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SFFH on Bestseller Lists
22 May 2000
Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is out in trade paperback, in two versions -- black with gold lettering, and gold with black lettering, both with the same ISBN. (Collectors note: the gold with black lettering version will be available only in the first trade paperback printing!) The book enters the Amazon and BookSense lists this week.
The UK paperback of The Science of Discworld, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen, is on bestseller lists in the UK; this week it's #2 (!) on the Times of London general paperback list. (It hasn't been published in the US.)
The paperback of Louis Sachar's Holes enters BookSense's paperback list this week at #3.
BookSense has a special year-to-date Young adult bestseller list
posted this week, led by Harry Potter, Holes, and Brian Jacques' books. Further down: Philip Pullman, Madeleine L'Engle, and Jane Yolen.
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NYT
21 May |
LAT
21 May |
SFC
21 May |
USAT
18 May |
WP
21 May |
WSJ
19 May |
London
Times
21 May |
PW
22 May |
Amz
(17 May) |
Book
Sense
22 May |
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Items compiled/total on list |
15/30 |
15/15 |
15/15 |
30/100 |
10/10 |
10/10 |
10/10 |
15/15 |
15/25 |
15/15 |
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Fiction hardcovers |
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Bear, Star Wars: Rogue Planet |
9 ++ |
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x (34 -13) |
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8 -3 |
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7 -3 |
15 ++ |
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Clark MH, Before I Say Goodbye |
1 = |
7 -1 |
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5 +2 |
1 = |
1 +1 |
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1 = |
2 +3 |
5 -1 |
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Danielewski, House of Leaves |
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x |
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Heamey trans., Beowulf |
10 -2 |
4 -1 |
4 -2 |
-- |
7 + |
x |
xxx gen |
x |
7 -3 |
4 -2 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban |
4 +1 |
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13 +2 |
23 = |
6 -3 |
5 -1 |
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1 series = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets |
5 -1 |
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8 = |
21 -6 |
8 -3 |
4 -1 |
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1 series = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone |
12 -1 |
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xxx |
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xxx |
13 -1 |
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1 series |
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Sachar, Holes |
-- |
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xxx |
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1 ch +1 |
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Fiction paperbacks |
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Hubbard, Battlefield Earth |
(24 +1) |
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(42 -3) |
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14 ++ |
(24) |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone |
14 -4 |
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10 -1 |
x |
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1 series |
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Sachar, Holes |
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3 ch ++ |
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Stephenson, Cryptonomicon |
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11 ++ |
15 ++ |
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Nonfiction paperbacks |
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Pratchett et al, The Science of Discworld |
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NYT |
LAT |
SFC |
USAT |
WP |
WSJ |
London |
PW |
Amz |
Book
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This cell color means the title is not eligible for this list; e.g. the paper does not have paperback list, or apparently does not include YA books on its general fiction lists |
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This cell color means the data is stale; e.g., a children's bestseller list only updated once a month |
The table compiles SFFH books placing 15th or higher on general bestseller lists (30th or higher on the combined USA Today list).
The current rank of each book and the change since last week are shown, where:
= same as last week
+ or - with number: difference since last week
+ back on list
++ new on list
x no longer on list (number of x's: weeks off list)
() below cut-off but noted anyway
-- previously noted anyway but now nowhere in sight
Columns show ranks on lists from, respectively, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, London Times, Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com (fiction lists), and BookSense. 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. Some books are on separate general [nonfiction] lists (gen), children's lists (ch), trade paperback lists (tpb), or mass market paperback lists (mm), as indicated.
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