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SFFH on Bestseller Lists: 5 November 2000


Dan Simmons's new novel Darwin's Blade debuts in 9th place on this week's LAT list.

Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, the Harry Potter books, and Anne Rice's Merrick continue to place prominently on general bestseller lists this week.

On the paperback lists, Michael Crichton's Timeline debuts in first place on three lists, and places 4th on two others.

New hardcover volumes in series by Philip Pullman and George R.R. Martin inspire sales of earlier volumes in paperback, at least from Amazon.
This cell color indicates forthcoming books: Amazon US/UK not-yet-published (NYP) rankings This cell color indicates ineligible titles, e.g. YA titles excluded from fiction lists, or no paperback lists This cell color indicates stale data; e.g., children's bestseller lists updated only monthly
Title NYT
12 Nov
LAT
5 Nov
SFC
5 Nov
USAT
1 Nov
WP
5 Nov
WSJ
3 Nov
London
Times
5 Nov
PW
6 Nov
BookSense
6 Nov
Amz
(1 Nov)
Amz UK
[6 Nov]
Items compiled/total on list 30 15 15 50 10 10 10 15 15 hc, 5 pb 25, 50 NYP 10, 50 NYP
Fiction hardcovers
Baum, Annotated Wizard of Oz 9 ++ ch hc                    
Brooks, Ilse Witch 29 -2         xxx..   xxx xxx.. xxx  
Carr, Caleb, Killing Time                   6 +17 NYP  
Chabon, The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay x 4 -1 9 +2   xx     xxx.. xxx xxx  
Feist, Krondor: Tear of the Gods [US: Dec; UK: Sep]                     4 +8 NYP
Goodkind, Faith of the Fallen [US, UK: Aug] 27 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x  
Hamilton, Laurell, [A Kiss of Shadows 33 -8                 16 +7  
Herbert/Anderson, Dune House Harkonnen 14 -2   xx xxx   xxx   14 -2   11 +2  
Jacques, Lord Brocktree [UK: Sep] 6 = chhc 5 ++ ch           2 ++ ch fic xxx ch xxx..  
Jordan, Winter's Heart [US, UK: Nov]                   2 = NYP 1 +1 NYP
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Indwelling 18 +2 xxx   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   x  
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Mark [US Nov]                   1 = NYP  
Lightman, The Diagnosis     x                
MacLeod, Cosmonaut Keep [UK: 1 Nov]                      
Martin, A Storm of Swords [US: Oct]                      
McCaffrey, The Skies of Pern [UK: Feb]                   11 ++ NYP 25 +2 NYP
Pratchett, The Truth [UK: 9 Nov; US 7 Nov]                   7 ++ NYP 1 +1 NYP
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass [US: Oct; UK: Nov] 5 = ch hc   4 -1 39 +6   xx     4 -1 ch    
Rice, Merrick [US: Oct; UK: Oct] 2 =   5 +2 7 -2   2 =   2 = 3 +1 4 ++  
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban 2 = ch hc 4 +5 ch 6 -1 8 +4   4 +1   1 = ch series 5 = ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire US UK 1 = ch hc 3 -2 ch 3 +3 6 =   3 = 1 = ch 1 = ch series 3 +1 ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets 3 = ch hc 1 +6 ch xxx.. xxx..   xxx..   1 = ch series xx ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 4 = ch hc   13 +     10 =   1 = ch series 8 +1 ch    
Saunders, The Very Persistent Gappers of Fripp x ch hc                    
Simmons, Darwin's Blade   9 ++                  
Yolen/Teague, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? xxx.. ch-pic xx ch           3 -1 ch-pic      
Fiction paperbacks
Crichton, Timeline [UK] 1 ++     4 ++     4 = 1 ++ 1 ++    
King, Hearts in Atlantis 28 +4     xxx xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..  
Luceno, Star Wars...Jedi Eclipse 31 -14     49 -20       15 =   x x NYP
Martin, A Clash of Kings                   19 +  
Martin, A Game of Thrones                   15 +  
Pullman, The Golden Compass                   xx  
Pullman, The Subtle Knife                   3 +8  
Rice, Vampire Armand 16 -3     50 -7              
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban [UK]             4 -1 ch        
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets [US pb 15 Aug] 2 -1 ch pb   3 -1 3 =     3 +1 ch 1 = ch series 2 = ch    
Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone 1 +1 ch pb 2 +3 ch 5 -4 1 +1     2 = ch 1 = ch series 1 = ch    
Sachar, Holes 3 = ch pb     xxx..       1 = ch fic x ch    
Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR                   12 +1  
Nonfiction
King, On Writing 3 = 3 = x 26 -5 4 -1 x   5 +1 11 -4 6 +1  
Shapiro, J.K. Rowling, The Wizard Behind Harry Potter 9 + ch pb             3 -1 ch nf xxx.. ch    
  NYT LAT SFC USAT WP WSJ London PW BookSense Amz Amz UK

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
   nyp Not-yet-published (pre-ordered)

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, BookSense, Amazon.com (fiction lists), and Amazon UK (fiction lists). 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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