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Neil Gaiman
Salman Rushdie

Bestsellers 20 Jan
Simon R. Green
Charlaine Harris
Stephenie Meyer



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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posted 3 February 2009

Neil Gaiman's Newbery Award winning The Graveyard Book remains on the New York Times children's list this week, and ranks an impressive #15 on Amazon.com today, while the movie tie-in edition of his Coraline debuts on NYT's children's paperback list at #7. The film opens this Friday.

Debuting this week is Patricia Briggs' Bone Crossed (Ace), ranking #33 on Amazon.com today.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.08
WP
02.01
SFC
02.01
USAT
01.25
PW
02.02
(ch 12.08)
Amz
(02.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.03)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 10x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Briggs, Bone Crossed 02.03.09 / 1           33 ++    
Collins, The Hunger Games 10.07.08 / 18 3 +1       xxx..      
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 10.23.07 / 55 xxx..   xxx.. 110 -2   xxx..   xxx..
Funke, Inkdeath 09.23.08 / 18       138 + xxx.. xxx..   x
Gaiman, The Graveyard Book 09.30.08 / 19 5 +2   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 15 -9   44 -18
Harris, Dead and Gone 01.20.09 / 3           55 +2    
Harris, From Dead to Worse 05.06.08 / 24 12 = xxx..   133 -8 12 = 82 -1   xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 02.12.08 / 52     9 -4 3 =   3 -1   2 -1
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 78     xx 5 -1 xxx.. 4 -1   3 -1
Meyer, The Host 02.12.08 / 49 2 = 4 +3 xxx.. 17 +4 2 +1 29 +4 xxx.. 27 -10
Meyer, The Host (UK) 01.13.09 / 4             68 -13  
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 77     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 51 +1   32 +17
Meyer, Twilight 08.14.07 / 42           70 +1   xxx
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 54     xxx.. 85 -17   xx xxx xxx..
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard 08.05.08 / 26     xx 20 -4   35 =    
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) 08.05.08 / 26             38 -14 49 -26
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.08
WP
02.01
SFC
02.01
USAT
01.25
PW
02.02
(ch 12.08)
Amz
(02.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.03)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] 09.09.08 / 22 10 = xxx.. 4 =   xxx.. 45 -3   xxx..
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 51 xxx..     23 +7 xxx..     x
Gaiman, Coraline Movie Tie-in Edition 02.03.09 / 1 7 ++              
Harris, All Together Dead 04.08.08 / 20 27 -1     119 +5   xxx..    
Harris, Club Dead 06.01.03 / 23 22 -2     99 -4 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead as a Doornail 09.30.08 / 18 24 =     115 +4   xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead to the World 09.30.08 / 19 23 -1     101 +2 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead Until Dark 09.16.08 / 21 10 -3     52 -11 9 -2 xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Definitely Dead 09.30.08 / 16 35 -12     121 =   xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Living Dead in Dallas 09.23.08 / 20 20 -2     80 -8 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Sookie Stackhouse Boxed Set 01.06.09 / 5           30 +4   22 -8
McCarthy, The Road 12.02.08 / 10 xxx..     92 -29        
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 96 35 -9 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 62 +39 xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) 01.13.09 / 4             8 -7  
Meyer, Eclipse (UK) 01.13.09 / 4             9 -7  
Meyer, New Moon (UK) 01.13.09 / 4             10 -7 7 +1
Meyer, New Moon [tpb] 06.17.08 / 34     6 + 2 =   6 +3    
Meyer, Twilight (UK) 01.13.09 / 4             12 -7 13 +8
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 78     xxx 4 +1 xxx.. 11 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] 07.22.08 / 29   8 = xxx.. 35 -6   26 +17 69 -7 35 +2
Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence [tpb] 01.27.09 / 2 29 -1   x          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.08
WP
02.01
SFC
02.01
USAT
01.25
PW
02.02
(ch 12.08)
Amz
(02.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.03)
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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