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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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September
 
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posted 19 September 2006

Paperback editions of Terry Pratchett's Thud! appear on both US and UK Amazon lists this week. Pratchett's next Discworld novel, Wintersmith (Doubleday UK), due later this month, has been on Amazon UK's list for several months.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.24
WP
09.17
SFC
09.17
USAT
09.10
PW
09.18
(ch 09.11)
Amz
(09.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.19)
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.19)
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 / 11 4 =     xxx.. x        
Brooks, Armageddon's Children 08.29.06 / 4 11 -5 x   73 -33 6 -2 xxx     xx
Canavan, Last of the Wilds (UK) 08.01.06 / 8             55 +4    
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony 09.12.06 / 2           10 +38     11 +47
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK) 08.01.06 / 8             17 +3    
Feist, Into a Dark Realm (UK) 08.29.06 / 4             21 -6    
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 40 9 +     xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Gemmell, Troy: Shield of Thunder (UK) 08.29.06 / 4             19 -6 7 =  
Goodkind, Phantom 06.27.06 / 13 22 -4 xxx..   143 -38 15 -6 xxx..     xx
Herbert/Anderson, Hunters of Dune 08.08.06 / 7 9 -2 x xx 83 -40 8 -2 xxx     xxx
Herbert/Anderson, Hunters of Dune (UK) 09.05.06 / 3             91 -21    
King, Lisey's Story 09.19.06 / 1                 55 ++
Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 09.12.06 / 2 x   4 -3            
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 81 2 +1   xxx.. 146 + x xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 27               3 +1  
Patterson, Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever 05.23.06 / 18 10 -5     xxx.. x xxx..      
Pratchett, Wintersmith (UK) 05.09.06 / 17             5 -4    
Skelton, Endymion Spring 09.12.06 / 2 3 -1       x        
Smith, The Ruins 08.01.06 / 8 30 -13 xx x x x x     xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.24
WP
09.17
SFC
09.17
USAT
09.10
PW
09.18
(ch 09.11)
Amz
(09.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.19)
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.19)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers 07.18.06 / 8 8 -1       x        
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 62       106 +10   xxx..     65 +
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 26 xxx..   5 = xxx..   xxx.. 67 -6    
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 09.12.06 / 2       103 -19          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 148 23 +11 xxx.. xxx.. 79 -4 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 1                 47 ++
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] 05.24.04 / 115 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 81 -12     97 +
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 88             29 +10    
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 64       x   xxx..     15 +6
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 26             xxx.. 8 +  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 72 5 +1   xxx.. 128 -6          
Pratchett, Thud! 09.19.06 / 1       121 ++          
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 09.19.06 / 1             13 ++    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 9     xxx.. 22 -5   xxx..      
Traviss, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines 09.12.06 / 2 26 ++     37 -25 5 -2        
Weber/Ringo, We Few 09.19.06 / 1       145 ++          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.24
WP
09.17
SFC
09.17
USAT
09.10
PW
09.18
(ch 09.11)
Amz
(09.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.19)
Australia:
Dymocks
(09.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.19)
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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