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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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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists

posted 31 January 2006

As has been true for several weeks, there's little strong presence of SF/F/H books on the general bestsellers lists, though titles by Jordan, Koontz, Kostova, Maguire, Martin, and Rowling hold on on one list or another months after their debuts. Stephen King's Cell is poised to debut on print lists next week. Meanwhile, Kenneth Oppel's Skybreaker (Eos), debuts on the NY Times' children's chapter book list at #10 this week. (Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 02.05	WP 01.29	SFC 01.29	USAT 01.22	PW 01.30 (ch 01.16)	Amz (01.31)	UK: Amz UK (01.31)	Australia: Dymocks (01.31)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.31)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		30x5	10x4	30x3	150	15x5	100	100	10x4	100
Hardcovers
Bakker, The Warrior-Prophet (CANADA)	06.28.04 / 8									71 +
Funke, Dragon Rider	08.16.04 / 75	8 +			xxx..	xx	xxx..			xxx..
Funke, Inkspell	09.06.05 / 20	4 =			xxx	xx	xxx..			xxx..
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK)	02.22.05 / 21							47 -13		xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams	08.16.05 / 25	29 -1	xxx..	xxx..	xxx	xxx..	xxx..			xxx..
King, Cell	12.13.05 / 8						3 =			7 -4
Koontz, Forever Odd	11.29.05 / 10	21 -6	xxx..		xx	xxx	xxx..
Kostova, The Historian	06.14.05 / 34	27 +5	xxx..	xxx..	xxx	xxx..	xxx..			xxx..
Maguire, Son of a Witch	09.20.05 / 20	24 -5	xxx..	9 +	xxx	xxx..	xxx..			xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows	02.23.03 / 44	35 -8	xxx..	xxx	xxx	xxx..	xxx..			69 -13
Oppel, Skybreaker	01.31.06 / 1	10 ++
Paolini, Eldest	03.01.05 / 48	2 -1		xx	49 +8	xx	93 +	xxx..		xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	12.20.04 / 59			xxx..	78 -10	xx	24 +7
Stroud, Ptolemy's Gate	12.27.05 / 6				91 -7	xx	88 -1			52 +
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 02.05	WP 01.29	SFC 01.29	USAT 01.22	PW 01.30 (ch 01.16)	Amz (01.31)	UK: Amz UK (01.31)	Australia: Dymocks (01.31)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.31)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear	11.08.05 / 13	21 -3	xxx..		39 +2	8 =				xxx..
Denning, Star Wars: Dark Nest, Book III: The Swarm War	01.10.06 / 4	x			92 -33	x
Funke, Inkheart [tpb]	05.31.05 / 33	5 -1			xxx..	xx
Goodkind, Chainfire	12.13.05 / 8	xxx			150 -8	xxx..
Koontz, Life Expectancy	11.08.05 / 13	34 +	xxx..		133 -5	xxx..
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set	12.21.03 / 37	1 =			7 -2		22 +1			xxx..
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	06.14.05 / 33	2 =			9 =
Lewis, The Magician's Nephew	11.29.05 / 10				125 -22
Maguire, Wicked [tpb]	06.15.03 / 115	13 -2	6 +	xxx..	17 =	6 -2	63 -5			xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb]	05.24.04 / 84	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	79 +7			20 +8
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb]	01.04.05 / 56							7 -3
Paolini, Eragon [tpb]	05.10.05 / 39	3 =		xxx..	81 +1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb]	07.05.04 / 83	xxx..		xxx..	99 +2	xxx..	xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 02.05	WP 01.29	SFC 01.29	USAT 01.22	PW 01.30 (ch 01.16)	Amz (01.31)	UK: Amz UK (01.31)	Australia: Dymocks (01.31)	Canada: Amz.ca (01.31)
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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