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12.08 Bestsellers

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Bestsellers Archive
12.01
11.24
11.17
11.10
11.03
10.27
10.20
10.13
10.06
9.29
9.22
9.15
9.08
9.01
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7.07
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1.06.02
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The table compiles selected SFFH books placing on general bestseller lists.
See #Key below.

from LOCUS Magazine

Bestseller lists compiled from sales at specialty stores:

December

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SFFH on General Lists
8 December 2002


Michael Crichton's Prey (HarperCollins) debuts strongly, at #1 on 5 lists, #11 and #15 on two others, the last UK's BookScan.

YA novels by Barker and Gaiman return to Amazon's top 25 hardcover fiction bestsellers, perhaps in the spirit of holiday shopping. Boxed sets of Rowling and Pullman fantasies continue to rank on Amazon's paperback list, Rowling's at #1.

Everyone posted updated weekly lists by this weekend, though PW still hasn't posted November children's lists.

(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
SFC
12.08
USAT
12.05
WP
12.08
WSJ
(12.08)
PW
12.09
(ch 10.01)
Book
Sense

12.09
Amz
(12.08)
UK Book
Scan

wk ending
11.30
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 15x4 30x3 50 10x4 10x2 15x5 15x6 25x4 25x3
Hardcovers
Barker, Abarat 9.29 / 8 xxx.. xxx..             22 +  
Brooks, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr 9.08 / 11x xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xx  
Chabon, Summerland 9.15 / 12 10 -1 xxx.. 5 =   xxx..   [ 1 ] 8 +2    
Cherryh, Explorer 11.17 / 2x                 xx  
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident 5.12 / 23x xxx..           [ 9 ] xxx..    
Crichton, Prey 12.08 / 1 1 ++ 11 ++ 1 ++ 1 ++     1 ++ 1 ++   15 ++
Fisher, The Two Towers Visual Companion 11.03 / 5                 15 +1  
Funke, The Thief Lord 9.01 / 15 4 =   x       [ 7 ] 3 +1    
Gaiman, Coraline 7.14 / 17 xxx.. [ 3 ] xxx..       [ ] xxx.. 24 +  
Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (uk) 12.01 / 0x                   18 +4
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Butlerian Jihad 9.29 / 9 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 20 -2  
Jacques, Triss 10.13 / 8x xxx.. [ 6 ]   xxx..       x    
King, From a Buick 8 9.08 / 14 13 +4 xxx..   46 + xxx.. xxx.. 14 + xxx.. 11 -3  
McCaffrey, A Gift of Dragons 11.10 / 3x xxx..               xx  
Pierce, Protector of the Small: Lady Knight 9.08 / 5x xxx..     xxx..   xxx.. [ 6 ] xxx..    
Pratchett, Night Watch (uk) 11.10 / 5                   2 +1
Pratchett, Night Watch 11.17 / 4 xxx               17 =  
Rice, Blackwood Farm 11.10 / 5 12 = x xxx 44 -15   xx 10 -1 xxx    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets   xx   xxx.. xxx..            
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 7.17.00 / 120 7 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban   9 -1   xxx.. xxx..            
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone   xxx   xxx.. xxx..            
Salvatore, The Thousand Orcs 10.27 / 7 31 -4     xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   16 -1  
Sibley, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy 11.24 / 3                 23 -1  
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Box Set                   x  
Weber, War of Honor 10.13 / 5x xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx.. xxx.. xxx  
Williams, Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way 10.13 / 6x xxx.. xxx..   xxx..     xxx..   xxx  
   NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
SFC
12.08
USAT
12.05
WP
12.08
WSJ
(12.08)
PW
12.09
(ch 10.01)
Book
Sense

12.09
Amz
(12.08)
UK Book
Scan

wk ending
11.30
Paperbacks
Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting 9.29 / 11 6 = [ 4 ]   xx     [ 10 ] xx    
Brawn, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Photo Guide 11.24 / 1x                 xx  
Colfer, Artemis Fowl 5.19 / 26 9 -1           [ 8 ] 10 +3    
Goodkind, The Pillars of Creation 11.17 / 4 31 -17     x     8 -4 x x  
Hamilton, Narcissus in Chains 10.06 / 4x xxx..     xxx..     xxx..   xxx..  
Jacques, Taggerung 9.08 / 5x xxx..           [ 3 ] xxx..    
King/Straub, Black House 9.08 / 10x xxx..     xxx..     xxx.. xxx..   xxx
Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven 11.10 / 5 3 -1 8 +1   17 -6     3 -1 x    
Koontz, Strangers 10.13 / 4x xxx..     xxx..            
Moning, The Dark Highlander 11.03 / 4x xxx..               x  
Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (uk) 11.17 / 4                   2 +3
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (UK)                 xxx..    
Pullman, His Dark Materials Trilogy                   14 -3  
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)                 xxx..    
Pullman, The Subtle Knife (UK)                      
Rice, Blood & Gold 11.10 / 5 27 -11     xxx     x 9 +    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets   2 -1 [ 7 ] xxx.. 8 -3       9 -2   4 -2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 8.11 (us) / 18 3 = xxx.. xxx.. 6 +1       2 +1   12 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 6.17.01 / 78 1 +1 xxx.. xxx.. 5 -1       5 +1   8 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone   4 = xxx.. xxx.. 14 -1       13 +1   23 -5
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set 10.20 / 7       35 ++         1 =  
Sibley, The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy 11.24 / 1x                 xx  
Tolkien, The Two Towers               x 3 =    
   NYT
12.15
LAT
12.08
SFC
12.08
USAT
12.05
WP
12.08
WSJ
(12.08)
PW
12.09
(ch 10.01)
Book
Sense

12.09
Amz
(12.08)
UK Book
Scan

wk ending
11.30
This cell color indicates rankings on children's bestsellers lists [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]

Key:
The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, 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)

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, and BookScan, which combines hardcovers and paperbacks within lists for fiction, nonfiction, and children's. 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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