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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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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 31 May 2005

George R.R. Martin's A Feast for Crows (Bantam, forthcoming) shows up at #44 on Amazon's list today, fresh on the news that Martin has completed the manuscript. Amazon's indicated July 26, 2005 release date is probably optimistic, though.

Hardcover and paper editions of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia appear on lists this week, perhaps in response to promotional trailers for the film adaptation of the first book, scheduled for December.

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
06.05
WP
05.29
SFC
05.29
USAT
05.22
PW
05.23
(ch 05.23)
Amz
(05.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.31)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (UK) 08.09.04 / 28             61 +   xxx..
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception 04.10.05 / 8       45 -7 [ 2 ] 42 +6     xx
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (UK) 04.10.05 / 8             8 +1 1 =  
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 42 2 +1     xxx.. [ 6 ] xxx..     xxx..
Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight 04.03.05 / 9 31 -1 xxx..   xx   xxx..     xxx..
Harris, Dead as a Doornail 05.01.05 / 4 28 -5     x   xxx..     xxx..
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go 04.10.05 / 8 32 +   9 -2 xxx..   xx     xxx..
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia 11.22.04 / 12 xxx..               61 ++
Luceno, The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 04.03.05 / 9       48 +25   71 +5      
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 16           44 +     xxx..
Morgan, Woken Furies (UK) 03.06.05 / 10             113 -43    
Mosley, 47 05.29.05 / 1 3 ++                
Paolini, Eldest 02.27.05 / 14           20 +8     x
Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment 04.24.05 / 6 1 =     150 -49 [ 3 ]        
Pratchett/Cohen, Darwin's Watch: The Science of Discworld III (UK) 05.01.05 / 5             56 +41    
Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (UK) 05.03.04 / 18             47 +30 xxx.. xxx..
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.22.05 / 2             73 +19    
Rinzler, The Art of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 04.03.05 / 4           xxx..     92 -78
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 24           1 =      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 23             1 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 24                 1 =
Sage, Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk 04.03.05 / 9 4 +1     xxx.. [ 5 ]        
Stover, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 03.20.05 / 11 7 = 7 +1 xxx.. 21 +5 [ 6 ] 57 -30     x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.05
WP
05.29
SFC
05.29
USAT
05.22
PW
05.23
(ch 05.23)
Amz
(05.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 04.10.05 / 8 20 -4     55 -28 [ 5 ] 89 -20      
Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [tpb] 03.20.05 / 9 33 -5     32 -9 [ 5 ] xxx     xxx..
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.29.05 / 1 5 ++     119 ++          
Greer, The Confessions of Max Tivoli [tpb] 02.06.05 / 16     8 +            
Koontz, The Taking 05.08.05 / 4 1 = 3 =   12 -5 [ 2 ]        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 2       146 ++   40 +      
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 80 xxx..   xxx.. 53 +3   xxx..     xxx..
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (UK) 02.13.05 / 15             49 +    
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 54 30 +1 xxx.. xxx.. 64 +8 [ 14 ] 43 -1     78 +
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.02.05 / 22             24 -2    
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday (UK) 05.22.05 / 2             31 =    
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 31       132 +   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.08.05 / 4 2 =     34 +1          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 122 xxx..   xxx.. 108 +14          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 48 xxx..   xxx.. 82 +5   xxx..      
Wrede, Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [tpb] 04.17.05 / 7 1 =     22 +3       3 =  
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.06.05 / 17 xxx..   9 -5 x          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
06.05
WP
05.29
SFC
05.29
USAT
05.22
PW
05.23
(ch 05.23)
Amz
(05.31)
UK:
Amz UK
(05.31)
Australia:
Dymocks
(05.31)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.31)
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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