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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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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 26 February 2008

The closest to a significant debut this week is the appearance of Raymond E. Feist's Wrath of a Mad God (HarperVoyager UK), third in the Darkwar series following Into a Dark Realm and Flight of the Nighthawks, on Amazon UK's list today, ranking a respectable 16th with pre-publication sales; its official release there is March 3rd. (The US edition from Eos is due 3 weeks later, on March 25th.)

Stephen King's Duma Key remains strong, still ranking #3 on three print lists this week.

The mass-market paperback of Steven Gould's Jumper (Tor) creeps onto Amazon's list today, at #134, in response to the movie version released the week before last.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.02
WP
02.24
SFC
02.24
USAT
02.17
PW
02.25
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(02.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.26)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Ballard, Miracles of Life (UK) 02.05.08 / 4             51 -16  
Banks, Matter (UK) 01.08.08 / 8             23 +16  
Feist, Wrath of a Mad God (UK) 02.26.08 / 1             16 ++  
Harrison, The Outlaw Demon Wails 02.19.08 / 2           30 +27   77 ++
King, Duma Key 01.01.08 / 9 3 = 3 = x 12 -4 3 = 32 -11   25 -16
King, Duma Key (UK) 01.22.08 / 6             84 +8  
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 02.12.08 / 3           11 +1   x
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 29       35 +4 xxx.. 33 +16   x
Meyer, The Host 02.12.08 / 3           80 -2    
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 29       29 +8 xxx.. 29 +7   x
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 6           26 +4   74 -53
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 56     xxx.. 132 +17 xxx.. 48 -1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 61             34 -8  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 56               59 +8
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 35 4 =     x xxx.. 86 -13    
Westerfeld, Extras 10.16.07 / 17 7 =     xxx..        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.02
WP
02.24
SFC
02.24
USAT
02.17
PW
02.25
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(02.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.26)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bachman, Blaze 02.05.08 / 4 20 +10     116 -11 xxx      
Butcher, White Night 02.19.08 / 2 11 +3     87 -27 10 +4      
Crichton, Next 11.27.07 / 14 28 +6 xxx..   111 +15 xxx      
Gould, Jumper 02.26.08 / 1       134 ++        
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 199 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 127 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Matheson, I Am Legend 11.13.07 / 16 29 +3 xxx..   69 +3 xxx xxx..    
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 47 12 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 55 +16 xxx.. 43 +13 41 +18 8 +9
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 29       22 +8 xxx.. 40 -2   xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 131             54 +13  
Pullman, His Dark Materials Gift Set (UK) 08.02.04 / 22             x 36 -21
Sands, Vampires Are Forever 02.12.08 / 3 13 -3     108 -52 x      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.02
WP
02.24
SFC
02.24
USAT
02.17
PW
02.25
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(02.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.26)
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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