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Stephen R. Donaldson
Junot Diaz
Laurell K. Hamilton

Bestsellers 16 October
Terry Pratchett
R.A. Salvatore
Flint & DeMarce
Scott Westerfeld
Stephen King

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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 31 October 2007

A new Star Wars novel by Michael Reaves & Steve Perry, Death Star (Del Rey), debuts on three print lists this week, as high as #12 at Publishers Weekly and #15 at New York Times.

Other debuts this week: Terry Goodkind's Confessor (Tor) is on two Amazon lists with pre-publication sales; it's due November 13th. And a new tie-in novel to the game Halo, Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten (Tor), just out this week, is also on two Amazon lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.04
WP
10.28
SFC
10.28
USAT
10.21
PW
10.29
(ch 10.08)
Amz
(10.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.31)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road 10.30.07 / 1           47 ++    
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 10.23.07 / 2 31 +3   4 +5          
Donaldson, Fatal Revenant 10.09.07 / 4 16 -4     131 -63 x     xx
Donaldson, Fatal Revenant (UK) 10.23.07 / 2             98 -46  
Goodkind, Confessor 10.30.07 / 1           21 ++   49 ++
Hamilton, A Lick of Frost 10.23.07 / 2           71 -45   46 +8
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 12       25 +3 xxx 50 -18   xxx..
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 12       33 = xxx 67 -31   xxx..
Pratchett, Making Money 08.21.07 / 8 24 -4 xxx xx xx xx xxx..    
Pratchett, Making Money (UK) 05.15.07 / 21             15 -7 xxx..
Reaves/Perry, Death Star 10.30.07 / 1 15 ++     103 ++ 12 ++      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 39     xxx.. 29 -2 xxx 16 +3    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 45             41 -19  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 39               13 +13
Salvatore, The Orc King: Transitions, Book One 10.09.07 / 4 13 -3     84 -12 14 -4     xx
Westerfeld, Extras 10.16.07 / 3 2 -1     59 -14        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.04
WP
10.28
SFC
10.28
USAT
10.21
PW
10.29
(ch 10.08)
Amz
(10.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
King, The Mist 10.16.07 / 3 13 +3     82 +7 13 ++      
Maguire, Wicked 10.23.07 / 2 12 -4     35 -1 7 =      
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 30 17 -6 xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. 72 -9 34 + 61 -26
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 12       24 +1 xxx x   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 32 5 =     xxx..   xxx..   xxx..
Pratchett, Wintersmith 09.25.07 / 6             49 +5  
Pullman, The Golden Compass 07.31.07 / 14       98 +9        
Pullman, His Dark Materials Gift Set (UK) 08.02.04 / 5             32 +13 xx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 67     xxx.. 69 -3 xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 134 xxx..   xxx.. 140 -14 xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 146 -19   xxx..    
Staten, Halo: Contact Harvest [tpb] 10.30.07 / 1           70 ++   48 ++
Westerfeld, Specials [tpb] 10.02.07 / 5 4 =              
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.04
WP
10.28
SFC
10.28
USAT
10.21
PW
10.29
(ch 10.08)
Amz
(10.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.31)
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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