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SFFH on General Lists
4 August 2002
Two books debut on lists this week, the first being the latest example of the book tour effect: China Miéville's The Scar (Del Rey) appears on San Francisco Chronicle's quality paperback list at #5, following Miéville's appearance at several signings in the Bay area the week of July 22nd.
The second debut is Jude Watson's Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games (Scholastic), ranking #10 on New York Times's children's paperback list.
And in this week's media tie effect, ranks of J.K. Rowling's books rose noticeably in several places, perhaps in the aftermath of the DVD release of the first Harry Potter film; and the Amazon rank of Tolkien's trilogy (in mass market paperback) jumped 14 notches this week, perhaps in anticipation of the DVD release next week of the first film in that series.
Meanwhile, the Philip K. Dick UK movie tie-in Minority Report is up to #6 on Amazon UK's hardcover fiction list.
Note: you can now bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.
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Title |
Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
8.11 |
LAT
8.04 |
SFC
8.04 |
USAT
8.01 |
WP
8.04 |
WSJ
8.02 |
Book
seller [UK]
(8.04) |
PW
8.05
(ch 7.01) |
Book
Sense
8.05 |
Amz
(8.04) |
Amz UK
(8.04) |
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Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed |
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30x5 |
15x4 |
10x3 |
50 |
10x4 |
10x2 |
10x6 |
15x5 |
15x6 |
25x4 |
10x4 |
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Hardcovers |
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Adams, The Salmon of Doubt |
5.19 / 11x |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx |
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xxx.. |
x |
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Auel, The Shelters of Stone |
5.12 / 13 |
10 -1 |
x |
xxx.. |
xx |
xxx |
13 -1 |
7 = |
13 -1 |
9 +4 |
18 -3 |
5 -1 |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident |
5.12 / 13 |
4 = |
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6 -1
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8 -2 |
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Dick, Minority Report |
7.21 / 3 |
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6 +2 |
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Gaiman, Coraline |
7.14 / 4 |
6 = |
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[9 ++] |
12 -3 |
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King, Everything's Eventual |
3.31 / 18 |
34 -2 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban |
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7 + |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Goblet of Fire |
7.17.00 / 108 |
1 = |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
21 +19 |
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xxx.. |
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x |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets |
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9 + |
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Weis/Hickman, Dragons of a Vanished Moon |
6.30 / 6 |
30 -2 |
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xxx.. |
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x. |
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Paperbacks |
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Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 |
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xxx.. |
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xx |
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Colbert, Magical Worlds of Harry Potter |
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5 + nf |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl |
5.19 / 12 |
5 -1 |
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10 -1 |
[1 +3] |
2 +1 |
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King, Dreamcatcher |
6.23 / 7 |
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8 -1 |
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7 +1 |
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Miéville, The Scar |
8.04 / 1 |
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5 ++ |
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Pullman, The Amber Spyglass |
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8 = |
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xxx.. |
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Pullman, The Golden Compass [UK Northern Lights] |
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5 +2 |
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xxx.. |
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Pullman, The Subtle Knife |
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xx |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Azkaban |
6.17.01 / 60 |
3 -2 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
13 +8 |
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3 = |
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5 -1 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Fire |
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1 = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Secrets |
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2 = |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
17 +8 |
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4 = |
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4 -3 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter.. Stone |
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4 -1 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
x |
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xxx.. |
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xx |
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Tolkien, Hobbit/LOTR (mm) |
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xxx.. |
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8 +14 |
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Watson, Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games |
8.04 / 1 |
10 ++ |
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Wrede, SW 2: Attack of the Clones |
5.05 / 11x |
xxx |
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NYT |
LAT |
SFC |
USAT |
WP |
WSJ |
Book
seller |
PW |
Book
Sense |
Amz |
Amz UK |
| This cell color indicates rankings on children's bestsellers lists |
[Italics and brackets indicate stale data -- rankings from one or more weeks before -- and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals] |
Key:
The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, 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, The Bookseller, 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. 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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