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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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Locus Bestsellers, compiled from sales at specialty stores:
January
 
SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 24 January 2006

Stephen King's Cell (Scribner), in stores today, ranks #3 on the US and Canada Amazon lists. Look for it to debut on print lists in the next week or two.

Washington Post didn't publish a list this week, or at least didn't post it on their website.

(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.29
WP
01.15
SFC
01.22
USAT
01.15
PW
01.23
(ch 01.16)
Amz
(01.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.24)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Atwood, The Penelopiad 01.03.06 / 3                 51 +5
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 19 4 -2     xx x xxx..     xxx..
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK) 02.22.05 / 20             34 +26   xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.16.05 / 24 28 -3   xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) 09.06.05 / 21             xxx.. 10 =  
King, Cell 12.13.05 / 7           3 +19     3 +
Koontz, Forever Odd 11.29.05 / 9 15 -1     x xx xxx..      
Kostova, The Historian 06.14.05 / 33 32 +1   xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch 09.20.05 / 19 19 -1   xxx.. xx xxx xxx..     xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 43 27 -5   xx xx xxx.. xxx..     56 +43
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 47 1 =   x 57 -6 x xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 18               4 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 58     xxx.. 68 -13 x 31 +1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 56             65 +16 5 =  
Stroud, Ptolemy's Gate 12.27.05 / 5       84 -24 x 87 +     xx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.29
WP
01.15
SFC
01.22
USAT
01.15
PW
01.23
(ch 01.16)
Amz
(01.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.24)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear 11.08.05 / 12 18 +2     41 +3 8 =       xxx..
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book III: The Swarm War 01.10.06 / 3 34 -11     59 -26 14 -9        
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 32 4 +2     xxx.. x        
Goodkind, Chainfire 12.13.05 / 7 xx     142 -27 xxx        
King, The Colorado Kid 10.18.05 / 12 xxx     xxx.. xxx..       22 ++
Koontz, Life Expectancy 11.08.05 / 12 x     128 = xxx        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 36 1 =     5 -2   23 -10     xxx
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.14.05 / 32 2 =     9 -4          
Lewis, The Magician's Nephew 11.29.05 / 9       103 -56          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 114 11 +4   xxx.. 17 -1 4 = 58 -5     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 83 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 86 -3     28 +
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 55             4 +6    
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 38 3 =   xxx.. 82 -11          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 82 xxx..   xxx.. 101 -17 xxx.. xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.29
WP
01.15
SFC
01.22
USAT
01.15
PW
01.23
(ch 01.16)
Amz
(01.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.24)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.24)
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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