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The table compiles selected SFFH books placing on general bestseller lists.
See #Key below.

from LOCUS Magazine

Bestseller lists compiled from sales at specialty stores:

January

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11 January 2004


Christopher Paolini's Eragon reaches #1 on the New York Times children's chapter book (hardcover) list this week, surpassing J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the first time. Eragon just came out in Britain, and ranks #15 this week on Bookscan's children's list.

Washington Post heralds a revised set of lists this week now based on data from Nielsen BookScan, but the results are not noticeably different from WP's past lists (and they're still badly formatted on the web page).

(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
SFC
01.11
WP
01.11
USAT
01.07
PW
01.12
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.12
Amz
(01.12)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.03
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.12)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.12)
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 / 14                   24 +
Fisher, The Return of The King Visual Companion 11.16.03 / 9 25 =     x     xx     xxx..
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 14 4 +1     xx xxx.. 4 +1 xxx     xxx..
Jacques, Loamhedge 09.28.03 / 14 x     xxx.. 8 + x xxx..      
Jordan, New Spring 12.28.03 / 3             33 +3     51 -24
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 05.25.03 / 29 7 -2 xxx.. xxx.. 33 -16 7 -2 9 +2 x     xx
Koontz, Odd Thomas 12.14.03 / 5 6 +1   9 ++ 40 -10 8 -1   xx      
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife 10.12.03 / 14 17 +8   xxx.. 130 + 14 ++ 7 +6 40 -17     x
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 19 1 +1     24 -2 1 + 1 = 50 -4     48 +
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.04 / 1               15 ++    
Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment (UK) 10.05.03 / 15               19 -2 xxx.. xxx..
Pullman, Lyra's Oxford (UK) 11.16.03 / 9               17 -9    
Rice, Blood Canticle 10.12.03 / 14 21 -2 xx xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 01.17.00 / 25 xxx..         8 ++ xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 48 2 -1 xxx..   34 -23 2 + 5 -3 100 -12      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 29               7 -1 4 +1  
Salvatore, The Lone Drow 08.31.03 / 14 34 -1     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Stephenson, Quicksilver 09.07.03 / 15 xxx.. 10 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand 12.07.03 / 6 xxx..         13 -5       xxx
Tolkien, The Hobbit (Leatherette Collector's Edition) 12.21.03 / 4             79 -8      
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Leatherette Collector's Edition) 12.21.03 / 4             86 -20      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
SFC
01.11
WP
01.11
USAT
01.07
PW
01.12
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.12
Amz
(01.12)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.03
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.12)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.12)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Colfer, Artemis Fowl 05.19.02 / 63 xxx..     xxx.. xxx.. 14 =       xxx..
Crichton, Prey 11.23.03 / 8 15 -8   9 -1 26 -2 14 -8 9 -5       xxx..
Crichton, Timeline [tpb] 11.16.03 / 9 x     97 -15 x xxx..        
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 16 7 -2     126 +16 4 + 3 +1       xxx..
Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight 12.07.03 / 6 30 -7     57 +16 x xx       xxx..
King, From a Buick 8 12.07.03 / 6 19 -10     46 -19 x          
Koontz, By the Light of the Moon 11.16.03 / 9 29 -16     48 -12 x          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 8 23 -3 xxx..   92 -17     xxx..      
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday (AUSTRALIA) 01.11.04 / 1                 3 ++  
Nylund, Halo: First Strike 12.14.03 / 5 33 -7     60 +21 x          
Pratchett, Night Watch (UK) 10.05.03 / 15               44 -7    
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (UK)             xxx..   4 =    
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)             xxx..   2 =    
Pullman, The Subtle Knife (UK)                 3 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK)                 37 +3 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)                 13 +7 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 75 2 -1 xxx..   87 =   x        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)                 43 -6 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)                 14 +7 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 135 4 -1 xxx..   105 -1   10 +1        
Serkis, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum [tpb] 01.04.04 / 2 18 +6                  
Smith, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare [tpb] 11.16.03 / 9 4 -1     59 -8           xx
Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring         76 +27   xxx..        
Tolkien, The Hobbit         35 +21 xxx.. x   xxx..    
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Box Set 02.23.03 / 19       90 -36     56 -29 xxx..    
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings [tpb]   32 -13     68 -3   14 -3        
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Box Set         xxx..   xxx..       70 +30
Tolkien, The Return of the King   x     77 -3 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..    
Tolkien, The Silmarillion         39 +3     88 +11      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.18
SFC
01.11
WP
01.11
USAT
01.07
PW
01.12
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.12
Amz
(01.12)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.03
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.12)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.12)
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.  



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