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The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change 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. 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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Locus Bestsellers, compiled from sales at specialty stores:
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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 10 May 2005

Two paperback reprints make significant debuts this week: Dean Koontz's The Taking (Bantam), on 4 lists, among the top 4 rankings on each, and at #1 on the New York Times fiction paperback list. And, the paperback edition of Christopher Paolini's Eragon ranks #1 on NYT's children's paperback list, and #37 on USA Today's combined list.

J.K. Rowling's forthcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince slips to #2 today on US Amazon's list (behind a baby book), but still ranks #1 on the UK and Canadian Amazon lists.

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

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.15
WP
05.08
SFC
05.08
USAT
05.01
PW
05.09
(ch 04.18)
Amz
(05.10)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.10)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.10)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.10)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers 09.13.04 / 35 6 -1     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..      
Carman, The Dark Hills Divide 02.06.05 / 11 7 -1       xxx        
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception 04.10.05 / 5       24 -11 xxx 26 -15     x
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (UK) 04.10.05 / 5             3 = 1 ++  
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 39 2 +1     xxx.. xxx xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 40 10 +     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight 04.03.05 / 6 13 -5 xx   68 -36 11 -4 xxx     xx
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go 04.10.05 / 5 21 -4   2 +2 xx   75 -16     x
Luceno, Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil 02.06.05 / 14 17 +15     xxx.. xxx..        
Luceno, The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 04.03.05 / 6       59 -11 xx xxx..      
Paolini, Eldest 02.27.05 / 11           25 +9     88 +
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 88 8 =     xxx.. xxx xxx..     xxx..
Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment 04.24.05 / 3 1 =     48 -25          
Pratchett/Cohen, Darwin's Watch: The Science of Discworld III (UK) 05.01.05 / 2             61 +12    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 21           2 -1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 20             1 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 21                 1 =
Sage, Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk 04.03.05 / 6 3 -1     xxx.. xxx        
Stover, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 03.20.05 / 8 5 -1 6 = xxx 16 -6 4 = 59 +11     x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.15
WP
05.08
SFC
05.08
USAT
05.01
PW
05.09
(ch 04.18)
Amz
(05.10)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.10)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.10)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.10)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 04.10.05 / 5 15 -5     17 +2 2 +2 31 -17      
Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [tpb] 03.20.05 / 6       21 +13 3 +2 74 -24     xxx..
DuPrau, The People of Sparks 04.24.05 / 2 10 +                
Greer, The Confessions of Max Tivoli [tpb] 02.06.05 / 14     5 -1            
King, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah [tpb] 04.17.05 / 4 xx     127 -40          
Koontz, The Taking 05.08.05 / 1 1 ++ 4 ++   2 ++ 3 ++        
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 77 xxx..   xxx.. 77 +41 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (UK) 02.13.05 / 13             25 -4    
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 51 28 = xxx.. xxx.. 72 -10 14 + 67 -22     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.02.05 / 19             8 +9    
Nix, Abhorsen (UK) 01.30.05 / 6             94 +    
Nix, Sabriel (UK) 06.08.03 / 18             92 -15    
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.08.05 / 1 1 ++     37 ++          
Rinzler, The Art of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [tpb] 04.10.05 / 4 32 +     xxx xxx        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 45 xxx..   xxx.. 124 -12 xxx.. xxx..      
Wrede, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [tpb] 04.17.05 / 4 2 +1     25 -4          
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.06.05 / 14 xxx..   3 = xxx..          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.15
WP
05.08
SFC
05.08
USAT
05.01
PW
05.09
(ch 04.18)
Amz
(05.10)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.10)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.10)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.10)
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]
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