SFFH on General Lists

21 December 2003

Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas (Bantam), debuts on 3 more lists this week, ranking on 4 lists altogether, as high as #6 at New York Times. Rankings are up noticeably this week of Tolkien boxed sets and collector's editions. (Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 12.28	SFC 12.21	WP 12.21	USAT 12.18	PW 12.22 (ch 12.01)	Book Sense 12.22	Amz (12.22)	UK: Book Scan wk ending 12.13	Australia: Dymocks (12.22)	Canada: Amz.ca (12.22)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		30x5	30x3	10x4	150	15x5	15x6	100	25x3	10x4	100
Hardcovers
Atwood, Oryx and Crake (CANADA)	07.06.03 / 13x										x
Fisher, The Return of The King Visual Companion	11.16.03 / 6	32 =			xxx..			64 ++			xxx..
Funke, Inkheart	10.12.03 / 11	4 =			108 -9	x	4 -2	76 -31			x
Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (UK)	12.14.03 / 2									8 +2
Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel (UK)	12.21.03 / 1									10 ++
Gibson, Pattern Recognition	02.09.03 / 17x	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..			x
Goodkind, Naked Empire	06.01.03 / 19x	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..			x
Jacques, Loamhedge	09.28.03 / 12	9 =			xxx..	x	14 -1	xxx..
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla	05.25.03 / 26	5 =	xxx..	xx	15 -4	5 =	9 +3	47 -26			43 -23
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (UK)	11.16.03 / 6								41 -2
Koontz, Odd Thomas	12.14.03 / 2	6 ++			28 ++	10 ++		84 -61
Luceno, Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force	11.02.03 / 7x	xx			xxx	xxx..		xxx..			x
Maguire, Mirror Mirror	10.26.03 / 6x	xxx..	x		xxx..
McCaffrey/McCaffrey, Dragon's Kin	12.07.03 / 2x	x			xx
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife	10.12.03 / 11	30 +3		xxx..	xxx..		12 +	19 =
Paolini, Eragon	09.07.03 / 16	2 =			11 +2	x	1 =	26 -14			xxx
Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment (UK)	10.05.03 / 12								7 +3	xxx..	xxx..
Pullman, Lyra's Oxford (UK)	11.16.03 / 6								4 +2
Rice, Blood Canticle	10.12.03 / 11	19 -3	xx	x	92 -18	xx	xxx..	xxx..			xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	02.09.03 / 45	1 =	xxx..		5 +3	x	x	24 -7
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK)	06.29.03 / 26								7 =	5 +1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA)	07.06.03 / 24										58 -16
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban		xx						xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone		10 +						xxx..
Salvatore, The Lone Drow	08.31.03 / 11	34 +1			xx	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..			xxx
Stephenson, Quicksilver	09.07.03 / 14x	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	x			xxx
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand	12.07.03 / 3	xx					11 -2				95 ++
Tolkien, The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition)	12.21.03 / 1							18 ++
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Leatherette Collector's Edition)	12.21.03 / 1							8 ++
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 12.28	SFC 12.21	WP 12.21	USAT 12.18	PW 12.22 (ch 12.01)	Book Sense 12.22	Amz (12.22)	UK: Book Scan wk ending 12.13	Australia: Dymocks (12.22)	Canada: Amz.ca (12.22)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Colfer, Artemis Fowl	05.19.02 / 60	xxx..			xxx..	xxx..	13 +				xxx..
Crichton, Prey	11.23.03 / 5	4 =		10 -4	23 -9	4 =	3 =				xx
Crichton, Timeline [tpb]	11.16.03 / 6	23 -5			76 -22	14 -1	xx
Funke, The Thief Lord	09.28.03 / 13	9 =			133 -1	x	3 +2				xxx..
Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight	12.07.03 / 3	25 -4			57 -17	9 +1	6 -1				x
King, From a Buick 8	12.07.03 / 3	6 =			24 -9	6 -3
Koontz, By the Light of the Moon	11.16.03 / 6	10 -3			35 -3	8 +
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set	12.21.03 / 1							41 ++
Maguire, Wicked [tpb]	06.15.03 / 5	30 ++	xxx..		114 +			xxx..
Nylund, Halo: First Strike	12.14.03 / 2	31 +1			74 -23	15 =
Pratchett, Night Watch (UK)	10.05.03 / 12								32 -13
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (UK)							xxx..		9 =
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)							xxx..		5 =
Pullman, The Subtle Knife (UK)									8 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]		7 +	xxx..		xx		xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)									25 -1	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb]	08.11.02 / 72	1 +2	xxx..		79 +3		x
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb]	06.17.01 / 132	3 -2	xxx..		84 +2		15 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]		5 =	xxx..		116 +7		12 +
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb]	10.20.02 / 16x				xxx..			xx
Smith, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare [tpb]	11.16.03 / 6	6 +1			75 +34
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Box Set	02.23.03 / 16				140 ++			17 +26	xxx..
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Box Set					xxx..		xxx..				15 ++
Tolkien, The Return of the King		32 +			xx	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 12.28	SFC 12.21	WP 12.21	USAT 12.18	PW 12.22 (ch 12.01)	Book Sense 12.22	Amz (12.22)	UK: Book Scan wk ending 12.13	Australia: Dymocks (12.22)	Canada: Amz.ca (12.22)
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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)

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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.