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R.A. Salvatore
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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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November
 
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posted 22 November 2005

George R.R. Martin's A Feast for Crows (Bantam) debuts on all 5 print lists compiled here, ranking the #1 fiction hardcover on three of them -- New York Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
SFC
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
(ch 11.21)
Amz
(11.22)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.22)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.22)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception 04.12.05 / 24       xxx.. 12 + xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 66 6 -1     xxx.. 11 + xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkheart 10.12.03 / 44 xxx..     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     97 -8
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 10 3 =     96 +17 4 + 67 +6     x
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes 10.11.05 / 7 18 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 120 -30 xx 77 -9     25 -21
Gaiman, Anansi Boys 09.13.05 / 10 xx xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     61 +
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go 04.12.05 / 18 xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   xxx..     63 +
Jacques, High Rhulain 09.06.05 / 5       xxx.. 6 ++ xxx..      
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.16.05 / 15 8 -2 8 -1 xxx 30 -8 7 -2 62 -12     12 +44
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) 09.06.05 / 12             99 -17 8 =  
Kostova, The Historian 06.14.05 / 24 26 -7 xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. 80 +6     xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch 09.20.05 / 10 13 = xxx x 63 -8 12 -1 61 +6     xx
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 34 1 ++ 1 ++ 7 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 38 -21     8 -6
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 38 1 =   xxx.. 31 +5 1 + 35 +2 78 +2   33 -2
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 9               3 =  
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 98 xxx..     xxx.. 3 + xxx..     xxx..
Pierce, The Will of the Empress 10.11.05 / 4 10 -1                
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.24.05 / 25             16 +1 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 49     xxx.. 23 +9 2 + 11 +3      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 47             45 +23 5 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 47                 9 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 99 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 92 +      
Salvatore, Promise of the Witch-King: The Sellswords, Book II 11.08.05 / 3 22 -2     119 -36 x        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
SFC
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
(ch 11.21)
Amz
(11.22)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.22)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.22)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear 11.08.05 / 3 1 = 1 =   5 -2 1 =        
Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [tpb] 07.19.05 / 15 9 +     xxx.. xxx..        
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 23 10 -4     xxx.. 7 +        
King, The Colorado Kid 10.18.05 / 6 29 -2 xxx..   68 -12 13 -2        
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower [tpb] 11.15.05 / 2 x     91 -27 x       x
Koontz, Life Expectancy 11.08.05 / 3 4 -1 8 -1   14 -5 4 =        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 27 1 =     9 +3   2 +6     17 -8
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.14.05 / 23 2 =     6 +2          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 105 8 +2 6 -1 xx 19 -2 2 = 43 -12     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 79 xxx.. xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx     56 -36
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 46             9 +6    
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 23             xxx.. 10 =  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 29 3 =   xxx.. 43 +6          
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 10.04.05 / 8             81 -23    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 147 xxx..   xxx.. 64 +27          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 73 xxx..   xxx.. 116 +18 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 135 +   xxx..      
Whedon, Serenity: The Official Visual Companion [tpb] 10.04.05 / 5           xxx..     72 -29
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.08.05 / 40 xxx..   3 +6 xxx..          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
SFC
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
(ch 11.21)
Amz
(11.22)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.22)
Australia:
Dymocks
(11.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.22)
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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