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Jonathan Stroud
C.S. Lewis

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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 10 January 2006

A new Star Wars novel by Troy Denning, Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (Del Rey), debuts on 3 lists this week, as high as #8 on Publishers Weekly's mass market paperback list. (Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 01.15	WP 01.08	SFC 01.08	USAT 01.01	PW 01.09 (ch 12.12)	Amz (01.10)	UK: Amz UK (01.10)	Australia: Dymocks (01.10)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.10)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		30x5	10x4	30x3	150	15x5	100	100	10x4	100
Hardcovers
Funke, Dragon Rider	08.16.04 / 73	7 -1			xxx..	xxx..	xxx..			xxx..
Funke, Inkspell	09.06.05 / 17	2 +1			97 +38	xxx..	xxx			xxx
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes	10.11.05 / 14	35 -3	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..			x
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK)	02.22.05 / 18							43 -9		xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams	08.16.05 / 22	20 +1	xxx..	xxx..	127 +5	xxx..	xx			xxx
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK)	09.06.05 / 19							xxx..	10 =
King, Cell	12.13.05 / 5						32 +31			47 -16
Koontz, Forever Odd	11.29.05 / 7	15 -8	xx		69 -32	13 -4	xxx..
Kostova, The Historian	06.14.05 / 31	19 -1	xxx..	xxx..	131 -5	xxx..	xx			xxx..
Luceno, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader	12.06.05 / 6	21 +2	xxx..		133 +	xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch	09.20.05 / 17	14 -2	xxx..	xxx..	113 -53	x	xxx			xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows	02.23.03 / 41	25 -3	xxx..	9 +	120 +	xxx	xx			xx
Paolini, Eldest	03.01.05 / 45	1 =		xxx..	41 -5	xxx..	xx	xxx..		xxx
Paolini, Eldest (UK)	09.20.05 / 16								4 =
Pratchett, Thud! (UK)	05.24.05 / 32							87 -29	xxx..	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	12.20.04 / 56			xxx..	39 -19	xxx..	27 -2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK)	12.27.04 / 54							85 +5	5 =
Stroud, The Ptolemy's Gate	12.27.05 / 3				49 ++		84 -18			29 +
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 01.15	WP 01.08	SFC 01.08	USAT 01.01	PW 01.09 (ch 12.12)	Amz (01.10)	UK: Amz UK (01.10)	Australia: Dymocks (01.10)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.10)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear	11.08.05 / 10	13 -6	xx		36 -2	7 -3				xxx..
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book III: The Swarm War	01.10.06 / 1	16 ++			15 ++	8 ++
Funke, Inkheart [tpb]	05.31.05 / 30	7 -3			xxx..	xxx..
Goodkind, Chainfire	12.13.05 / 5	34 -11			78 +	x
Koontz, Life Expectancy	11.08.05 / 10	27 -16	xxx..		79 -18	x
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set	12.21.03 / 34	1 =			3 -2		9 -3			x
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	06.14.05 / 30	2 =			5 +1
Lewis, The Magician's Nephew	11.29.05 / 7				31 -1
Maguire, Wicked [tpb]	06.15.03 / 112	8 -4	6 +	xxx..	12 +3	3 +1	53 +5			xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb]	01.04.05 / 53							5 +3
Paolini, Eragon [tpb]	05.10.05 / 36	3 =		xxx..	47 -2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]		xxx..		xxx..	141 -8
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb]	08.11.02 / 154	xxx..		xxx..	92 +10
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb]	07.05.04 / 80	xxx..		xxx..	59 -3	xxx..	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb]	06.17.01 / 180	xxx..		xxx..	137 +5
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]		xxx..		xxx..	122 -51		xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 01.15	WP 01.08	SFC 01.08	USAT 01.01	PW 01.09 (ch 12.12)	Amz (01.10)	UK: Amz UK (01.10)	Australia: Dymocks (01.10)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.10)
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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