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Bestsellers 8 Nov
David Weber
Christopher Moore
Dean Koontz

Bestsellers 1 Nov
R.A. Salvatore
Philip Roth
Susanna Clarke



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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:

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15 November 2004


Philip Roth's The Plot Against America is the title that ranks the strongest this week, still on 6 lists after 9 weeks, and still ranking #1 on the San Francisco Chronicle list and among the top 10 on 4 of the other lists.

Others showing endurance are Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, on 7 lists after 16 weeks, and Stephen King's The Dark Tower, on 6 lists after 23 weeks (including pre-sales at Amazon).

Debuts this week: Michael Chabon's Sherlock Holmes novella The Final Solution (Fourth Estate) ranks #66 today on Amazon, and the paperback reprint of Mercedes Lackey's The Fairy Godmother (Luna) is #132 on USA Today list.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.21
WP
11.14
SFC
11.14
USAT
11.07
PW
11.14
(ch 11.01)
Amz
(11.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.16)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.16)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Banks, The Algebraist (UK) 09.06.04 / 10             74 -16    
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers 09.13.04 / 10 4 =     xxx.. 8 + xxx..      
Chabon, The Final Solution 11.15.04 / 1           66 ++      
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 08.02.04 / 16 14 = xxx 6 -4 99 -7 14 = 22 +13      
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (UK) 08.09.04 / 15             22 -4   36 -14
DiTerlizzi/Black, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 5: The Wrath of Mulgarath 09.20.04 / 8 xxx..     xx 6 +        
Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth 10.18.04 / 5 26 -5     x xx xxx..      
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 14 1 =     95 +48 3 + xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, Incubus Dreams 08.30.04 / 12 31 -11 xxx.. xxx.. x xx xxx     xxx..
Jacques, Rakkety Tam 09.06.04 / 8 xxx..     xxx.. 10 + xxx..      
Kerr, The Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure 10.11.04 / 2 9 +                
King, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 03.22.04 / 33 28 -4 xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. 63 +13     x
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 06.07.04 / 23 10 = xxx xxx 44 -8 9 -1 38 +1     39 -27
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (UK) 07.26.04 / 14             79 -16 xxx..  
Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror 11.08.04 / 2 19 +11   x 103 +21          
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife 10.12.03 / 23 xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     58 +
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 63 3 =     133 + 7 + xxx..     xxx..
Pierce, Trickster's Queen 09.27.04 / 8 7 -2     xx   xxx..      
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 08.16.04 / 14             19 -3 8 + xxx..
Pullman, The Scarecrow and His Servant (UK) 11.08.04 / 2             24 +7    
Roth, The Plot Against America 09.20.04 / 9 7 -1 4 +1 1 = 34 -7 5 -2 8 +2     xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 83 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 87 +10      
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords 10.11.04 / 6 11 -2 xx   41 -13 7 -1 xx     x
Sherman/Cragg, Star Wars: Jedi Trial 11.08.04 / 2 32 -5                
Stroud, The Golem's Eye 08.30.04 / 12 10 -2     xxx..   xxx..      
Weber, The Shadow of Saganami 10.25.04 / 3 27 -11     137 -60 x xxx     xxx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.21
WP
11.14
SFC
11.14
USAT
11.07
PW
11.14
(ch 11.01)
Amz
(11.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.16)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.16)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Armstrong, Industrial Magic 11.08.04 / 2       122 -32          
Brennan, Faerie Wars [tpb] 09.27.04 / 3 7 +       9 ++        
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 49 6 +1     xxx.. xxx..       xxx..
Koontz, Odd Thomas 11.08.04 / 2 7 -1     8 -1 6 +1       x
Lackey, The Fairy Godmother 11.15.04 / 1       132 ++          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 52 xxx..   xxx.. 62 -13 xxx.. xx     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 26 26 +1   x 50 +10 7 = 53 +14      
Rodda, Deltora Quest Series 3, Book 4: Sister of the South (AUSTRALIA) 10.18.04 / 5               1 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 20 xxx..   xxx.. 73 +2 5 + xxx..      
Stephenson, Quicksilver [tpb] 10.04.04 / 3     10 + xxx..         xxx..
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand [tpb] 08.16.04 / 11 9 +       xxx..        
Traviss, Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact 11.08.04 / 2       111 -2          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.21
WP
11.14
SFC
11.14
USAT
11.07
PW
11.14
(ch 11.01)
Amz
(11.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.16)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.16)
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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