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NEWS : Bestsellers
Bestsellers 16 Dec
J.K. Rowling
Tobias S. Buckell
Bestsellers 9 Dec
J.K. Rowling
Jim Butcher
Tobias S. Buckell
2008 Monitor Listings Archive
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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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December
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posted 23 December 2008
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J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard maintains its ranks on the two print lists that include it -- USA Today and San Francisco Chronicle -- though it slips a bit on today's US and UK Amazon lists, in both cases falling underneath titles by Stephenie Meyer. (In case it hasn't been obvious already, this page has compiled rankings of Meyer's books on the US Amazon.com list, but not for historical reasons on the UK or Canadian Amazon lists.)
Stephen King's Just After Sunset remains solidly among top 10 fiction hardcovers in its 5th week on print lists, #6 this week on lists at New York Times and Publishers Weekly.
And all seven of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse novels still rank on the extended New York Times lists this week, though some titles have slipped off other lists for a week or two now.
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.28 |
WP
12.21 |
SFC
12.21 |
USAT
12.14 |
PW
12.22
(ch 12.08) |
Amz
(12.23) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.23) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.23) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
10x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Card, Ender in Exile |
11.18.08 / 6 |
24 +2 |
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xx |
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xxx.. |
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Collins, The Hunger Games |
10.07.08 / 12 |
9 = |
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x |
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Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao |
10.23.07 / 49 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
100 +12 |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Funke, Inkdeath |
09.23.08 / 14 |
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86 = |
x |
109 -48 |
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x |
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Gaiman, The Graveyard Book |
09.30.08 / 13 |
7 = |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
x |
78 -22 |
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132 -69 |
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Gaiman/McKean, The Graveyard Book (UK) |
11.04.08 / 6 |
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93 -1 |
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Harris, From Dead to Worse |
05.06.08 / 18 |
27 -3 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx |
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King, Just After Sunset |
11.11.08 / 7 |
6 = |
10 -4 |
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25 +1 |
6 -1 |
57 -24 |
xxx.. |
51 -1 |
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Maguire, A Lion Among Men |
10.28.08 / 9 |
22 +3 |
xxx.. |
xx |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, Breaking Dawn |
02.12.08 / 46 |
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9 -4 |
4 +1 |
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2 +1 |
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xxx.. |
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Meyer, Eclipse |
08.14.07 / 72 |
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6 +4 |
5 -1 |
xxx.. |
1 +1 |
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xxx.. |
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Meyer, The Host |
02.12.08 / 43 |
5 +3 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
27 +6 |
5 +4 |
23 +2 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, New Moon |
08.14.07 / 71 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
20 +12 |
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xxx.. |
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Meyer, Twilight |
08.14.07 / 36 |
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27 +15 |
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xxx.. |
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Paolini, Brisingr |
01.22.08 / 48 |
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xxx.. |
16 +5 |
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35 -13 |
74 -6 |
97 -43 |
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Pratchett, Nation (UK) |
08.05.08 / 20 |
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52 -10 |
xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
02.06.07 / 98 |
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xxx.. |
145 + |
xxx.. |
91 +28 |
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Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard |
08.05.08 / 20 |
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3 = |
1 = |
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4 -3 |
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Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) |
08.05.08 / 20 |
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3 -2 |
1 = |
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Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
05.08.07 / 77 |
10 = |
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xxx.. |
x |
xxx.. |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.28 |
WP
12.21 |
SFC
12.21 |
USAT
12.14 |
PW
12.22
(ch 12.08) |
Amz
(12.23) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.23) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.23) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Buckell, Halo: The Cole Protocol [tpb] |
12.09.08 / 3 |
7 -3 |
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85 -18 |
x |
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Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] |
09.09.08 / 16 |
6 = |
10 + |
4 -2 |
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xx |
54 +4 |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, All Together Dead |
04.08.08 / 14 |
25 + |
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xx |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Club Dead |
06.01.03 / 17 |
15 +6 |
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x |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead as a Doornail |
09.30.08 / 12 |
21 + |
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xx |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead to the World |
09.30.08 / 13 |
18 +16 |
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xx |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead Until Dark |
09.16.08 / 15 |
6 +1 |
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55 +1 |
7 -2 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Living Dead in Dallas |
09.23.08 / 14 |
13 +1 |
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125 -25 |
13 + |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harrison, The Outlaw Demon Wails |
12.09.08 / 3 |
26 -6 |
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King, Duma Key |
11.04.08 / 8 |
9 +4 |
xxx.. |
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73 +10 |
12 +3 |
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McCarthy, The Road |
12.02.08 / 4 |
27 -2 |
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59 +21 |
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McCarthy, The Road [tpb] |
04.10.07 / 90 |
22 +1 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, New Moon [tpb] |
06.17.08 / 28 |
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5 +5 |
3 = |
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3 +1 |
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Meyer, Twilight [tpb] |
08.14.07 / 72 |
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7 -2 |
2 = |
xxx.. |
6 -1 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] |
07.22.08 / 23 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
76 +22 |
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43 +2 |
56 +11 |
118 -82 |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] |
05.24.04 / 133 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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90 -6 |
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Tolkien, The Children of Húrin [tpb] |
10.28.08 / 9 |
27 +4 |
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xxx.. |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.28 |
WP
12.21 |
SFC
12.21 |
USAT
12.14 |
PW
12.22
(ch 12.08) |
Amz
(12.23) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.23) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.23) |
| 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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