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Patricia Briggs
Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Neil Gaiman
Kelley Armstrong
Carrie Vaughn
Michael Reaves



2009 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 24 February 2009

Patricia Briggs' Bone Crossed debuts at #5 on the New York Times fiction hardcover list this week, a week after it debuted on three other print lists.

Dan Simmons' Drood (Little, Brown) debuts lower down on three print lists, as high as #15 at Publishers Weekly, and #18 on the extended NYT list.

Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dream Warrior remains #1 on NYT's mass market list, and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book remains #1 on NYT's children's chapter book list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.01
WP
02.22
SFC
02.22
USAT
02.15
PW
02.23
(ch 02.09)
Amz
(02.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.24)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 10x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Briggs, Bone Crossed 02.03.09 / 4 5 ++ x   60 -37 5 -2 119 -50   64 ++
Collins, The Hunger Games 10.07.08 / 21 5 -2       xx      
Funke, Inkdeath 09.23.08 / 21       xxx xx xxx..   102 -17
Gaiman, The Graveyard Book 09.30.08 / 22 1 =   7 + 57 +17 xx 19 -4   39 +27
Harris, Dead and Gone 01.20.09 / 6           45 -8   x
Harris, From Dead to Worse 05.06.08 / 27 17 -1 xxx..   xxx xx 111 -30   x
Harrison, White Witch, Black Curse 02.17.09 / 2           26 +50   63 ++
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 02.12.08 / 55     xxx 5 +1   3 -1   7 -5
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 81     xx 4 = xxx.. 4 =   13 -7
Meyer, The Host 02.12.08 / 52 3 +1 5 +5 xxx.. 16 +6 3 +1 56 -12 xxx.. 24 -2
Meyer, The Host (UK) 01.13.09 / 7             99 -29  
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 80     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 109 -31   xxx
Meyer, Twilight 08.14.07 / 45           117 -19   xxx..
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 57     xxx.. 121 +1 xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard 08.05.08 / 29     xxx.. 45 =   73 -6    
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) 08.05.08 / 29             59 -31 110 -22
Simmons, Drood 02.24.09 / 1 18 ++     113 ++ 15 ++      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.01
WP
02.22
SFC
02.22
USAT
02.15
PW
02.23
(ch 02.09)
Amz
(02.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.24)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] 09.09.08 / 25 14 -4 xxx.. 2 +1 x xxx.. 40 +9   xxx..
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 53 xxx..     72 -22 xxx..     xxx..
Gaiman, Coraline Movie Tie-in Edition 02.03.09 / 4 1 +1     46 +52        
Harris, Dead Until Dark 09.16.08 / 24 19 +7     86 = xxx xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Living Dead in Dallas 09.23.08 / 23 23 +4     135 -8 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Sookie Stackhouse Boxed Set 01.06.09 / 8           28 -1   32 +3
Kenyon, Dream Warrior 02.17.09 / 2 1 = x   21 -10 3 -2      
McCarthy, The Road 12.02.08 / 12 xxx..     143 +3        
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 99 xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 44 +7 xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) 01.13.09 / 7             1 =  
Meyer, Eclipse (UK) 01.13.09 / 7             2 =  
Meyer, New Moon (UK) 01.13.09 / 7             3 = 22 -6
Meyer, New Moon [tpb] 06.17.08 / 37     6 + 1 +1   8 -2    
Meyer, Twilight (UK) 01.13.09 / 7             5 = 29 -4
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 81     xxx.. 2 +1 xxx.. 10 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] 07.22.08 / 32   5 + xxx.. 19 +22   5 +4 13 +23 16 -1
Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence [tpb] 01.27.09 / 5 30 -7   xxx..          
Vaughn, Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand 02.10.09 / 3 28 -3     x        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.01
WP
02.22
SFC
02.22
USAT
02.15
PW
02.23
(ch 02.09)
Amz
(02.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.24)
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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