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Michael Crichton
Thomas Harris
Dean Koontz
J.K. Rowling

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Michael Crichton
Dean Koontz
Troy Denning
Robert Jordan

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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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Locus Bestsellers, compiled from sales at specialty stores:
January
 
SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 9 January 2007

All lists are updated this week.

In Canada, Guy Gavriel Kay's Ysabel (Viking) ranks on today's Amazon list.

Paperbacks by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman and Scott Westerfeld debut on lists from USA Today and New York Times, respectively, this week.

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Bloomsbury) ranks #1 and #2 (in children's and adult editions) on Amazon UK again this week.

(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.14
WP
01.07
SFC
01.07
USAT
12.31
PW
01.08
(ch 12.11)
Amz
(01.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.09)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.09)
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 / 26 9 =     xxx.. xxx        
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony 09.12.06 / 18       86 +22   xxx     xxx..
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK) 08.01.06 / 21             xxx.. 11 +76  
Crichton, Next 11.14.06 / 9 3 = 3 + xx 12 -5 2 + 56 -19   30 -13 40 -12
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 43 8 +     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss 12.26.06 / 3 12 +3     80 +33 12 ++        
Harris, Hannibal Rising 12.05.06 / 6 6 -1 4 +   14 -4 5 + x     x
Harris, Hannibal Rising (UK) 12.05.06 / 6             30 +4 46 -15  
Hearn, Harsh Cry of the Heron (UK) 10.17.06 / 5               19 -16  
Kay, Ysabel (CANADA) 01.09.07 / 1                 59 ++
King, Lisey's Story 09.19.06 / 16 14 -6 xxx.. xxx.. 70 -50 14 + xx     x
King, Lisey's Story (UK) 10.10.06 / 14             xx 67 -12  
Koontz, Brother Odd 11.28.06 / 7 8 -1 xxx   35 -16 8 + x      
McCarthy, The Road 09.26.06 / 16 18 +6 xxx.. 2 -1 126 + xxx.. 61 -38 xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 97 1 =   xxx.. 49 +36 xxx 20 -10 xxx..   xxx
Paolini, Eldest, Deluxe Edition 10.10.06 / 14       33 -11         43 +9
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 115 3 -1     xxx.. xxx xx     x
Powers, The Echo Maker 10.31.06 / 6 x   4 +5     xx      
Pratchett, Wintersmith (UK) 05.09.06 / 33             65 -22 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 3             1 =    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.14
WP
01.07
SFC
01.07
USAT
12.31
PW
01.08
(ch 12.11)
Amz
(01.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.09)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.09)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Denning, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest 12.12.06 / 5 x xxx..   131 + xxx        
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 35 xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. 43 +51    
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 12.12.06 / 5 25 -4     88 +39 13 +        
King, Cell 12.05.06 / 6 8 -6 xx   24 -7 6 +       xx
Koontz, Forever Odd 12.05.06 / 6 18 -8 xxx..   60 -13 12 +        
Kostova, The Historian [tpb] 10.17.06 / 11 xxx.. xxx..   107 +37 xxx..        
Maguire, Son of a Witch [tpb] 10.10.06 / 14 24 -7     74 -1 xxx..        
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 164 15 -7 xxx.. xxx.. 22 +9 7 + xxx..     xxx..
Nylund, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx [tpb] 10.31.06 / 11 14 = xxx..   51 +29 13 + xxx.. xx   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 11.07.06 / 10             15 -4 58 -7  
Paolini, Eragon 11.14.06 / 9       2 =          
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 37             22 -6 34 -13  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 88 1 =   xxx.. xxx..          
Pratchett/Gaiman, Good Omens 01.09.07 / 1       136 ++          
Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (UK) 08.16.05 / 3             80 +    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 25     xxx.. 73 -9   xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 100 xxx..   xxx.. 125 +12 xxx.. xxx..      
Westerfeld, Uglies [tpb] 01.09.07 / 1 8 ++                
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.14
WP
01.07
SFC
01.07
USAT
12.31
PW
01.08
(ch 12.11)
Amz
(01.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.09)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.09)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.09)
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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