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The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

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+/- change since last week

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++ 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 14 November 2006

Stephen King's Lisey's Story slips two or three places on the those lists where it debuted last week, and this week debuts at #6 on the San Francisco Chronicle list. Eric S. Nylund's latest Halo novel, Ghosts of Onyx (Tor, trade paperback), debuts strongly for a gaming-tie on four lists, as high as #2 on Publishers Weekly's trade paperback list. It debuted a couple weeks ago on Amazon. (Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 11.19	WP 11.12	SFC 11.12	USAT 11.05	PW 11.13 (ch 10.09)	Amz (11.14)	UK: Amz UK (11.14)	Australia: Dymocks (11.14)	Canada: Amz.ca (11.14)
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 / 18	8 +			xxx..	xxx..
Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War	10.24.06 / 4	26 +1					xx			94 +
Clarke/Vess, The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories	10.31.06 / 2	xx		8 ++
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony	09.12.06 / 10				81 -22		72 -9			52 +1
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK)	08.01.06 / 16							85 +	4 =
Crichton, Next	11.14.06 / 1						71 ++
Hamilton, Strange Candy	10.03.06 / 7	30 -6	xxx..		xx	xx	xxx..			xxx..
King, Lisey's Story	09.19.06 / 8	3 -2	4 -3	6 ++	4 -3	3 -2	21 -4			19 =
King, Lisey's Story (UK)	10.10.06 / 6							29 -13	10 =
McCarthy, The Road	09.26.06 / 8	18 -3	xxx	2 =	95 -29	15 -4	32 +20	92 -15		x
McCaughrean, Peter Pan in Scarlet	10.17.06 / 5	9 -3
McCaughrean, Peter Pan in Scarlet (UK)	10.10.06 / 5							89 +
Paolini, Eldest	03.01.05 / 89	1 +2		xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..		x
Paolini, Eldest (UK)	09.20.05 / 35								9 =
Paolini, Eldest, Deluxe Edition	10.10.06 / 6				106 +25
Pierce, Beka Cooper: Terrier	11.07.06 / 2	4 -2			x				8 ++
Pratchett, Wintersmith (UK)	05.09.06 / 25							15 -1	xxx	x
Salvatore, Road of the Patriarch: The Sellswords, Book III	10.24.06 / 4	16 -3			84 -49	13 -4	xxx			xx
Skelton, Endymion Spring	09.12.06 / 9	10 +				xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 11.19	WP 11.12	SFC 11.12	USAT 11.05	PW 11.13 (ch 10.09)	Amz (11.14)	UK: Amz UK (11.14)	Australia: Dymocks (11.14)	Canada: Amz.ca (11.14)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Gaiman, Anansi Boys	10.10.06 / 6	xx			121 -35
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb]	03.28.06 / 32	xxx..		9 +1	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..
Kostova, The Historian [tpb]	10.17.06 / 5	28 -10	x		62 -19	8 =
Maguire, Son of a Witch [tpb]	10.10.06 / 6	x			88 -8	xxx
Maguire, Wicked [tpb]	06.15.03 / 156	30 -10	xxx..	xxx..	74 -19	xxx..	xxx..			xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows	09.19.06 / 8	xxx..			x	xx				83 +
Nylund, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx [tpb]	10.31.06 / 3	13 ++	9 ++		24 ++	2 ++	77 -10			56 -13
Paolini, Eldest (UK)	11.07.06 / 2							77 -16
Paolini, Eragon	11.14.06 / 1				17 ++
Paolini, Eragon (UK)	01.11.05 / 29							88 -7	5 =
Paolini, Eragon [tpb]	05.10.05 / 80	1 =		xxx..	x
Pratchett, Thud! (UK)	09.19.06 / 9							63 -20	xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb]	07.25.06 / 17			xxx..	101 -12		xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 11.19	WP 11.12	SFC 11.12	USAT 11.05	PW 11.13 (ch 10.09)	Amz (11.14)	UK: Amz UK (11.14)	Australia: Dymocks (11.14)	Canada: Amz.ca (11.14)
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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