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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:

January

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18 January 2004


Robert Jordan's New Spring (Tor) debuts on 5 lists this week, as high as #3 on 3 of them.

A new book from Laurell K. Hamilton, Seduced by Moonlight (Ballantine), ranks #52 on Amazon's list this week; it goes on sale February 3rd.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.25
SFC
01.18
WP
01.18
USAT
01.15
PW
01.19
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.19
Amz
(01.20)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.10
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.20)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 30x3 10x4 150 15x5 15x6 100 25x3 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 15 5 -1     xxx xxx.. 2 +2 xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, Seduced by Moonlight 01.18.04 / 1             52 ++      
Jordan, New Spring 12.28.03 / 4 3 ++   3 ++ 13 ++ 3 ++ 5 ++ 58 -25     x
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 05.25.03 / 30 17 -10 xxx.. xxx.. 72 -39 x x xx     xxx
Koontz, Odd Thomas 12.14.03 / 6 11 -5   x 74 -34 11 -3   xxx      
Koontz, Odd Thomas (UK) 01.18.04 / 1               30 ++    
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife 10.12.03 / 15 18 -1   xxx.. 135 -5 x 10 -3 46 -6     xx
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 20 1 =     27 -3 x 1 = 83 -33     68 -20
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.04 / 2               9 +6    
Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment (UK) 10.05.03 / 16               41 -22 xxx.. 74 +
Pullman, Lyra's Oxford (UK) 11.16.03 / 10               16 +1    
Rice, Blood Canticle 10.12.03 / 15 23 -2 xxx xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 01.17.00 / 26 xxx..         6 +2 xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 49 2 = xxx..   53 -19 x 5 = x      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 30               6 +1 x  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA) 07.06.03 / 25                   26 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban   8 +           xxx..      
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand 12.07.03 / 7 xxx..         10 +3       xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.25
SFC
01.18
WP
01.18
USAT
01.15
PW
01.19
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.19
Amz
(01.20)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.10
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.20)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Colfer, Artemis Fowl 05.19.02 / 64 xxx..     xxx.. xxx.. 14 =       xxx..
Crichton, Prey 11.23.03 / 9 18 -3   x 33 -7 x x       xxx..
Crichton, Timeline [tpb] 11.16.03 / 10 xx     148 -51 xx xxx..        
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 17 6 +1     x x 3 =       xxx..
Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight 12.07.03 / 7 x     87 -30 xx xxx       xxx..
King, From a Buick 8 12.07.03 / 7 20 -1     60 -14 xx          
Koontz, By the Light of the Moon 11.16.03 / 10 25 +4     79 -31 xx          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 9 26 -3 xxx..   84 +8     xxx..      
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday (AUSTRALIA) 01.11.04 / 2                 1 +2  
Nylund, Halo: First Strike 12.14.03 / 6 x     83 -23 xx          
Pratchett, Night Watch (UK) 10.05.03 / 16               37 +7    
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (UK)             xxx..   4 =    
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)             xxx..   1 +1    
Pullman, The Subtle Knife (UK)                 3 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK)                 35 +2 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   10 + xxx..   xxx..   xxx..        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)                 7 +6 5 +  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 76 2 = xxx..   117 -30   xx        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)                 30 +13 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)                 11 +3 7 +  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 136 3 +1 xxx..   133 -28   11 -1        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   8 + xxx..   xx   xx        
Smith, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare [tpb] 11.16.03 / 10 6 -2     108 -49           xxx
Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring         113 -37   xxx..        
Tolkien, The Hobbit         49 -14 xxx.. xx   xxx..    
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Box Set 02.23.03 / 20       x     45 +11 xxx..    
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings [tpb]   x     140 -72   x        
Tolkien, The Return of the King   xx     129 -52 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..    
Tolkien, The Silmarillion         62 -23     x      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.25
SFC
01.18
WP
01.18
USAT
01.15
PW
01.19
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.19
Amz
(01.20)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.10
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.20)
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]

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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