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SFFH on Bestseller Lists: 26 November 2000


The latest "Left Behind" novel by Tim LeHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, The Mark, debuted at #1 on four lists and at #5 on a fifth list. Last week's debut, Robert Jordan's Winter's Heart, slipped a notch or two on some lists and debuted on two more.

George R.R. Martin's A Storm of Swords remains on three lists, including however Amazon's hardcover fiction list, which does not appear to have been updated this past week. Still going strong: Anne Rice's Merrick, books by Philip Pullman and J.K. Rowling, and Stephen King's On Writing.

And Terry Pratchett's The Truth is #1 on the Times of London list for the third week in a row.
This cell color indicates forthcoming books: Amazon US/UK not-yet-published (NYP) rankings This cell color indicates ineligible titles, e.g. YA titles excluded from fiction lists, or no paperback lists This cell color indicates stale data; e.g., children's bestseller lists updated only monthly
Title NYT
3 Dec
LAT
26 Nov
SFC
26 Nov
USAT
22 Nov
WP
26 Nov
WSJ
24 Nov
London
Times
26 Nov
PW
27 Nov
BookSense
27 Nov
Amz
(15 Nov)
Amz UK
[26 Nov]
Items compiled/total on list 30 15 15 50 10 10 10 15 15 hc, 5 pb 25, 50 NYP 10, 50 NYP
Fiction hardcovers
Baum, Annotated Wizard of Oz x ch hc                    
Block, The Rose and the Beast   x                  
Brooks, Ilse Witch xxx         xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..  
Carr, Killing Time 17 -1             x 10 +1    
Chabon, The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay xxx.. 8 + 10 +   xxx..     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..  
Feist, Krondor: Tear of the Gods [US: Dec; UK: Sep]                   9 +4 NYP  
Herbert/Anderson, Dune House Harkonnen 26 -2   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   xxx   15 -3  
Jacques, Lord Brocktree [UK: Sep] 6 = chhc 5 ++ ch           3 -1 ch fic xxx.. ch xxx..  
Jordan, Winter's Heart [US, UK: Nov] 3 -2   2 ++ 6 -5   2 -1 6 ++ 2 -1 2 =    
King, Dreamcatcher [UK: March 2001]                     xx NYP
Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye [US: Dec 26]                   14 +6 NYP  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Indwelling 16 +5 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   21 +2  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Mark [US Nov] 1 ++     1 ++   1 ++   1 ++ 5 ++    
Martin, A Storm of Swords [US: Oct] 19 -6   9 -5 x   xx   x x 9 ++  
Pratchett, The Truth [UK: 9 Nov; US 7 Nov] x           1 =        
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass [US: Oct; UK: Nov] 5 = ch hc   6 -4 xxx   xxx..   1 ++ ch fic 5 -1 ch    
Rice, Merrick [US: Oct; UK: Oct] 10 -3 6 + 12 -5 28 -11 7 -4 10 -3   7 -2 8 -2 8 -2  
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban 2 = ch hc 4 +5 ch 5 +1 9 -2   3 =   1 = ch series 3 = ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire US UK 1 = ch hc 3 -2 ch 7 -4 8 =   x 1 = ch 1 = ch series 4 +1 ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets 4 = ch hc 1 +6 ch xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   1 = ch series xxx.. ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 3 = ch hc   x     xxx   1 = ch series xx ch    
Salvatore, Servant of the Shard 25 +4     xx       xx      
Simmons, Darwin's Blade   x                  
Tyers, Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Balance Point 21 -3     xx       xx      
Yolen/Teague, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? xxx.. ch-pic xx ch           9 -6 ch-pic      
Fiction paperbacks
Crichton, Timeline [UK] 1 = x   7 -1 1 =   xx 1 = 1 = 11 -2  
King, Hearts in Atlantis x     xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..  
Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn [tpb]   7 ++             11 -2 tpb    
Luceno, Star Wars...Jedi Eclipse xxx     xxx       xxx   x  
Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister                 15 +    
Martin, A Clash of Kings                   21 +  
Martin, A Game of Thrones                   14 +2  
Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant [UK]             2 +        
Pullman, The Golden Compass                 10 -3 xxx..  
Pullman, The Subtle Knife                   2 +4  
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban [UK]             4 -1 ch        
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets [US pb 15 Aug] 2 = ch pb   10 -8 5 -2     3 +1 ch 1 = ch series 1 +1 ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 1 = ch pb 2 +3 ch 5 -2 2 =     2 = ch 1 = ch series 2 -1 ch    
Sachar, Holes 3 = ch pb     xxx..       2 -1 ch fic xxx.. ch    
Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR                   10 +5  
Nonfiction
King, On Writing 6 = xx 12 -3 x 7 +1 x   12 -3 x 10 -3  
Shapiro, J.K. Rowling, The Wizard Behind Harry Potter xxx ch pb             4 -1 ch nf xxx.. ch    
  NYT LAT SFC USAT WP WSJ London PW BookSense Amz Amz UK

The table compiles SFFH books placing 15th or higher on general bestseller lists (30th or higher on the combined USA Today list). The current rank of each book and the change since last week are shown, where:
   = same as last week
   + or - with number: difference since last week
   + back on list
   ++ new on list
   x no longer on list (number of x's: weeks off list)
   () below cut-off but noted anyway
   -- previously noted anyway but now nowhere in sight
   nyp Not-yet-published (pre-ordered)

Columns show ranks on lists from, respectively, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, London Times, Publishers Weekly, BookSense, Amazon.com (fiction lists), and Amazon UK (fiction lists). 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. Some books are on separate general [nonfiction] lists (gen), children's lists (ch), trade paperback lists (tpb), or mass market paperback lists (mm), as indicated.  

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