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Bestsellers 6 Jan
Stephenie Meyer
Charlaine Harris

Bestsellers 30 Dec
J.K. Rowling
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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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 13 January 2009

All lists are updated this week. Debuting is Matthew Stover's Star Wars novel Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (Del Rey), at #21 on the New York Times fiction hardcover list, #111 on the overall USA Today list.

This page now adds rankings of titles by Stephenie Meyer to the UK and Canadian Amazon lists. Her titles occupy the top three spots today on Amazon.com, the top four spots on Amazon UK, and spots 2 through 4 on Amazon Canada (after Malcolm Gladwell).

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
WP
01.11
SFC
01.11
USAT
01.04
PW
01.12
(ch 12.08)
Amz
(01.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.13)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 10x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Butcher, Princeps' Fury 12.09.08 / 3 30 +     xxx.. xxx..      
Card, Ender in Exile 11.18.08 / 9 29 -4     xxx..   xxx..    
Collins, The Hunger Games 10.07.08 / 15 6 +1       xxx..      
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 10.23.07 / 52 xxx..   xxx.. 97 -15   xxx..   xxx..
Gaiman, The Graveyard Book 09.30.08 / 16 8 +1   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xx   xxx
Harris, From Dead to Worse 05.06.08 / 21 19 +13 xxx..   143 + xxx.. 55 -4   xx
King, Just After Sunset 11.11.08 / 10 12 -6 x   75 -56 11 + xx xxx.. xx
Maguire, A Lion Among Men 10.28.08 / 12 18 = xxx.. xxx.. 145 -49 xxx..     xx
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 02.12.08 / 49     3 + 3 +2   1 =   2 +
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 75     2 + 2 +1 xxx.. 2 =   3 +
Meyer, The Host 02.12.08 / 46 3 +2 8 + xxx.. 18 +3 4 + 18 +11 xxx.. 19 +
Meyer, The Host (UK) 01.13.09 / 1             88 ++  
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 74     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 24 -3   22 +
Meyer, Twilight 08.14.07 / 39           36 -1   32 +
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 51     xxx.. 42 -18   111 -25 85 +4 xx
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard 08.05.08 / 23     4 + 7 -3   14 =    
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) 08.05.08 / 23             12 -3 10 -2
Stover, Star Wars: Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor 01.13.09 / 1 21 ++     111 ++        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
WP
01.11
SFC
01.11
USAT
01.04
PW
01.12
(ch 12.08)
Amz
(01.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.13)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Buckell, Halo: The Cole Protocol [tpb] 12.09.08 / 6 12 +1     98 -10 xxx..      
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] 09.09.08 / 19 6 -1 x 2 +   xxx.. 39 +10   xxx..
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 48 xxx..     148 + xxx..      
Harris, All Together Dead 04.08.08 / 17 28 -6     110 +   xxx..    
Harris, Club Dead 06.01.03 / 20 22 -8     85 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead as a Doornail 09.30.08 / 15 x     112 +   xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead to the World 09.30.08 / 16 25 -10     92 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead Until Dark 09.16.08 / 18 9 -5     30 +20 10 + xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Definitely Dead 09.30.08 / 13 27 -9     119 +   xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Living Dead in Dallas 09.23.08 / 17 15 -4     65 +49 xxx xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Sookie Stackhouse Boxed Set 01.06.09 / 2           20 +6   16 +3
King, Duma Key 11.04.08 / 11 32 -24 xxx..   132 -76 xxx      
McCarthy, The Road 12.02.08 / 7 x     37 -5        
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 93 26 -11 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 99 + xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) 01.13.09 / 1             1 ++  
Meyer, Eclipse (UK) 01.13.09 / 1             3 ++  
Meyer, New Moon (UK) 01.13.09 / 1             2 ++ 4 ++
Meyer, New Moon [tpb] 06.17.08 / 31     3 + 1 +1   3 +1    
Meyer, Twilight (UK) 01.13.09 / 1             4 ++ 11 ++
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 75     10 + 4 -3 xxx.. 6 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] 07.22.08 / 26   xxx.. xxx.. 29 +16   30 +13 42 +2 65 -36
Scott, The Alchemyst [tpb] 09.09.08 / 14 10 -2              
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
WP
01.11
SFC
01.11
USAT
01.04
PW
01.12
(ch 12.08)
Amz
(01.13)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.13)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.13)
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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