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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 13 December 2005
The new Dean Koontz novel Forever Odd (Bantam) debuts on 4 of the 5 print lists compiled here, ranking as high as #4 and #5 on the hardcover fiction lists at New York Times and Publishers Weekly respectively.
Stephen King's next novel, Cell (Scribner), due January 24th, shows up at #63 today on Amazon's list.
The paperback edition of Terry Goodkind's Chainfire (Tor) debuts this week on 3 print lists.
(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.18 |
WP
12.11 |
SFC
12.11 |
USAT
12.04 |
PW
12.12
(ch 12.12) |
Amz
(12.13) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.13) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.13) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.13) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
30x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
10x4 |
100 |
| Hardcovers |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception |
04.12.05 / 25 |
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xxx.. |
9 + |
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Funke, Dragon Rider |
08.16.04 / 69 |
9 -1 |
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xxx.. |
10 + |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Funke, Inkspell |
09.06.05 / 13 |
3 = |
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108 -9 |
4 + |
52 +8 |
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42 + |
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Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes |
10.11.05 / 10 |
19 -3 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
115 -56 |
15 = |
x |
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24 +32 |
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Harryhausen/Dalton, The Art of Ray Harryhausen (UK) |
12.06.05 / 2 |
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100 -44 |
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Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go |
04.12.05 / 19 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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98 + |
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Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK) |
02.22.05 / 14 |
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56 -11 |
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xxx.. |
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Jacques, High Rhulain |
09.06.05 / 6 |
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xxx.. |
15 + |
xxx.. |
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Jordan, Knife of Dreams |
08.16.05 / 18 |
14 = |
xxx |
xxx.. |
87 -25 |
12 -2 |
91 -12 |
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81 -11 |
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Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) |
09.06.05 / 15 |
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xxx |
10 = |
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King, Cell |
12.13.05 / 1 |
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63 ++ |
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Koontz, Forever Odd |
11.29.05 / 3 |
4 ++ |
6 ++ |
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17 ++ |
5 ++ |
99 -8 |
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Kostova, The Historian |
06.14.05 / 27 |
23 -8 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
72 +24 |
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71 + |
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Luceno, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader |
12.06.05 / 2 |
11 = |
x |
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55 -25 |
9 -2 |
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Maguire, Son of a Witch |
09.20.05 / 13 |
12 +1 |
xxx.. |
4 = |
76 -4 |
13 -1 |
73 -11 |
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xxx.. |
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Martin, A Feast for Crows |
02.23.03 / 37 |
10 -1 |
x |
5 -2 |
64 -31 |
11 -3 |
69 -10 |
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x |
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Paolini, Eldest |
03.01.05 / 41 |
1 = |
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xxx.. |
25 -3 |
2 + |
42 -6 |
96 -1 |
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75 -25 |
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Paolini, Eldest (UK) |
09.20.05 / 12 |
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4 = |
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Paolini, Eragon |
09.07.03 / 99 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
3 + |
xxx.. |
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Pierce, The Will of the Empress |
10.11.05 / 6 |
xx |
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12 ++ |
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Pratchett, Thud! (UK) |
05.24.05 / 28 |
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22 -4 |
xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
12.20.04 / 52 |
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x |
11 -4 |
1 + |
12 -2 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) |
12.27.04 / 50 |
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46 = |
5 = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) |
12.20.04 / 50 |
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8 +5 |
| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.18 |
WP
12.11 |
SFC
12.11 |
USAT
12.04 |
PW
12.12
(ch 12.12) |
Amz
(12.13) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.13) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.13) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.13) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Crichton, State of Fear |
11.08.05 / 6 |
6 -3 |
5 -2 |
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19 -4 |
3 = |
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x |
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Funke, Inkheart [tpb] |
05.31.05 / 26 |
8 -2 |
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xxx.. |
7 + |
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Goodkind, Chainfire |
12.13.05 / 1 |
28 ++ |
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88 ++ |
14 ++ |
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King, The Colorado Kid |
10.18.05 / 9 |
33 -4 |
xxx.. |
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x |
x |
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Koontz, Life Expectancy |
11.08.05 / 6 |
11 -5 |
xx |
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48 -6 |
13 -5 |
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Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set |
12.21.03 / 30 |
1 +1 |
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4 -1 |
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1 = |
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5 -2 |
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Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
06.14.05 / 26 |
2 -1 |
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5 -1 |
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Lewis, The Magician's Nephew |
11.29.05 / 3 |
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33 -4 |
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Maguire, Wicked [tpb] |
06.15.03 / 108 |
10 -1 |
10 -4 |
x |
23 -3 |
5 -1 |
29 +2 |
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xxx.. |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] |
01.04.05 / 49 |
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11 -4 |
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Paolini, Eragon [tpb] |
05.10.05 / 32 |
3 = |
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xxx.. |
57 -5 |
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Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) |
10.04.05 / 11 |
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98 = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] |
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xxx.. |
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80 -4 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] |
08.11.02 / 150 |
xxx.. |
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49 -17 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] |
07.05.04 / 76 |
xxx.. |
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39 -13 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] |
06.17.01 / 176 |
xxx.. |
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118 -16 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb] |
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xxx.. |
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62 -4 |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.18 |
WP
12.11 |
SFC
12.11 |
USAT
12.04 |
PW
12.12
(ch 12.12) |
Amz
(12.13) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.13) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.13) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.13) |
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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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