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Dan Simmons
Christopher Moore
Guy Gavriel Kay J.K. Rowling

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Guy Gavriel Kay
Gaiman & Pratchett
Scott Westerfeld
J.K. Rowling

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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 23 January 2007

Dan Simmons' The Terror (Little, Brown) and David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef (Tor) debut on print lists this week, at #20 and #25 respectively on the NY Times fiction hardcover list, lower on the USA Today list. Simmons is also #14 on the Publishers Weekly list.

In Canada, Guy Gavriel Kay's Ysabel (Viking) still ranks respectably at #19 on today's Amazon list.

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Bloomsbury) still ranks #1 on Amazon UK this week.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.28
WP
01.21
SFC
01.21
USAT
01.14
PW
01.22
(ch 01.08)
Amz
(01.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.23)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.23)
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 / 28 7 +2     xxx.. xxx..        
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK) 08.01.06 / 23             xxx.. 36 -5  
Crichton, Next 11.14.06 / 11 7 -3 5 -1 xxx.. 23 -8 5 -1 x   67 -12 81 -39
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 44 8 +     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss 12.26.06 / 5 21 -4     x x        
Harris, Hannibal Rising 12.05.06 / 8 10 -3 7 -2   34 -13 9 -3 99 -14     50 +
Harris, Hannibal Rising (UK) 12.05.06 / 8             36 +5 6 +60  
Hearn, Harsh Cry of the Heron (UK) 10.17.06 / 7               40 -13  
Kay, Ysabel (CANADA) 01.09.07 / 3                 19 -9
King, Lisey's Story 09.19.06 / 18 31 -13 xxx.. xxx.. x xx xxx..     xxx
Koontz, Brother Odd 11.28.06 / 9 14 -2 xxx..   96 -31 x xxx      
McCarthy, The Road 09.26.06 / 18 24 -9 xxx.. 3 -1 x xxx.. 70 -13 xxx..   xxx..
Moore, You Suck: A Love Story 01.16.07 / 2           80 -34     56 ++
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 99 1 =   xxx.. 22 +6 x 35 -10 xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest, Deluxe Edition 10.10.06 / 16       149 -86         59 -16
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 117 3 =     xxx.. x xxx..     xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 5             1 =    
Simmons, The Terror 01.16.07 / 2 20 ++     115 ++ 14 ++ 60 +7     x
Skelton, Endymion Spring 09.12.06 / 12 10 =       xxx..        
Weber, Off Armageddon Reef 01.23.07 / 1 25 ++     150 ++          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.28
WP
01.21
SFC
01.21
USAT
01.14
PW
01.22
(ch 01.08)
Amz
(01.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.23)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.23)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 37 xxx..   8 + xxx..   xxx.. 42 =    
James, The Children of Men [tpb] 01.16.07 / 2       120 +29          
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 12.12.06 / 7 x     146 -49 xx        
King, Cell 12.05.06 / 8 16 -1 xxx..   37 -5 13 +1       xxx..
Koontz, Forever Odd 12.05.06 / 8 33 -5 xxx..   80 -9 xx        
Kostova, The Historian [tpb] 10.17.06 / 13 xxx.. xxx..   112 -16 xxx..        
Maguire, Son of a Witch [tpb] 10.10.06 / 16 xx     116 -21 xxx..        
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 166 21 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 36 +6 13 -4 xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 121 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 110 +12 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 96             17 -1    
Nylund, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx [tpb] 10.31.06 / 13 26 -5 xxx..   75 -11 x xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 11.07.06 / 12             37 -2 65 +13  
Paolini, Eragon 11.14.06 / 11       7 -2          
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 39             xx 64 -5  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 90 1 =   xxx.. xxx..          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 27     xxx.. 89 -9   xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) [tpb] 06.27.06 / 8             xxx.. 25 +12  
Westerfeld, Uglies [tpb] 01.09.07 / 3 5 +1       x        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.28
WP
01.21
SFC
01.21
USAT
01.14
PW
01.22
(ch 01.08)
Amz
(01.23)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.23)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.23)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.23)
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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