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

= same as last week

+/- change 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. 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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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 15 November 2005

The trade paperback edition of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower VII (Scribner) debuts on 3 print lists this week, and ranks on Amazon Canada's list.

George R.R. Martin's A Feast for Crows (Bantam) hasn't cracked any print lists yet, but it continues to sell at Amazon, and has ranked #2 on Amazon Canada's list each of the past two weeks.

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

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.20
WP
11.13
SFC
11.13
USAT
11.06
PW
11.14
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(11.15)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.15)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.15)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.15)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Davidson, Undead and Unreturnable 10.18.05 / 3 30 -3     x   xxx..      
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 65 5 +2     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 43 xxx..     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     89 +
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 9 3 -1     113 -19 xxx.. 73 +8     30 +3
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes 10.11.05 / 6 17 -3 xxx xxx 90 -35 x 68 +7     4 +38
Hamilton, Judas Unchained (UK) 08.30.05 / 11             83 -22    
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.16.05 / 14 6 -1 7 -2 xx 22 -8 5 -1 50 -21     56 -42
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) 09.06.05 / 11             82 -28 8 -5  
Kostova, The Historian 06.14.05 / 23 19 +7 xxx.. xxx.. 109 +25 xxx 86 +     xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch 09.20.05 / 9 13 -4 xx 10 -2 55 -4 11 -3 67 +13     x
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 33           17 -15     2 =
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 37 1 =   xxx 36 -7 xxx.. 37 +9 80 -25   31 -13
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 8               3 -1  
Pierce, The Will of the Empress 10.11.05 / 3 9 +                
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.24.05 / 24             17 -1 xxx xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 48     xxx.. 32 +2 xxx.. 14 +4      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 46             68 -11 5 -2  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 46                 8 +36
Salvatore, Promise of the Witch-King: The Sellswords, Book II 11.08.05 / 2 20 -5     83 -33 15 -3        
Weber, At All Costs 10.25.05 / 3       103 -41   xxx      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.20
WP
11.13
SFC
11.13
USAT
11.06
PW
11.14
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(11.15)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.15)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.15)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.15)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear 11.08.05 / 2 1 = 1 =   3 +3 1 =        
DuPrau, The City of Ember [tpb] 06.28.04 / 28 9 +       xxx..        
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 22 6 +1     xxx.. xxx..        
King, The Colorado Kid 10.18.05 / 5 27 -10 xxx   56 -15 11 -4        
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower [tpb] 11.15.05 / 1 34 ++     64 ++ 12 ++       25 ++
Koontz, Life Expectancy 11.08.05 / 2 3 +2 7 +1   9 = 4 =        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 26 1 =     12 +1   8 +7     9 +2
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.14.05 / 22 2 =     8 +10          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 104 10 +3 5 +2 x 17 +6 2 +1 31 +13     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 78 xxx.. xxx.. x xxx xxx.. xx     20 +
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 45             15 -5    
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 22             xxx.. 10 -5  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 28 3 =   xxx.. 49 -5          
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 10.04.05 / 7             58 -8    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 146 xxx..   xxx.. 91 +13          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 72 xxx..   xxx.. 134 -4 xxx.. xxx..      
Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion [tpb] 10.04.05 / 4           xxx..     43 +7
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.08.05 / 39 xxx..   9 + xxx..          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.20
WP
11.13
SFC
11.13
USAT
11.06
PW
11.14
(ch 10.10)
Amz
(11.15)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.15)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.15)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.15)
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]
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