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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:

December

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SFFH on General Lists
6 December 2004


New this week is a Star Wars novel by Sean Stewart, Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (Del Rey), placing #93 on USA Today's list.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.12
WP
11.28
SFC
12.05
USAT
11.28
PW
12.06
(ch 11.01)
Amz
(12.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.07)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.07)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Barker, Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War 09.27.04 / 8 10 +     xxx..          
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers 09.13.04 / 13 6 -2     xxx.. xxx xxx..      
Chabon, The Final Solution 11.15.04 / 4 x   4 -2     xxx      
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 08.02.04 / 19 19 =   xx 130 -8 xxx 30 +3      
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (UK) 08.09.04 / 18             17 -6   27 -9
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 17 1 =     80 +17 xxx 91 +     xxx..
Funke, The Dragon Rider (AUS) 10.18.04 / 7               9 =  
King, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 03.22.04 / 36 26 +5   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 56 +5     65 +
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 06.07.04 / 26 16 =   xxx.. 75 -4 x 43 -1     x
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia 11.22.04 / 2 4 +                
Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror 11.08.04 / 5 18 +3   xxx.. 120 -9          
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 66 2 =     74 +17 xxx xxx..     xxx..
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 08.16.04 / 17             29 -11 xxx xxx..
Pullman, The Scarecrow and His Servant (UK) 11.08.04 / 5             22 +1    
Roth, The Plot Against America 09.20.04 / 12 14 -4 [ 9 ] 2 +1 49 -11 13 -3 12 =     33 +
Roth, The Plot Against America (UK) 09.27.04 / 6             47 +41    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 86 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 89 -30      
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords 10.11.04 / 9 28 -5     x xx xxx..     86 +
Stroud, The Golem's Eye 08.30.04 / 15 9 +1     xxx..   xxx..     43 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.12
WP
11.28
SFC
12.05
USAT
11.28
PW
12.06
(ch 11.01)
Amz
(12.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.07)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.07)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 52 7 =     xxx.. xxx..       xxx..
Koontz, Odd Thomas 11.08.04 / 5 6 -3     24 -5 7 -1       xxx..
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 55 xxx..   xxx.. 62 -5 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 29 19 +1   7 + 46 -4 6 -1 46 +11     41 ++
Rodda, Deltora Quest Series 3, Book 4: Sister of the South (AUSTRALIA) 10.18.04 / 8               2 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 113 xxx..   xxx.. 132 +          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 23 xxx..   xxx.. 58 +6 xxx xxx..      
Stewart, Star Wars: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous 12.06.04 / 1       93 ++          
Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand [tpb] 08.16.04 / 13 9 -1       xxx..        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.12
WP
11.28
SFC
12.05
USAT
11.28
PW
12.06
(ch 11.01)
Amz
(12.07)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.07)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.07)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.07)
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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