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Dan Simmons
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Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Patricia Briggs
Sherrilyn Kenyon



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 3 March 2009

Dan Simmons' Drood remains at #18 on NY Times' fiction hardcover list for a second week, and rises a few notches on the lists at USA Today and Publishers Weekly.

Patricia Briggs' Bone Crossed drops to #12 on the NYT list, and drops on the USAT and PW lists, though it still ranks above Simmons on all three.

And Neil Gaiman retains #1 slots on the NYT children's chapter book and paperback lists, with The Graveyard Book and Coraline.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.08
WP
03.01
SFC
03.01
USAT
02.22
PW
03.02
(ch 02.09)
Amz
(03.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.03)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 10x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Briggs, Bone Crossed 02.03.09 / 5 12 -7 xx   81 -21 6 -1 x   x
Collins, The Hunger Games 10.07.08 / 22 4 +1       xxx      
Feist, Rides a Dread Legion (UK) 03.03.09 / 1             29 ++  
Gaiman, The Graveyard Book 09.30.08 / 23 1 =   x 54 +3 xxx 31 -12   109 -70
Harris, Dead and Gone 01.20.09 / 7           49 -4   xx
Harris, From Dead to Worse 05.06.08 / 28 21 -4 xxx..   xxx.. xxx x   xx
Harrison, White Witch, Black Curse 02.17.09 / 3           70 -44   x
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 02.12.08 / 56     7 + 4 +1   4 -1   6 +1
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 82     xxx 3 +1 xxx.. 5 -1   8 +5
Meyer, The Host 02.12.08 / 53 4 -1 7 -2 xxx.. 15 +1 4 -1 43 +13 xxx.. 31 -7
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 58     xxx.. 115 +6 xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard 08.05.08 / 30     xxx.. 49 -4   89 -16    
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) 08.05.08 / 30             71 -12 x
Simmons, Drood 02.24.09 / 2 18 =     105 +8 14 +1      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.08
WP
03.01
SFC
03.01
USAT
02.22
PW
03.02
(ch 02.09)
Amz
(03.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.03)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Dahlquist, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters [tpb] 03.03.09 / 1     8 ++          
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] 09.09.08 / 26 15 -1 xxx.. 3 -1 148 + xxx.. 50 -10   xxx..
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 54 xxx..     90 -18 xxx..     xxx..
Gaiman, Coraline Movie Tie-in Edition 02.03.09 / 5 1 =     42 +4        
Harris, Club Dead 06.01.03 / 26 xxx     130 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead to the World 09.30.08 / 20 xxx..     136 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Dead Until Dark 09.16.08 / 25 20 -1     76 +10 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Living Dead in Dallas 09.23.08 / 24 21 +2     111 +24 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Harris, Sookie Stackhouse Boxed Set 01.06.09 / 9           26 +2   36 -4
Kenyon, Dream Warrior 02.17.09 / 3 8 -7 xx   36 -15 9 -6      
McCarthy, The Road 12.02.08 / 13 xxx..     134 +9        
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 100 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 52 -8 xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) 01.13.09 / 8             1 =  
Meyer, Eclipse (UK) 01.13.09 / 8             2 =  
Meyer, New Moon (UK) 01.13.09 / 8             3 = 14 +8
Meyer, New Moon [tpb] 06.17.08 / 38     5 +1 1 =   8 =    
Meyer, Twilight (UK) 01.13.09 / 8             6 -1 25 +4
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 82     xxx.. 2 = xxx.. 10 = xxx.. xxx..
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] 07.22.08 / 33   2 +3 xxx.. 10 +9   3 +2 4 +9 9 +7
Rand, Atlas Shrugged 01.27.09 / 2       141 +   38 +    
Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence [tpb] 01.27.09 / 6 33 -3   xxx..          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.08
WP
03.01
SFC
03.01
USAT
02.22
PW
03.02
(ch 02.09)
Amz
(03.03)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.03)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.03)
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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