SFFH on General Lists

31 August 2004

Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson's latest Dune novel, The Battle of Corrin (Tor), debuts on 5 US lists this week, and 1 UK list; as high as #6 in San Francisco. (Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 09.05	WP 08.29	SFC 08.29	USAT 08.22	PW 08.30 (ch 08.01)	Book Sense 08.24	Amz (08.31)	UK: Amz UK (08.31)	Australia: Dymocks (08.31)	Canada: Amz.ca (08.31)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		30x5	10x4	30x3	150	15x5	15x6	100	100	10x4	100
Hardcovers
Bakker, The Warrior-Prophet (CANADA)	06.28.04 / 7										27 +29
Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil	08.23.04 / 2							21 =
Brooks, High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil (UK)	08.30.04 / 1								42 ++
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell	08.02.04 / 5							9 +18
Feist, Exile's Return (UK)	08.23.04 / 2								20 +46
Fforde, Something Rotten	08.09.04 / 4	25 -2		8 ++	x		11 +	xxx
Fowler, The Jane Austen Book Club	05.03.04 / 18	21 -5	xxx..	3 +4	x	xx	6 +	xxx..			xxx..
Funke, Dragon Rider	08.16.04 / 3	1 +6			70 ++		9 +
Hamilton, Incubus Dreams	08.30.04 / 1							67 ++
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Battle of Corrin	08.09.04 / 4	10 ++	7 ++	6 ++	32 ++	6 ++		65 -24			6 +
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Battle of Corrin (UK)	08.30.04 / 1								30 ++
King, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla	05.25.03 / 50	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..			60 +
King, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah	03.22.04 / 22	16 -4	xxx..	xxx..	116 -6	x	xxx..	83 -4			x
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower	06.07.04 / 12							13 +2			4 +
Moning, The Immortal Highlander	08.16.04 / 3	31 -14			x
Paolini, Eragon	09.07.03 / 52	2 -1			80 +2	xx	2 +	xxx..			xxx..
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK)	08.16.04 / 3								31 =
Robb, Visions in Death	08.02.04 / 5	9 -5	x		52 -25	10 -4		xxx			x
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	01.17.00 / 31	xxx..					6 +	xxx..
Stewart/Riddell, Beyond the Deepwoods	07.05.04 / 9	x			xxx..	xx	7 +
Stroud, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two: Golem's Eye	08.30.04 / 1							85 ++
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 09.05	WP 08.29	SFC 08.29	USAT 08.22	PW 08.30 (ch 08.01)	Book Sense 08.24	Amz (08.31)	UK: Amz UK (08.31)	Australia: Dymocks (08.31)	Canada: Amz.ca (08.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Asimov, I, Robot (UK)	08.02.04 / 4								62 -12
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451	07.20.03 / 26				94 +1		xxx	xxx..			xxx..
Britain, First Rider's Call	08.16.04 / 3				150 -14
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (UK) [tpb]	08.09.04 / 4										11 +4
Colfer, The Supernaturalist (AUSTRALIA)	08.16.04 / 3									2 -1
Davidson, Undead and Unemployed	08.30.04 / 1				148 ++
DuPrau, The City of Ember [tpb]	06.28.04 / 3						15 +
Funke, The Thief Lord	09.28.03 / 39	xx			xxx..	xxx..	8 +				xxx..
Herbert/Anderson, Dune: The Machine Crusade	08.16.04 / 3				75 =
MacHale, Pendragon Book Five: Blackwater [tpb]	08.09.04 / 4	3 +1			xx		4 +
Maguire, Wicked [tpb]	06.15.03 / 41	xxx..		xxx..	34 -1	xxx..		xxx..			xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb]	05.24.04 / 15	18 +2		xxx	29 +1	6 +1	5 +	37 +2
Orwell, Animal Farm	07.20.03 / 22				100 +26						xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four	07.20.03 / 25				98 +15		xxx..	xxx..			xxx..
Rodda, Deltora Quest Series 3, Book 3: Isle of the Dead (AUSTRALIA)	05.24.04 / 13									9 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]		9 -3		xxx..	xxx..		xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb]	08.11.02 / 107	2 =		xxx..	97 -1		xx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK)	07.19.04 / 7								x	1 +1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA)	08.09.04 / 3										9 +5
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb]	07.05.04 / 9	1 =		x	1 =			88 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb]	06.17.01 / 162	7 +3		xxx..	xxx..		xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]		6 +3		xxx..	xxx..		xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 09.05	WP 08.29	SFC 08.29	USAT 08.22	PW 08.30 (ch 08.01)	Book Sense 08.24	Amz (08.31)	UK: Amz UK (08.31)	Australia: Dymocks (08.31)	Canada: Amz.ca (08.31)
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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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