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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 11 December 2007

A new Star Wars novel by Aaron Allston, Legacy of the Force: Fury (Del Rey), debuts on three paperback lists this week. Editions of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy have been rising on lists with the release of *The Golden Compass*; the "Gift Set" edition of the books ranks #1 today on Amazon Canada, for instance.
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 12.16	WP 12.07	SFC 12.02	USAT 12.02	PW 12.10 (ch 11.12)	Amz (12.11)	UK: Amz UK (12.11)	Canada: Amz.ca (12.11)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		30x5	10x4	30x3	150	15x5	100	100	100
Hardcovers
Barker, Mister B. Gone	11.13.07 / 5	33 -6			xxx..
Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road	10.30.07 / 7	30 =		2 -1	xxx..		xxx..
Goodkind, Confessor	10.30.07 / 7	10 -5	xx	xx	48 -26	11 -6	x	xxx	68 -30
Meyer, Eclipse	08.14.07 / 18				51 -9	2 +	72 -6		xxx..
Meyer, New Moon	08.14.07 / 18				56 -10	3 +	90 -19		xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife	10.12.03 / 29	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	xxx..		53 +
Pratchett, Making Money (UK)	05.15.07 / 27							31 -1	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	02.06.07 / 45			xxx..	37 -14	4 +	23 -2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA)	02.06.07 / 45								31 +5
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret	05.08.07 / 25	6 +1				8 +	57 +
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin	03.27.07 / 27	29 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	x		xxx..
Westerfeld, Extras	10.16.07 / 9	2 =			x
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 12.16	WP 12.07	SFC 12.02	USAT 12.02	PW 12.10 (ch 11.12)	Amz (12.11)	UK: Amz UK (12.11)	Canada: Amz.ca (12.11)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Allston, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Fury	12.11.07 / 1		7 ++		23 ++	4 ++
Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars	10.02.07 / 10	6 =
Crichton, Next	11.27.07 / 3	2 -1	4 -1		26 -9	3 -1
King, The Mist	10.16.07 / 9	14 -5			123 -55	14 -4
Koontz, Brother Odd	11.13.07 / 5	9 -4	xx		60 -11	11 -4
Maguire, Wicked	10.23.07 / 8	21 =			78 -19	xxx..
Matheson, I Am Legend	11.13.07 / 5	4 =	x		17 +1	5 -1	x
Matheson, I Am Legend [tpb]	11.06.07 / 5	5 +3			xxx..	12 =
McCarthy, The Road [tpb]	04.10.07 / 36	8 +1	xxx..	xxx..	85 +5	xxx..	51 -1	xxx..	35 -3
Meyer, Twilight [tpb]	08.14.07 / 18				42 -17	1 +	xxx		xxx..
Paolini, Eldest [tpb]	03.27.07 / 37	2 +1			xxx..		xxx..		xxx..
Paolini, Eragon [tpb]	05.10.05 / 118	9 +1		xxx..	xxx..
Pratchett, Wintersmith	09.25.07 / 9							98 +
Pullman, The Golden Compass	07.31.07 / 20			7 ++	15 +6				61 +39
Pullman, His Dark Materials Gift Set (UK)	08.02.04 / 11							5 =	1 +3
Pullman, His Dark Materials Trilogy	11.17.02 / 14				16 +23		6 +3
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)								75 ++
Pullman, The Subtle Knife [tpb]	12.11.07 / 1				108 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb]	07.25.06 / 73			xxx..	101 -23	xxx..	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]		xxx..		xxx..	118 -27		xxx..
Staten, Halo: Contact Harvest [tpb]	10.30.07 / 7	9 -4			88 -31	14 -6	xxx..		xxx
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 12.16	WP 12.07	SFC 12.02	USAT 12.02	PW 12.10 (ch 11.12)	Amz (12.11)	UK: Amz UK (12.11)	Canada: Amz.ca (12.11)
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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