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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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SFFH on General Lists
25 January 2004


Laurell K. Hamilton's Seduced by Moonlight (Ballantine), which goes on sale February 3, ranks on both the US and Canadian Amazon lists this week.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.01
SFC
01.25
WP
01.25
USAT
01.22
PW
01.26
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.26
Amz
(01.27)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.17
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.27)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 30x3 10x4 150 15x5 15x6 100 25x3 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 16 4 +1     xxx.. xxx.. 3 -1 xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, Seduced by Moonlight 01.18.04 / 2             112 -60     26 ++
Jordan, New Spring 12.28.03 / 5 5 -2   5 -2 23 -10 4 -1 9 -4 x     xx
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla 05.25.03 / 31 20 -3 xxx.. xxx.. 113 -41 xx xx xxx     83 +
Koontz, Odd Thomas 12.14.03 / 7 11 =   xx 94 -20 13 -2   xxx..      
Koontz, Odd Thomas (UK) 01.18.04 / 2               41 -11    
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife 10.12.03 / 16 21 -3   xxx.. x xx 12 -2 59 -13     xxx
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 21 2 -1     30 -3 xx 1 = 46 +37     x
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.04 / 3               7 +2    
Pullman, Lyra's Oxford (UK) 11.16.03 / 11               15 +1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 01.17.00 / 27 10 +         x xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 50 1 +1 xxx..   66 -13 xx 7 -2 98 +      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 31               10 -4 xx  
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand 12.07.03 / 8 xxx..         14 -4       xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.01
SFC
01.25
WP
01.25
USAT
01.22
PW
01.26
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.26
Amz
(01.27)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.17
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.27)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, Prey 11.23.03 / 10 21 -3   xx 38 -5 xx xx       xxx..
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 18 7 -1     xx xx 5 -2       xxx..
Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight 12.07.03 / 8 xx     115 -28 xxx xxx..       xxx..
King, From a Buick 8 12.07.03 / 8 32 -12     71 -11 xxx          
Koontz, By the Light of the Moon 11.16.03 / 11 35 -10     106 -27 xxx          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 10 28 -2 xxx..   70 +14     xxx..      
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1: Mister Monday (UK) 01.25.04 / 1               9 ++    
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday (AUSTRALIA) 01.11.04 / 3                 1 =  
Nylund, Halo: First Strike 12.14.03 / 7 xx     84 -1 xxx          
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (UK)             xxx..   3 +1    
Pullman, Northern Lights (UK)             xxx..   1 =    
Pullman, The Subtle Knife (UK)                 2 +1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK)                 35 = xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   5 +5 xxx..   xxx..   xxx..        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)                 11 -4 5 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 77 2 = xxx..   129 -12   9 +        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)                 38 -8 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)                 12 -1 7 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 137 4 -1 xxx..   138 -5   10 +1        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   3 +5 xxx..   xxx   xxx        
Serkis, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum [tpb] 01.04.04 / 3 17 +                  
Smith, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare [tpb] 11.16.03 / 11 10 -4     119 -11           xxx..
Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring         136 -23   xxx..        
Tolkien, The Hobbit         91 -42 xxx.. xxx   xxx..    
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Box Set 02.23.03 / 21       xx     61 -16 xxx..    
Tolkien, The Silmarillion         87 -25     xx      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.01
SFC
01.25
WP
01.25
USAT
01.22
PW
01.26
(ch 01.01)
Book
Sense

01.26
Amz
(01.27)
UK:
Book
Scan

wk ending
01.17
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.27)
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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