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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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posted 24 May 2005

The next Terry Pratchett Discworld novel, Thud! (Doubleday UK), debuts on Amazon UK's list today with advance sales; the book isn't due until October.

Also debuting this week: the UK edition of Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday, just out in paperback from Collins in the UK.

The paperback of Dean Koontz' The Taking is still ranked high on several lists, as are editions of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

J.K. Rowling's forthcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ranks #1 this week on all three Amazon lists.

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

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.29
WP
05.22
SFC
05.22
USAT
05.15
PW
05.23
(ch 05.23)
Amz
(05.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.24)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Carman, The Dark Hills Divide 02.06.05 / 13 x       10 +        
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception 04.10.05 / 7       38 -3 2 + 48 -9     x
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (UK) 04.10.05 / 7             9 -6 1 =  
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 41 3 -1     xxx.. 6 + xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 42 7 -4     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight 04.03.05 / 8 30 -8 xxx..   x xx xxx..     xxx..
Harris, Dead as a Doornail 05.01.05 / 3 23 -9     112 -46 x xxx     xxx
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go 04.10.05 / 7 x   7 -3 xxx..   x     xxx
Luceno, The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 04.03.05 / 8       73 +7 xxx.. 76 +      
Morgan, Woken Furies (UK) 03.06.05 / 9             70 -15    
Paolini, Eldest 02.27.05 / 13           28 -7     70 -51
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 89 xx     xxx.. 1 + xxx..     xxx..
Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment 04.24.05 / 5 1 =     101 +4 3 ++        
Pratchett/Cohen, Darwin's Watch: The Science of Discworld III (UK) 05.01.05 / 4             97 -48    
Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (UK) 05.03.04 / 17             77 -16 xxx.. xxx..
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.22.05 / 1             92 ++    
Rinzler, The Art of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 04.03.05 / 3           xxx..     14 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 23           1 =      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 22             1 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 23                 1 =
Sage, Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk 04.03.05 / 8 5 +1     xxx.. 5 +        
Stover, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 03.20.05 / 10 7 = 8 = xxx.. 26 -1 6 +1 27 +47     18 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.29
WP
05.22
SFC
05.22
USAT
05.15
PW
05.23
(ch 05.23)
Amz
(05.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.24)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 04.10.05 / 7 16 -4     27 -8 5 +1 69 -33      
Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [tpb] 03.20.05 / 8 28 -5     23 -6 5 -2 xx     xxx..
DuPrau, The City of Ember [tpb] 06.28.04 / 23 xxx       13 ++        
DuPrau, The People of Sparks 04.24.05 / 4 8 +2       11 ++        
Koontz, The Taking 05.08.05 / 3 1 = 3 =   7 -1 2 -1        
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 79 xxx..   xxx.. 56 +15 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 53 31 -2 xxx.. xxx.. 72 +1 14 -2 42 +29     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.02.05 / 21             22 -14    
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday (UK) 05.22.05 / 1             31 ++    
Nix, Sabriel (UK) 06.08.03 / 20             85 -49    
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.08.05 / 3 2 -1     35 +8          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 121 xxx..   xxx.. 122 +          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 47 xxx..   xxx.. 87 +33 xxx.. xxx..      
Wrede, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [tpb] 04.17.05 / 6 1 +1     25 +13       3 +2  
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.06.05 / 16 xxx..   4 -1 147 +          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
05.29
WP
05.22
SFC
05.22
USAT
05.15
PW
05.23
(ch 05.23)
Amz
(05.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.24)
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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