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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 8 November 2005
R.A. Salvatore's Promise of the Witch-King, a new 'Forgotten Realms' novel from Wizards of the Coast [description], debuts on 3 print lists this week, as high as #12 on Publishers Weekly's fiction hardcover list.
Mass market paperback reprints of two bestsellers from late last year debut this week, Michael Crichton's State of Fear on 4 lists, ranking #1 on 3 of them, Dean Koontz' Life Expectancy also on 4 lists.
(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
11.13 |
WP
11.06 |
SFC
11.06 |
USAT
10.30 |
PW
11.07
(ch 10.10) |
Amz
(11.08) |
UK:
Amz UK
(11.08) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.08) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.08) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
30x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
10x4 |
100 |
| Hardcovers |
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Davidson, Undead and Unreturnable |
10.18.05 / 2 |
27 ++ |
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105 ++ |
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xxx |
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Funke, Dragon Rider |
08.16.04 / 64 |
7 +1 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Funke, Inkspell |
09.06.05 / 8 |
2 = |
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94 -30 |
xxx |
81 -7 |
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33 + |
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Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes |
10.11.05 / 5 |
14 -4 |
xx |
xx |
55 -22 |
11 -4 |
75 -16 |
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42 -20 |
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Gaiman, Anansi Boys |
09.13.05 / 9 |
34 -12 |
xxx.. |
x |
xx |
xxx |
xxx.. |
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x |
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Hamilton, Judas Unchained (UK) |
08.30.05 / 10 |
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61 -4 |
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Jordan, Knife of Dreams |
08.16.05 / 13 |
5 -3 |
5 -3 |
x |
14 -10 |
4 -2 |
29 -1 |
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14 -7 |
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Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) |
09.06.05 / 10 |
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54 -19 |
3 + |
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Kostova, The Historian |
06.14.05 / 22 |
26 -8 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
134 -17 |
xx |
x |
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xxx.. |
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Lee, The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook |
11.08.05 / 1 |
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6 ++ |
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Maguire, Son of a Witch |
09.20.05 / 8 |
9 -2 |
x |
8 -5 |
51 -22 |
8 -3 |
80 -26 |
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51 + |
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Martin, A Feast for Crows |
02.23.03 / 32 |
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2 +17 |
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2 +6 |
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Martin, A Feast for Crows (UK) |
09.06.05 / 10 |
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74 -53 |
5 + |
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Paolini, Eldest |
03.01.05 / 36 |
1 = |
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xx |
29 -19 |
xxx |
46 = |
55 -15 |
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18 + |
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Paolini, Eldest (UK) |
09.20.05 / 7 |
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2 + |
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Pratchett, Thud! (UK) |
05.24.05 / 23 |
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16 -6 |
xx |
xxx |
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Pratchett, Where's My Cow? (UK) |
07.05.05 / 14 |
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75 -5 |
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xxx |
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Reynolds, Pushing Ice (UK) |
11.01.05 / 2 |
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83 -37 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
12.20.04 / 47 |
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xxx |
34 -13 |
xxx |
18 -3 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) |
12.27.04 / 45 |
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57 -14 |
3 + |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) |
12.20.04 / 45 |
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44 +22 |
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Salvatore, Promise of the Witch-King: The Sellswords, Book II |
11.08.05 / 1 |
15 ++ |
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50 ++ |
12 ++ |
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Weber, At All Costs |
10.25.05 / 2 |
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62 ++ |
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xx |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
11.13 |
WP
11.06 |
SFC
11.06 |
USAT
10.30 |
PW
11.07
(ch 10.10) |
Amz
(11.08) |
UK:
Amz UK
(11.08) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.08) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.08) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Crichton, State of Fear |
11.08.05 / 1 |
1 ++ |
1 ++ |
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6 ++ |
1 ++ |
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Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [tpb] |
07.19.05 / 14 |
10 + |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book II: The Unseen Queen |
10.11.05 / 5 |
x |
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125 -32 |
xx |
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Funke, Inkheart [tpb] |
05.31.05 / 21 |
7 = |
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xxx.. |
xxx |
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Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (UK) [tpb] |
10.11.05 / 5 |
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86 -19 |
xx |
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King, The Colorado Kid |
10.18.05 / 4 |
17 -11 |
xx |
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41 -27 |
7 -5 |
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King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (UK) [tpb] |
11.08.05 / 1 |
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64 ++ |
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Koontz, Life Expectancy |
11.08.05 / 1 |
5 ++ |
8 ++ |
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9 ++ |
4 ++ |
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Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set |
12.21.03 / 25 |
1 = |
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13 +22 |
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15 +22 |
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11 +46 |
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Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
06.14.05 / 21 |
2 +1 |
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18 +6 |
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Maguire, Wicked [tpb] |
06.15.03 / 103 |
13 -5 |
7 -2 |
3 +3 |
23 -10 |
3 = |
44 -3 |
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xxx.. |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] |
05.24.04 / 77 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
4 + |
xx |
xxx.. |
x |
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xxx.. |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] |
01.04.05 / 44 |
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10 -1 |
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Paolini, Eragon (UK) |
01.11.05 / 21 |
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xxx.. |
5 + |
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Paolini, Eragon [tpb] |
05.10.05 / 27 |
3 -1 |
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xxx.. |
44 -14 |
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Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) |
10.04.05 / 6 |
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50 -23 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] |
08.11.02 / 145 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
104 -1 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] |
07.05.04 / 71 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
130 -1 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Vaughn, Kitty and the Midnight Hour |
11.08.05 / 1 |
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129 ++ |
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Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion [tpb] |
10.04.05 / 3 |
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xxx.. |
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50 -23 |
| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
11.13 |
WP
11.06 |
SFC
11.06 |
USAT
10.30 |
PW
11.07
(ch 10.10) |
Amz
(11.08) |
UK:
Amz UK
(11.08) |
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.08) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.08) |
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This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales |
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