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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 29 August 2006

Two new about-to-be-published UK novels rank high on Amazon UK's list today: Raymond E. Feist's Into a Dark Realm (Voyager), and David Gemmell's Troy: The Shield of Thunder (Bantam UK), placing #8 and #9 respectively.

In the US, Terry Brooks' new book Armageddon's Children (Del Rey), due in stores today, ranks at #54 on Amazon's list today. Look for it on print lists in a week or two.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.03
WP
08.27
SFC
08.27
USAT
08.20
PW
08.28
(ch 08.14)
Amz
(08.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.29)
Australia:
Dymocks
(08.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.29)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Shadow Thieves 07.11.06 / 8 4 -3     xxx x        
Brooks, Armageddon's Children 08.29.06 / 1           54 ++      
Canavan, Last of the Wilds (UK) 08.01.06 / 5             49 -9    
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK) 08.01.06 / 5             18 -11    
Egan, The Keep 08.01.06 / 5 17 +6   2 +1 129 ++   xx      
Feist, Into a Dark Realm (UK) 08.29.06 / 1             8 ++    
Fforde, The Fourth Bear 08.22.06 / 2 x   5 ++            
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 79 10 =     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 38 8 +     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Gemmell, Troy: Shield of Thunder (UK) 08.29.06 / 1             9 ++    
Goodkind, Phantom 06.27.06 / 10 10 -3 xx   57 -20 7 -2 xx     x
Goodkind, Phantom (UK) 07.04.06 / 9             xxx 10 -2  
Hamilton, Danse Macabre 06.20.06 / 11 34 -6 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx..     xxx
Herbert/Anderson, Hunters of Dune 08.08.06 / 4           58 -23     93 -82
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 78 3 =   xxx.. x x xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Patterson, Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever 05.23.06 / 15 2 +2     x x xxx..      
Pratchett, Wintersmith (UK) 05.09.06 / 14             19 +19    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 87     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 64 +      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 83             xxx.. 4 -1  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 68                 62 +12
Smith, The Ruins 08.01.06 / 5 7 -2 9 -5 x 63 -25 5 -1 53 -2     xxx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.03
WP
08.27
SFC
08.27
USAT
08.20
PW
08.28
(ch 08.14)
Amz
(08.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.29)
Australia:
Dymocks
(08.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.29)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 59       83 +2   xxx..     xxx..
Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 08.15.06 / 3       116 -27          
Erikson, The Bonehunters (UK) [tpb] 02.21.06 / 17             xxx..   70 +
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 23 xxx..   4 -2 xxx..   xxx..      
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 145 20 +4 xxx.. xxx.. 50 -4 xx xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 112 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. 66 +15     9 +
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 85             2 =    
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 61       97 +1   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 69 x   xxx.. 118 +1          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 6     x 5 -1   xxx      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 96 xxx..   xxx.. 87 -7 xxx.. xxx..      
Twelve Hawks, The Traveler [tpb] 08.01.06 / 5 30 +4     55 +4          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.03
WP
08.27
SFC
08.27
USAT
08.20
PW
08.28
(ch 08.14)
Amz
(08.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.29)
Australia:
Dymocks
(08.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.29)
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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