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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:
July
 
SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 7 August 2007

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ranks #1 on the same lists it ranked #1 on last week. It has yet to appear on any lists from New York Times or Washington Post.

Jasper Fforde's First Among Sequels (Viking) debuts strongly on several lists this week, as high as #5 on Washington Post's fiction hardcover list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.12
WP
08.05
SFC
08.05
USAT
07.29
PW
08.06
(ch 06.11)
Amz
(08.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.07)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.07)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (UK) 07.17.07 / 3             70 +28    
Bachman, Blaze 06.12.07 / 9 26 -2 xxx..   x xx xxx..     xxx
Canavan, Voice of the Gods (UK) 07.10.07 / 5             58 -7    
Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union 05.01.07 / 15 32 -1 xxx.. 4 +1 xxx.. xxx.. 89 -5 xxx..   xx
Fforde, First Among Sequels 07.31.07 / 2 10 ++ 5 ++   60 ++ 8 ++ x      
Fforde, First Among Sequels (UK) 07.03.07 / 6             93 -39    
Gibson, Spook Country 07.24.07 / 3           14 +43 66 +16   13 +4
Hamilton, The Dreaming Void (UK) 07.31.07 / 2             28 +2    
Herbert/Anderson, Sandworms of Dune 07.24.07 / 3           56 +31     xx
Kenyon, Devil May Cry 08.07.07 / 1           30 ++      
Marr, Wicked Lovely 07.03.07 / 6 4 -1                
Pratchett, Making Money (UK) 05.15.07 / 9             40 +3    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets   xxx..         39 -22      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 9                 18 +8
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 27     1 = 1 =   1 =      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 33             1 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 27                 1 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 01.17.00 / 41 xxx..         53 -21      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 6                 50 -18
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 101     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 35 -12      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 91             12 -3    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 84                 10 -4
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 104 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 61 -28      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 59             20 +1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (CANADA) 07.13.03 / 8                 19 -6
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban   xxx..         44 -20      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 8                 45 -21
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone   xxx..         25 -15      
Scott, The Alchemyst 07.03.07 / 6 3 +2                
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 14 6 +3       xxx.. xxx..      
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin 03.27.07 / 20 18 -1 x x 96 +7 11 + x     26 -6
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin (UK) 03.27.07 / 20             57 +5    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.12
WP
08.05
SFC
08.05
USAT
07.29
PW
08.06
(ch 06.11)
Amz
(08.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.07)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.07)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 72       106 -7   xxx     xxx..
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 41 xxx..   10 + xxx..   xxx.. xxx..    
King, Lisey's Story 07.03.07 / 6 18 -6 xxx..   43 -10 13 -5       xxx
L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time 05.10.04 / 15       147 -15   xxx..      
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 192 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 81 +4 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 18 13 -9 7 +2 8 -5 39 -5 6 +1 29 = 92 -50   24 -5
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 75       107 -6   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 20 4 -1     87 -14   xxx..     xxx..
Pullman, The Golden Compass 07.31.07 / 2       70 -4          
Pullman, His Dark Materials Trilogy 11.17.02 / 6           54 -8      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK)               22 -5    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 4 +5          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)               25 +2    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 163 xxx..   xxx.. 12 +2          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 55     xxx.. 2 = xxx.. 19 -5      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA) 08.09.04 / 24                 17 +14
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 122 xxx..   xxx.. 6 = xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)               21 -9    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)               27 -4    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 184 xxx..   xxx.. 8 +5          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 3 +1   xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.12
WP
08.05
SFC
08.05
USAT
07.29
PW
08.06
(ch 06.11)
Amz
(08.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.07)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.07)
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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