ++   9 +        
Hamilton, Incubus Dreams 08.30.04 / 1             67 ++      
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Battle of Corrin 08.09.04 / 4 10 ++ 7 ++ 6 ++ 32 ++ 6 ++   65 -24     6 +
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Battle of Corrin (UK) 08.30.04 / 1               30 ++    
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 05.25.03 / 50 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     60 +
King, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 03.22.04 / 22 16 -4 xxx.. xxx.. 116 -6 x xxx.. 83 -4     x
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 06.07.04 / 12             13 +2     4 +
Moning, The Immortal Highlander 08.16.04 / 3 31 -14     x            
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 52 2 -1     80 +2 xx 2 + xxx..     xxx..
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 08.16.04 / 3               31 =    
Robb, Visions in Death 08.02.04 / 5 9 -5 x   52 -25 10 -4   xxx     x
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 01.17.00 / 31 xxx..         6 + xxx..      
Stewart/Riddell, Beyond the Deepwoods 07.05.04 / 9 x     xxx.. xx 7 +        
Stroud, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two: Golem's Eye 08.30.04 / 1             85 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.05
WP
08.29
SFC
08.29
USAT
08.22
PW
08.30
(ch 08.01)
Book
Sense

08.24
Amz
(08.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(08.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Asimov, I, Robot (UK) 08.02.04 / 4               62 -12    
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 26       94 +1   xxx xxx..     xxx..
Britain, First Rider's Call 08.16.04 / 3       150 -14            
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (UK) [tpb] 08.09.04 / 4                   11 +4
Colfer, The Supernaturalist (AUSTRALIA) 08.16.04 / 3                 2 -1  
Davidson, Undead and Unemployed 08.30.04 / 1       148 ++            
DuPrau, The City of Ember [tpb] 06.28.04 / 3           15 +        
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 39 xx     xxx.. xxx.. 8 +       xxx..
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Machine Crusade 08.16.04 / 3       75 =            
MacHale, Pendragon Book Five: Blackwater [tpb] 08.09.04 / 4 3 +1     xx   4 +        
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 41 xxx..   xxx.. 34 -1 xxx..   xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 15 18 +2   xxx 29 +1 6 +1 5 + 37 +2      
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 22       100 +26           xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 25       98 +15   xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Rodda, Deltora Quest Series 3, Book 3: Isle of the Dead (AUSTRALIA) 05.24.04 / 13                 9 +  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   9 -3   xxx.. xxx..   xxx        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 107 2 =   xxx.. 97 -1   xx        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 07.19.04 / 7               x 1 +1  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA) 08.09.04 / 3                   9 +5
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 9 1 =   x 1 =     88 +      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 162 7 +3   xxx.. xxx..   xxx        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   6 +3   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.05
WP
08.29
SFC
08.29
USAT
08.22
PW
08.30
(ch 08.01)
Book
Sense

08.24
Amz
(08.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(08.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.31)
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]

Key:
The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, 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)

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, and BookScan, which combines hardcovers and paperbacks within lists for fiction, nonfiction, and children's. 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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