Eragon, a first fantasy novel by teenage author Christopher Paolini, self-published last year and now issued by Knopf, debuts on New York Times' and BookSense's children's lists this week.
Terry Brooks's High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus (Del Rey) debuts on 3 more lists this week (and returns to Amazon's list), ranking as high as #3 at Publishers Weekly.
Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver (Morrow), due in stores September 23, shows up on current Amazon and Amazon Canada Top 100 lists.
More peripherally, the latest futuristic crime caper from J.D. Robb, Imitation of Death (Berkley mass market), debuts on 5 lists, ranking #1 on the NYT and PW paperback lists.
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
09/14 |
SFC
09.07 |
WP
09.07 |
USAT
09.04 |
PW
09.08
(ch 08.01) |
Book
Sense
09.08 |
Amz
(09.08) |
UK:
Book
Scan
wk ending
08.30 |
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.08) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.08) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
30x3 |
10x4 |
150 |
15x5 |
15x6 |
100 |
25x3 |
10x4 |
100 |
| Hardcovers |
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Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus |
08.24.03 / 3 |
3 +27 |
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42 ++ |
3 ++ |
11 ++ |
81 + |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code |
04.27.03 / 20 |
x |
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xx |
xxx.. |
15 -1 |
xxx.. |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (UK) |
05.11.03 / 18 |
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20 -2 |
8 -3 |
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Eddings/Eddings, The Elder Gods (UK) |
08.17.03 / 3x |
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xx |
x |
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Fisher, The Two Towers Visual Companion (UK) |
08.31.03 / 2 |
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1 +1 |
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Gaiman/McKean, The Wolves in the Walls |
08.17.03 / 4 |
7 +1 |
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12 -1 |
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xxx |
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Goodkind, Naked Empire |
06.01.03 / 13 |
10 = |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
92 -33 |
9 = |
xx |
64 +33 |
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Goodkind, Naked Empire |
06.01.03 / 13 |
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25 + |
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Hearn, Grass for His Pillow (AUSTRALIA) |
09.07.03 / 1 |
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10 ++ |
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King, The Dark Tower I:The Gunslinger |
05.25.03 / 11x |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xx |
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King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla |
05.25.03 / 11 |
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53 +31 |
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x |
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Nix, Lirael (UK) |
09.07.03 / 1 |
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21 ++ |
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Paolini, Eragon |
09.07.03 / 1 |
3 ++ |
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8 ++ |
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Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (UK) |
05.11.03 / 18 |
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12 +1 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
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8 -2 |
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xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
01.17.00 / 21 |
7 -3 |
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xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
02.09.03 / 30 |
1 = |
2 +1 |
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9 -3 |
xx |
1 = |
21 -14 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) |
06.29.03 / 11 |
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1 = |
1 = |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA) |
07.06.03 / 10 |
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5 -4 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Adult Edition (CANADA) |
07.06.03 / 6x |
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x |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
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5 -3 |
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xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone |
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4 -1 |
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xxx.. |
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Salvatore, The Lone Drow |
08.31.03 / 1x |
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x |
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Simmons, Ilium |
07.20.03 / 6x |
xx |
xxx |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Stephenson, Quicksilver |
09.07.03 / 1 |
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34 ++ |
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9 ++ |
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Weber/Flint, Crown of Slaves |
08.31.03 / 1x |
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x |
| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
09/14 |
SFC
09.07 |
WP
09.07 |
USAT
09.04 |
PW
09.08
(ch 08.01) |
Book
Sense
09.08 |
Amz
(09.08) |
UK:
Book
Scan
wk ending
08.30 |
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.08) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.08) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Auel, The Shelters of Stone |
07.13.03 / 9 |
x |
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80 -33 |
x |
x |
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Auel, The Shelters of Stone |
07.13.03 / 9 |
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xxx.. |
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Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 |
07.20.03 / 8 |
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113 -25 |
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Brooks, The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr |
08.24.03 / 2 |
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58 ++ |
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xx |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl |
05.19.02 / 57 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
14 +1 |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl (UK) |
04.27.03 / 18 |
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25 -3 |
xx |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl |
05.19.02 / 57 |
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xxx.. |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident |
05.18.03 / 14x |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xx |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (UK) |
04.13.03 / 22 |
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17 -2 |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident |
05.18.03 / 14x |
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xxx.. |
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Crichton, Prey (UK) |
08.17.03 / 4 |
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5 +3 |
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Gaiman, Coraline |
08.10.03 / 4x |
xx |
x |
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xx |
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xxx |
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Gerber, Barry Trotter & the Shameless Parody (AUS) |
07.06.03 / 7 |
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5 +5 |
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Herbert, Dune |
03.30.03 / 4x |
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xxx.. |
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xx |
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King, The Dark Tower I:The Gunslinger |
07.13.03 / 7x |
xxx.. |
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xx |
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King, The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three |
08.17.03 / 3x |
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x |
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Morgan, Altered Carbon (CANADA) |
08.31.03 / 1x |
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x |
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Orwell, Animal Farm |
07.20.03 / 8 |
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111 -26 |
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xxx.. |
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Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four |
07.20.03 / 8 |
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142 -39 |
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Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (UK) |
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xxx.. |
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11 +9 |
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Pullman, Northern Lights (UK) |
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xxx.. |
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10 -1 |
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Pullman, The Subtle Knife (UK) |
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15 +1 |
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Robb, Imitation in Death |
09.07.03 / 1 |
1 ++ |
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4 ++ |
1 ++ |
7 ++ |
96 ++ |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK) |
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6 = |
xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] |
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7 -1 |
xxx.. |
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138 -46 |
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x |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK) |
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3 +1 |
3 -1 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (CANADA) |
07.06.03 / 5 |
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86 + |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] |
08.11.02 / 57 |
2 -1 |
xxx.. |
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62 -24 |
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5 -3 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK) |
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5 = |
xxx |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK) |
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4 -1 |
4 -1 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] |
06.17.01 / 117 |
3 -1 |
xxx.. |
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74 -32 |
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9 -6 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb] |
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6 -3 |
xxx.. |
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126 -37 |
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x |
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Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb] |
10.20.02 / 12x |
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xxx.. |
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x |
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Salvatore, The Thousand Orcs |
07.13.03 / 8x |
xxx.. |
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x |
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Tolkien, The Hobbit |
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139 + |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Tolkien, The Return of the King |
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124 + |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Tolkien, The Silmarillion [tpb] |
01.19.03 / 2 |
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xxx.. |
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32 ++ |
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Williams/Dix, Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion |
07.13.03 / 7x |
xxx.. |
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xx |
xxx.. |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
09/14 |
SFC
09.07 |
WP
09.07 |
USAT
09.04 |
PW
09.08
(ch 08.01) |
Book
Sense
09.08 |
Amz
(09.08) |
UK:
Book
Scan
wk ending
08.30 |
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.08) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.08) |
| 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] |
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)
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, and BookScan, which combines hardcovers and paperbacks within lists for fiction, nonfiction, and children's. 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.
