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Frank Beddor
Nancy Farmer
J.K. Rowling

Bestsellers 28 August
Terry Brooks
Neil Gaiman
J.K. Rowling

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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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September
 
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posted 11 September 2007

Terry Brooks' The Elves of Cintra (Ballantine Del Rey) debuts strongly on fiction hardcover lists this week, ranking #5 on the lists at New York Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly.

A new mass-market paperback original Star Wars novel, Troy Denning's Legacy of the Force: Inferno (also Ballantine Del Rey), debuts almost as strongly on paperback lists, #7 at New York Times, #6 at Washington Post and Publishers Weekly.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.16
WP
09.09
SFC
09.09
USAT
09.02
PW
09.10
(ch 08.13)
Amz
(09.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.11)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.11)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Beddor, Seeing Redd 09.04.07 / 2 4 =                
Brooks, The Elves of Cintra 08.28.07 / 3 5 ++ 5 ++   25 ++ 5 ++ x x   55 +
Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union 05.01.07 / 20 33 -1 xxx.. 6 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Gibson, Spook Country 07.24.07 / 8 20 -5 xx 2 = x x xx xxx   42 -19
Herbert/Anderson, Sandworms of Dune 07.24.07 / 8 14 -4 x xx 124 -44 14 -6 xxx.. x   xxx
Kenyon, Devil May Cry 08.07.07 / 6 16 -4 xxx   149 -56 x xxx..      
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 5       6 -4 xxx 10 -2     xx
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 5       24 -14 xxx 25 -5     73 +
Pratchett, Making Money (UK) 05.15.07 / 14             15 -1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 13                 99 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 32     4 -1 2 -1 xxx 6 -3      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 38             16 -6    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 32                 5 -3
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 96             60 -19    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 89                 72 -30
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 64             82 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA) 07.06.03 / 42                 54 -17
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 12                 69 +
Scott, The Alchemyst 07.03.07 / 11 7 -1       xxx        
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 19 5 =       xxx xxx..      
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin 03.27.07 / 25 28 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     25 +28
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.16
WP
09.09
SFC
09.09
USAT
09.02
PW
09.10
(ch 08.13)
Amz
(09.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.11)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.11)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 77       140 -6   xxx..     xxx..
Brooks, Armageddon's Children 08.14.07 / 5       138 +10          
Denning, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Inferno 09.11.07 / 1 7 ++ 6 ++   15 ++ 6 ++        
Gaiman, Stardust 08.14.07 / 5 5 -2     130 -58 xx xxx..     x
Gemmell/Gemmell, Troy: The Fall of Kings (UK) 08.28.07 / 3             32 -19    
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 23 17 -6 xxx.. xxx.. 76 -14 13 = 39 +8 xxx..   22 +29
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 5       18 -11 xxx 49 +1     xx
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 80       128 -24   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 25 8 -3     xx   xxx..     xxx..
Pullman, The Golden Compass 07.31.07 / 7       120 -9          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 56 -20          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 168 xxx..   xxx.. 63 -17          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 60     xxx.. 32 -2 xxx.. 64 -18      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 127 xxx..   xxx.. 37 -15 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)               86 -22    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 189 xxx..   xxx.. 75 -35          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 45 -18   xxx..      
Smith, The Ruins 08.14.07 / 5 x xx   100 -65 x        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.16
WP
09.09
SFC
09.09
USAT
09.02
PW
09.10
(ch 08.13)
Amz
(09.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.11)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.11)
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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