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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 3 October 2006

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (St. Martin's Griffin), an anthology of 9 original supernatural fantasy stories edited by P.N. Elrod and featuring Sherrilyn Kenyon (whose name is most prominent in the Amazon listings), Charlaine Harris, and Esther M. Friesner, ranks at #34 on Amazon's list today, and at #78 on Amazon Canada's list.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.08
WP
10.01
SFC
10.01
USAT
09.24
PW
10.02
(ch 09.11)
Amz
(10.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.02)
Australia:
Dymocks
(10.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.02)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Shadow Thieves 07.11.06 / 13 4 +1     xxx.. xxx        
Brooks, Armageddon's Children 08.29.06 / 6 21 -3 xxx   140 -42 x xxx..     xxx..
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony 09.12.06 / 4       3 +3   41 -14     8 +6
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK) 08.01.06 / 10             51 -9 1 =  
Danielewski, Only Revolutions 09.26.06 / 2 24 -11     x          
Feist, Into a Dark Realm (UK) 08.29.06 / 6             93 -70    
Gemmell, Troy: Shield of Thunder (UK) 08.29.06 / 6             87 -13 xx  
Goodkind, Phantom 06.27.06 / 15 28 -4 xxx..   xx xx xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, Strange Candy 10.03.06 / 1           48 ++      
Herbert/Anderson, Hunters of Dune 08.08.06 / 9 23 -7 xxx xxx.. x x xxx..     x
King, Lisey's Story 09.19.06 / 2                 41 +
McCarthy, The Road 09.26.06 / 2           16 -6     x
Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 09.12.06 / 4 xxx   3 -1            
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 83 3 -1   xxx.. 135 + xxx xxx.. xxx..   42 +
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 29               8 -3  
Pratchett, Wintersmith (UK) 05.09.06 / 19             5 -3    
Skelton, Endymion Spring 09.12.06 / 4 2 +1       xxx        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.08
WP
10.01
SFC
10.01
USAT
09.24
PW
10.02
(ch 09.11)
Amz
(10.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.02)
Australia:
Dymocks
(10.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.02)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 64       132 +18   xxx..     xx
Elrod, My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding [tpb] 10.03.06 / 1           34 ++     78 ++
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 28 xxx..   7 +1 xxx..   xxx.. xx    
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 150 20 +10 xxx.. xxx.. 86 +5 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 117 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 83 -2     xx
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 66       xxx   xxx..     28 +28
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 74 4 -2   xxx.. 95 +25          
Pratchett, Thud! 09.19.06 / 3       150 -3          
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 09.19.06 / 3             19 -6    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 11     xxx.. 32 -4   xxx..      
Salvatore, Promise of the Witch-King: The Sellswords, Book II 10.03.06 / 1       110 ++          
Traviss, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines 09.12.06 / 4 x     64 -12 9 -4        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.08
WP
10.01
SFC
10.01
USAT
09.24
PW
10.02
(ch 09.11)
Amz
(10.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.02)
Australia:
Dymocks
(10.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.02)
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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