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SFFH on Bestseller Lists: 6 May 2001


Terry Pratchett’s Thief of Time (HarperCollins US; Doubleday UK) debuts on three lists, a runner-up at NYT, at #9 in San Francisco, and #3 in London.

Stephen King's Dreamcatcher remains on all lists this week, except Amazon's.

Lasting six-and-a-half months on the NYT nonfiction list, Stephen King's On Writing has finally dropped off all lists.

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
13 May
LAT
6 May
SFC
6 May
USAT
3 May
WP
6 May
WSJ
4 May
London
Times
6 May
PW
7 May
BookSense
7 May
Amz
(2 May)
Amz UK
[6 May]
Items compiled/total on list 30 15 15 50 10 10 10 15 15 hc, 5 pb 25 10
Fiction hardcovers
Farland, Wizardborn                   xx  
Feist, Krondor Tear of the Gods xxx         xxx..       xxx  
Gemmell, Ravenheart             xxx       x
Jacques, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman x ch hc         xxx..   4 ++ ch fic x    
King, Dreamcatcher 4 = 9 -3 13 -4 9 = 7 -3 3 = 5 +1 3 -1 11 -2   6 -3
Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Mark 29 -12 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 17 -4  
McCaffrey, The Skies of Pern 14 -2   xxx xx   14 -2   12 -2 xxx 9 ++  
Pratchett, Thief of Time 30 ++   9 ++       3 ++        
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass x ch hc   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   8 -5 ch fic xxx.. ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban 2 -1 ch hc xxx ch 8 +1 32 -4   12 -4 3 ch hc 1 = ch series 10 -4 ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire US UK 1 +1 ch hc xxx ch 15 -11 35 -4   13 -3 1 = ch hc 1 = ch series x ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets 6 -2 ch hc xx ch xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. 4 ch hc 1 = ch series xxx.. ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 4 -1 ch hc   xxx..     xxx.. 2 ch hc 1 = ch series xxx.. ch    
Weis/Hickman, Dragons of a Lost Star 21 -5         x   x      
Williams, Otherland: Sea of Silver Light 26 -3                    
Fiction paperbacks
Jacques, The Legend of Luke xxx.. ch pb             6 -1 ch fic      
Keyes (Greg), SW New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory 1: Conquest 29 -7     x       x      
Pullman, The Golden Compass               10 -6 ch fic      
Pullman, The Subtle Knife               x ch fic   xxx..  
Rice, Vittorio the Vampire xxx..     xxx..       xxx      
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts... 1 = ch pb 1 +2 ch xxx 38 -8       1 ++ ch fic 1 = ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets [US pb 15 Aug] 3 = ch pb 4 -2 ch xxx.. 15 +1       1 = ch series 6 -2 ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 4 = ch pb 3 +1 ch xxx.. 13 -1       1 = ch series 5 = ch    
Rowling, Quidditch through the Ages 2 = ch pb 2 +4 ch xxx.. 40 -7       2 ++ ch fic 2 = ch    
Sachar, Holes 5 = ch pb     xxx..       3 -1 ch fic 9 + ch    
Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR   x ch               13 +6  
Nonfiction
King, On Writing x xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..  
  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)

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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