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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 17 January 2006

Not much new this week. Nothing significant has entered the lists in several weeks, and the Harry Potter books, boosted by the release of the fourth movie, are dropping off lists again. Stephen King's forthcoming Cell, already selling at Amazon for 6 weeks, may be the next genre title to break out onto print lists. (Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 01.22	WP 01.15	SFC 01.15	USAT 01.08	PW 01.16 (ch 01.16)	Amz (01.17)	UK: Amz UK (01.17)	Australia: Dymocks (01.17)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.17)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		30x5	10x4	30x3	150	15x5	100	100	10x4	100
Hardcovers
Atwood, The Penelopiad	01.03.06 / 2									56 +
Funke, Dragon Rider	08.16.04 / 74	7 =			xxx..	11 +	xxx..			xxx..
Funke, Inkspell	09.06.05 / 18	2 =			x	4 +	xxx..			xxx..
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK)	02.22.05 / 19							60 -17		xxx..
Jacques, High Rhulain	09.06.05 / 7				xxx..	14 +	xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams	08.16.05 / 23	25 -5	xxx..	xxx..	x	xxx..	xxx			xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK)	09.06.05 / 20							xxx..	10 =
King, Cell	12.13.05 / 6						22 +10			x
Koontz, Forever Odd	11.29.05 / 8	14 +1	xxx		137 -68	x	xxx..
Kostova, The Historian	06.14.05 / 32	33 -14	xxx..	xxx..	x	xxx..	xxx			xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch	09.20.05 / 18	18 -4	xxx..	xxx..	x	xx	xxx..			xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows	02.23.03 / 42	22 +3	xxx..	x	x	xxx..	xxx			99 +
Paolini, Eldest	03.01.05 / 46	1 =		4 +	51 -10	2 +	xxx	xxx..		xxx..
Paolini, Eldest (UK)	09.20.05 / 17								4 =
Paolini, Eragon	09.07.03 / 100	xxx..			xxx..	3 +	xxx..			xxx..
Pratchett, Thud! (UK)	05.24.05 / 33							74 +13	xxx..	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	12.20.04 / 57			xxx..	55 -16	1 +	32 -5
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK)	12.27.04 / 55							81 +4	5 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA)	12.20.04 / 54									75 +
Stroud, Ptolemy's Gate	12.27.05 / 4				60 -11	10 ++	x			x
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 01.22	WP 01.15	SFC 01.15	USAT 01.08	PW 01.16 (ch 01.16)	Amz (01.17)	UK: Amz UK (01.17)	Australia: Dymocks (01.17)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear	11.08.05 / 11	20 -7	xxx		44 -8	8 -1				xxx..
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book III: The Swarm War	01.10.06 / 2	23 -7			33 -18	5 +3
DuPrau, The City of Ember [tpb]	06.28.04 / 29	xxx..				12 +
Funke, Inkheart [tpb]	05.31.05 / 31	6 +1			xxx..	5 +
Goodkind, Chainfire	12.13.05 / 6	x			115 -37	xx
Koontz, Life Expectancy	11.08.05 / 11	28 -1	xxx..		128 -49	xx
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set	12.21.03 / 35	1 =			3 =		13 -4			xx
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	06.14.05 / 31	2 =			5 =
Lewis, The Magician's Nephew	11.29.05 / 8				47 -16
Maguire, Wicked [tpb]	06.15.03 / 113	15 -7	x	xxx..	16 -4	4 -1	53 =			xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb]	05.24.04 / 82	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	83 +			xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb]	01.04.05 / 54							10 -5
Paolini, Eragon [tpb]	05.10.05 / 37	3 =		xxx..	71 -24
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb]	08.11.02 / 155	xxx..		xxx..	120 -28
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb]	07.05.04 / 81	xxx..		xxx..	84 -25	xxx..	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]		xxx..		xxx..	138 -16		xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 01.22	WP 01.15	SFC 01.15	USAT 01.08	PW 01.16 (ch 01.16)	Amz (01.17)	UK: Amz UK (01.17)	Australia: Dymocks (01.17)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.17)
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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