Mark Z. Danielewski's new postmodern fantasy novel Only Revolutions (Pantheon) -- a dos-style tour de force described by Publishers Weekly as "a feat of Pynchonesque puzzlebookdom" -- debuts at #13 on this week's New York Times fiction hardcover list.
Runner-up on the same list is S.M. Stirling's A Meeting at Corvalis (Roc), conclusion of his alternate history trilogy, ranking at #34.
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
10.01 |
WP
09.24 |
SFC
09.24 |
USAT
09.17 |
PW
09.25
(ch 09.11) |
Amz
(09.26) |
UK:
Amz UK
(09.26) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.26) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.26) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
30x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
10x4 |
100 |
| Hardcovers |
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Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Shadow Thieves |
07.11.06 / 12 |
5 -1 |
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xxx.. |
xx |
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Brooks, Armageddon's Children |
08.29.06 / 5 |
18 -7 |
xx |
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98 -25 |
11 -5 |
xxx.. |
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xxx |
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Canavan, Last of the Wilds (UK) |
08.01.06 / 9 |
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99 -44 |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony |
09.12.06 / 3 |
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6 ++ |
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27 -17 |
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14 -3 |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK) |
08.01.06 / 9 |
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42 -25 |
1 ++ |
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Danielewski, Only Revolutions |
09.26.06 / 1 |
13 ++ |
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95 ++ |
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Feist, Into a Dark Realm (UK) |
08.29.06 / 5 |
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23 -2 |
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Fforde, The Fourth Bear (UK) |
07.11.06 / 5 |
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xxx.. |
9 ++ |
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Funke, Inkspell |
09.06.05 / 41 |
9 = |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Gaiman, Fragile Things (UK) |
09.26.06 / 1 |
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89 ++ |
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Gemmell, Troy: Shield of Thunder (UK) |
08.29.06 / 5 |
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74 -55 |
x |
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Goodkind, Phantom |
06.27.06 / 14 |
24 -2 |
xxx.. |
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x |
x |
xxx.. |
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xxx |
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Herbert/Anderson, Hunters of Dune |
08.08.06 / 8 |
16 -7 |
xx |
xxx |
100 -17 |
13 -5 |
xxx.. |
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74 + |
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McCarthy, The Road |
09.26.06 / 1 |
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10 ++ |
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41 ++ |
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Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman |
09.12.06 / 3 |
xx |
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2 +2 |
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Paolini, Eldest |
03.01.05 / 82 |
2 = |
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x |
xx |
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Paolini, Eldest (UK) |
09.20.05 / 28 |
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5 -2 |
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Pratchett, Wintersmith |
09.26.06 / 1 |
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100 ++ |
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Pratchett, Wintersmith (UK) |
05.09.06 / 18 |
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2 +3 |
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Skelton, Endymion Spring |
09.12.06 / 3 |
3 = |
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xx |
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Stirling, A Meeting at Corvallis |
09.26.06 / 1 |
34 ++ |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
10.01 |
WP
09.24 |
SFC
09.24 |
USAT
09.17 |
PW
09.25
(ch 09.11) |
Amz
(09.26) |
UK:
Amz UK
(09.26) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.26) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.26) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 |
07.20.03 / 63 |
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150 -44 |
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xxx.. |
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x |
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Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] |
03.28.06 / 27 |
xxx.. |
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8 -3 |
xxx.. |
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x |
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Maguire, Wicked [tpb] |
06.15.03 / 149 |
30 -7 |
xxx.. |
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91 -12 |
xxx.. |
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Martin, A Feast for Crows |
09.19.06 / 2 |
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54 -7 |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] |
05.24.04 / 116 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
81 = |
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x |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] |
01.04.05 / 89 |
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57 -28 |
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Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four |
07.20.03 / 65 |
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xx |
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xxx.. |
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56 -41 |
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Paolini, Eragon [tpb] |
05.10.05 / 73 |
2 +3 |
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xxx.. |
120 +8 |
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Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment |
05.09.06 / 14 |
10 + |
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xxx.. |
xx |
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Pratchett, Thud! |
09.19.06 / 2 |
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147 -26 |
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Pratchett, Thud! (UK) |
09.19.06 / 2 |
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13 = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] |
07.25.06 / 10 |
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xxx.. |
28 -6 |
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xxx.. |
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Traviss, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines |
09.12.06 / 3 |
31 -5 |
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52 -15 |
5 = |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
10.01 |
WP
09.24 |
SFC
09.24 |
USAT
09.17 |
PW
09.25
(ch 09.11) |
Amz
(09.26) |
UK:
Amz UK
(09.26) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.26) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.26) |
| 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] |
