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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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posted 27 October 2005

Robert Jordan's latest "Wheel of Time" novel, Knife of Dreams (Tor), debuts at #1 or #2 on all five print lists compiled here. It's in the top position at New York Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.30
WP
10.23
SFC
10.23
USAT
10.16
PW
10.24
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(10.27)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.27)
Australia:
Dymocks
(10.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.27)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Straken 08.23.05 / 9 25 -2 xxx..   x xxx xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 62 6 +1     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 6 2 =     56 +3 x 59 +10     x
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes 10.11.05 / 3 6 -3 7 -3 5 -1 20 -9 4 -2 49 -30     11 -7
Gaiman, Anansi Boys 09.13.05 / 7 19 -6 xx 6 -1 103 -35 x xx     xx
Hamilton, Judas Unchained (UK) 08.30.05 / 8             31 -10    
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.16.05 / 11 1 ++ 1 ++ 2 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 21 -15     20 -18
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) 09.06.05 / 8             16 -5 1 =  
Kostova, The Historian 06.14.05 / 20 10 +1 xxx xxx.. 105 -28 14 -3 52 -6     xxx
Kostova, The Historian (UK) 07.05.05 / 12             xxx.. xxx.. 63 -26
Maguire, Son of a Witch 09.20.05 / 6 7 -3 8 -5 3 = 23 -9 6 -3 95 -39     x
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 30           32 +12     39 +2
Martin, A Feast for Crows (UK) 09.06.05 / 8             15 -10 3 ++  
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 34 1 =   8 + 10 = x 38 -9 28 +6   x
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 6               2 -1  
Pratchett, Thud! 09.13.05 / 7 31 -6 xxx.. xxx xx xxx xxx..      
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.24.05 / 21             5 +1 8 -2 x
Pratchett, Where's My Cow? (UK) 07.05.05 / 12             40 -12   x
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 45     x 9 = x 20 -8      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 43             46 +14 3 =  
Weber, At All Costs 10.25.05 / 1           85 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.30
WP
10.23
SFC
10.23
USAT
10.16
PW
10.24
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(10.27)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.27)
Australia:
Dymocks
(10.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.27)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell [tpb] 09.13.05 / 7 xxx   10 + 144 -14 xxx..        
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book II: The Unseen Queen 10.11.05 / 3 x     70 -26 12 -5        
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 19 8 -1     xxx.. x        
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (UK) [tpb] 10.11.05 / 3             53 -22 5 -2  
Hamilton, Incubus Dreams 10.11.05 / 3 x     124 -35 x        
King, The Colorado Kid 10.18.05 / 2 5 = 8 ++   5 +1 1 +1        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 23 1 +1     34 +9   41 -5      
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.14.05 / 19 6 =     40 +11          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 101 11 -2 7 -1 5 = 13 +3 2 +1 36 +1     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 75 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 150 + xxx.. 86 -28     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 42             11 +40    
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 20             xxx.. 5 =  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 25 2 -1   xxx.. 30 -4          
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 10.04.05 / 4             17 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 143 xxx..   xxx.. 106 -2          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 69 xxx..   xxx.. 122 -4 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 146 +4   xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.30
WP
10.23
SFC
10.23
USAT
10.16
PW
10.24
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(10.27)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.27)
Australia:
Dymocks
(10.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.27)
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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