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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 28 March 2006

The US trade paperback of Kazuo Ishiguro's Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlisted novel Never Let Me Go (Vintage) debuts on 3 lists this week, as high as #2 on San Francisco Chronicle's paperback list.

Other debuts: the second volume of Angie Sage's Septimus Heap YA series debuts on 2 lists, including New York Times' children's chapter book list; and Christopher Moore's new novel A Dirty Job (Morrow) comes in at #80 on today's Amazon.com list.

Noted without ranking in the chart, especially for Boing Boing fans: The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson ranks #28 on Amazon.com's list today.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.02
WP
03.26
SFC
03.26
USAT
03.19
PW
03.27
(ch 03.13)
Amz
(03.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(03.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.28)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Brockmeier, The Brief History of the Dead 03.07.06 / 3 33 +                
Canavan, Priestess of the White (UK) 02.07.06 / 8             52 +57    
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 28 10 -3     xxx.. x xxx..     xxx..
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK) 02.22.05 / 26             26 =   xxx..
King, Cell 12.13.05 / 16 7 -2 8 -1 xxx 24 -4 7 -2 64 +2     xx
King, Cell (UK) 02.07.06 / 8             43 -19 xxx  
Moore, A Dirty Job 03.28.06 / 1           80 ++      
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4: Sir Thursday (AUSTRALIA) 03.07.06 / 4               1 =  
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 56 1 +1   xxx.. 96 +1 x xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 23               7 =  
Reeve, A Darkling Plain (UK) 03.07.06 / 4             55 +16    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 67     xxx.. 87 +6 x 40 -6      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 64             42 +1 x  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 56                 32 +
Sage, Septimus Heap, Book Two: Flyte 03.28.06 / 1 4 ++     123 ++          
Zahn, Star Wars: Outbound Flight 02.14.06 / 7 34 -7 xxx..   xxx xxx        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.02
WP
03.26
SFC
03.26
USAT
03.19
PW
03.27
(ch 03.13)
Amz
(03.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(03.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.28)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Card, Shadow of the Giant 03.21.06 / 2       79 -6 14 ++        
Crichton, State of Fear 11.08.05 / 21 xxx xxx..   121 -20 xxx xxx..     x
Hamilton, Micah 03.14.06 / 3 17 -11 xx   19 -10 1 = xx 100 -25   58 +12
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 1     2 ++ 90 ++   70 ++      
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 45 3 -1     133 -27   xx     xxx..
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 123 27 -9 xxx.. xxx.. 44 -4 12 -1 78 +17     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 92 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 108 +1 xxx.. xx     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 64             4 =    
Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4: Sir Thursday (UK) [tpb] 02.21.06 / 6             44 -24    
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 25             xxx.. 9 +  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 47 6 -2   xxx.. 119 +10          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 157 xxx..   xxx.. 103 -17          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 88 xxx..   xxx.. 66 -1 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 124 +19   xxx..      
Traviss, Star Wars: Republic Commando: Triple Zero 03.14.06 / 3       118 -38          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
04.02
WP
03.26
SFC
03.26
USAT
03.19
PW
03.27
(ch 03.13)
Amz
(03.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(03.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.28)
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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