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SFFH on Bestseller Lists: 3 June 2001
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Terry Pratchett’s Thief of Time (HarperCollins US; Doubleday UK) remains the one SFFH bright spot on bestseller lists, at least in the UK; otherwise, SFFH presence on all lists is very spotty, with even Stephen King slipping off most lists after just two months with Dreamcatcher. Pratchett's book has sold an estimated 57,399 copies so far in the UK, according to the Times of London.
The most notable title of SFFH interest is Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Random House), which has resurged in the weeks following its Pulitzer Prize win. It's not tracked on this page since it's not a genre SFFH book, but this week it ranks #3 at LAT, #5 on Amazon, and #1 in San Francisco.
New this week: the paperback of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ranks #8 on Amazon's fiction paperback list.
LAT updates its occasional children's bestseller list this week, with three Harry Potter books still on the list.
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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
10 Jun |
LAT
3 Jun |
SFC
3 Jun |
USAT
1 Jun |
WP
3 Jun |
WSJ
1 Jun |
London Times
3 Jun |
PW
4 Jun |
BookSense
4 Jun |
Amz
(30 May) |
Amz UK
[2 Jun] |
Items compiled/total on list |
30 |
15 |
15 |
50 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
15 |
15 hc, 5 pb |
25 |
10 |
Fiction hardcovers |
Bradley/Paxson, The Priestess of Avalon |
26 +3 |
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24 ++ |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl |
3 = ch hc |
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5 ++ ch fic |
14 (runner-up) |
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Jacques, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman |
xxx.. ch hc |
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xxx.. |
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6 -2 ch fic |
xxx.. |
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King, Dreamcatcher |
4 -1 |
xxx |
xxx.. |
44 -11 |
xxx.. |
6 +9 |
6 +1 |
8 -3 |
xxx |
x |
7 -1 |
LaHaye/Jenkins, The Mark |
22 +4 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx |
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McCaffrey, The Skies of Pern |
31 -4 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
17 = |
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Pratchett, Thief of Time |
xxx.. |
x |
12 -2 |
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1 = |
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xx |
1 = |
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass |
xxx.. ch hc |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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10 -2 ch fic |
xxx.. ch |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban |
2 = ch hc |
xxx.. ch |
x |
46 -5 |
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10 -2 |
3 ch hc |
1 = ch series |
10 + ch |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire |
1 = ch hc |
xxx.. ch |
xx |
x |
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12 -2 |
1 = ch hc |
1 = ch series |
xxx.. ch |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets |
9 -1 ch hc |
xxx ch |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
4 ch hc |
1 = ch series |
xxx.. ch |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone |
8 -2 ch hc |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
2 ch hc |
1 = ch series |
xxx.. ch |
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Van Lustbader, The Ring of Five Dragons |
xx |
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x |
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Weber/Ringo, March Upcountry |
xxx |
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Weis/Hickman, Dragons of a Lost Star |
xxx |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xx |
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Williams, Otherland: Sea of Silver Light |
xxx.. |
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14 ++ |
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xx |
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Fiction paperbacks |
Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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8 ++ |
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Jacques, The Legend of Luke |
xxx.. ch pb |
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x ch fic |
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Keyes (Greg), SW New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory 1: Conquest |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx |
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Pullman, The Golden Compass |
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x ch fic |
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Pullman, The Subtle Knife |
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xx ch fic |
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xxx.. |
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Rowling, Fantastic Beasts... |
5 -1 ch pb |
6 -5 ch |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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1 = ch fic |
4 -1 ch |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets |
3 -1 ch pb |
x ch |
xxx.. |
28 +1 |
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1 = ch series |
7 = ch |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone |
2 +1 ch pb |
4 -1 ch |
xx |
25 -1 |
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1 = ch series |
5 +1 ch |
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Rowling, Quidditch through the Ages |
4 +1 ch pb |
1 +1 ch |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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2 = ch fic |
8 -3 ch |
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Sachar, Holes |
6 = ch pb |
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xxx.. |
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4 -1 ch fic |
xxx.. ch |
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Tolkien, The Hobbit |
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10 = |
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Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR |
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xx ch |
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13 +1 |
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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)
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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