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SFFH on Bestseller Lists: 3 December 2000


Robert Jordan's Winter's Heart (Tor) debuted on the LAT and WP lists this week and slipped a bit on other lists, for an average rank of 6.2 across 9 lists. (Note that updates to the Times of London and Amazon lists were not available this week. Ranks below from those lists are last week's.)

Tim LeHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins's The Mark also debuted this week at LAT, for a current average of 4.2 across 6 lists. Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass remains high on 3 lists, averaging 5.3, though the book never appeared on some lists at all, including those at LAT, WP, and London. Anne Rice's Merrick still ranks on 7 lists, in positions ranging from #1 to #33.

(The averages are suggestive, not mathematically valid, since different lists have different criteria for inclusion and can't really be directly compared.)
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
10 Dec
LAT
3 Dec
SFC
3 Dec
USAT
29 Nov
WP
3 Dec
WSJ
1 Dec
London
Times
26 Nov
PW
4 Dec
BookSense
4 Dec
Amz
(15 Nov)
Amz UK
[5 Dec]
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 9 + ch hc                    
Block, The Rose and the Beast   xx                  
Carr, Killing Time 17 =             15 + 10 =    
Chabon, The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay xxx.. x x   xxx..     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..  
Feist, Krondor: Tear of the Gods [US: Dec; UK: Sep]                   3 +6 NYP  
Herbert/Anderson, Dune House Harkonnen 25 +1   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   xxx..   15 -3  
Jacques, Lord Brocktree [UK: Sep] 6 = ch hc 5 ++ ch           3 -1 ch fic xxx.. ch xxx..  
Jordan, Winter's Heart [US, UK: Nov] 6 -3 7 ++ 9 -7 15 -9 1 ++ 5 -3 6 ++ 3 -1 4 -2    
Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye [US: Dec 26]                   8 +6 NYP  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Indwelling 18 -2 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   21 +2  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Mark [US Nov] 1 = 8 ++   5 -4   2 -1   2 -1 7 -2    
Martin, A Storm of Swords [US: Oct] 20 -1   x xx   xxx   xx xx 9 ++  
Pratchett, The Truth [UK: 9 Nov; US 7 Nov] xx           1 =        
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass [US: Oct; UK: Nov] 5 = ch hc   5 +1 xxx..   xxx..   1 ++ ch fic 6 -1 ch    
Rice, Merrick [US: Oct; UK: Oct] 11 -1 1 +5 14 -2 33 -5 8 -1 x   9 -2 x 8 -2  
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban 2 = ch hc 4 +5 ch 4 +1 7 +2   3 =   1 = ch series 3 = ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire US UK 1 = ch hc 3 -2 ch 3 +4 6 +2   4 + 1 = ch 1 = ch series 5 -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   xx     7 +   1 = ch series xxx ch    
Salvatore, Servant of the Shard 29 -4     xxx       xxx      
Simmons, Darwin's Blade   xx                  
Spiegelman & Mouly, Little Lit     15 ++                
Tyers, Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Balance Point 30 -9     xxx       xxx      
Yolen/Teague, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? xxx.. ch-pic xx ch           9 -6 ch-pic      
Fiction paperbacks
Crichton, Timeline [UK] 2 -1 1 +   10 -3 1 =   xx 1 = 1 = 11 -2  
King, Hearts in Atlantis xx     xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..  
Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn [tpb]   x             9 +2 tpb    
Luceno, Star Wars...Jedi Eclipse xxx..     xxx..       xxx..   x  
Maguire, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister                 x    
Martin, A Clash of Kings                   21 +  
Martin, A Game of Thrones                   14 +2  
Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant [UK]             2 +        
Pullman, The Golden Compass                 10 = 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   5 +5 3 +2     3 +1 ch 1 = ch series 2 -1 ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 1 = ch pb 2 +3 ch 2 +3 1 +1     2 = ch 1 = ch series 1 +1 ch    
Sachar, Holes 5 -2 ch pb     xxx..       2 -1 ch fic xxx.. ch    
Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR                   10 +5  
Nonfiction
King, On Writing 8 -2 xxx x xx 7 = xx   11 +1 xx 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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