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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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Stephen King's Duma Key (Scribner) debuts solidly and strongly on print lists this week, ranking #1 at New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly, and #4 at San Francisco Chronicle. It's also still in the top 10 of titles today on Amazon and Amazon Canada.

Meanwhile, the paperback reprint of King's "Richard Bachman" novel Blaze (Pocket) debuts on three print lists, as high as #13 at New York Times.

The one other debut this week is J.G. Ballard's just-published autobiography, Miracles of Life (Fourth Estate), ranking #61 today on Amazon UK.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.10
WP
02.03
SFC
02.03
USAT
01.27
PW
02.04
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(02.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.05)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Ballard, Miracles of Life (UK) 02.05.08 / 1             61 ++  
Banks, Matter (UK) 01.08.08 / 5             10 +1  
Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road 10.30.07 / 14 xxx..   10 + xxx..   xxx..    
Goodkind, Confessor 10.30.07 / 15 22 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xx
Karpyshyn, Star Wars: Darth Bane: Rule of Two 01.08.08 / 5 25 -5     xxx xxx      
King, Duma Key 01.01.08 / 6 1 ++ 1 ++ 4 ++ 1 ++ 1 ++ 7 -2   5 +8
King, Duma Key (UK) 01.22.08 / 3             43 -19  
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 26       28 +1 x 44 -9   xxx..
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 26       24 +2 x 43 -6   xxx..
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 3           69 -4    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 53     xxx.. 96 +3 x 24 +4    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 58             31 +6  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 53               34 +14
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 32 3 =     87 -19 xxx.. 42 -31    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.10
WP
02.03
SFC
02.03
USAT
01.27
PW
02.04
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(02.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.05)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bachman, Blaze 02.05.08 / 1 13 ++     55 ++ 14 ++      
Briggs, Iron Kissed 01.08.08 / 5 9 -1     97 -32 12 -4 xxx    
Crichton, Next 11.27.07 / 11 7 +5 xxx   69 -6 7 +6      
Maguire, Wicked 10.23.07 / 16 xxx..     132 -31 xxx..      
Matheson, I Am Legend 11.13.07 / 13 5 + xxx   29 -5 5 +1 xxx..    
Matheson, I Am Legend [tpb] 11.06.07 / 13 17 -2     xxx.. xxx xxx.. 75 -26 xxx..
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 44 9 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 39 +4 x 45 -21 40 -11 65 +1
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 26       17 +5 x 99 +   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 45 9 -1     xxx..   xxx..   xxx..
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass [tpb] 12.25.07 / 7       126 -38        
Pullman, The Golden Compass 07.31.07 / 28     xxx.. 108 -46       xxx..
Pullman, His Dark Materials Gift Set (UK) 08.02.04 / 19             30 -12 20 +14
Pullman, The Subtle Knife [tpb] 12.11.07 / 9       129 -46        
Rinzler, The Art of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [tpb] 04.12.05 / 5 9 +     xxx.. xxx..      
Staten, Halo: Contact Harvest [tpb] 10.30.07 / 14 31 +1     xxx xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Weber, Off Armageddon Reef 01.22.08 / 3 29 -3              
Westerfeld, Pretties [tpb] 12.19.06 / 9 8 +              
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.10
WP
02.03
SFC
02.03
USAT
01.27
PW
02.04
(ch 01.14)
Amz
(02.05)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.05)
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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