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Bestsellers 26 December
Michael Crichton
Dean Koontz
Troy Denning
Robert Jordan

Bestsellers 19 December
Thomas Harris
Michael Crichton

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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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Locus Bestsellers, compiled from sales at specialty stores:
January
 
SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 2 January 2007

Washington Post and Publishers Weekly take holiday breaks, with no updated bestseller lists this week.

Current novels by Michael Crichton, Thomas Harris, and Dean Koontz still rank high on New York Times' fiction hardcover list -- at #3, #5, and #7 respectively.

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Bloomsbury) ranks #1 and #2 (in children's and adult editions) on Amazon UK again this week.

(Bookmark this link, Locus Online Bestsellers, for automatic redirection to the latest week's chart.)

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.07
WP
12.24
SFC
12.31
USAT
12.24
PW
12.18
(ch 12.11)
Amz
(01.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.02)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.02)
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 / 25 9 -2     xxx.. [ 11 ]        
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony 09.12.06 / 17       108 -15   xx     xxx..
Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (UK) 08.01.06 / 20             xxx.. 87 -9  
Crichton, Next 11.14.06 / 8 3 = [ 3 ] x 7 -1 [ 2 ] 37 -25   17 -8 28 -22
Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss 12.26.06 / 2 15 -7     113 -85          
Harris, Hannibal Rising 12.05.06 / 5 5 = [ 4 ]   10 -1 [ 4 ] 80 -46     97 -82
Harris, Hannibal Rising (UK) 12.05.06 / 5             34 -13 31 +2  
Hearn, Harsh Cry of the Heron (UK) 10.17.06 / 4               3 +  
King, Lisey's Story 09.19.06 / 15 8 +1   xxx.. 20 +10 [ 9 ] x     93 -85
King, Lisey's Story (UK) 10.10.06 / 13             x 55 -8  
Koontz, Brother Odd 11.28.06 / 6 7 =     19 +2 [ 7 ] 86 -20      
McCarthy, The Road 09.26.06 / 15 24 +8   1 + xxx..   23 +8 xxx..   xxx..
Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 09.12.06 / 8 xxx..   7 +            
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 96 1 =   xxx.. 85 + [ 3 ] 10 +18 xxx..   xx
Paolini, Eldest, Deluxe Edition 10.10.06 / 13       22 +4         52 ++
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 114 2 =     xxx.. [ 1 ] x     80 +
Paolini, Eragon/Eldest Boxed Set 12.26.06 / 2       x   91 -22      
Powers, The Echo Maker 10.31.06 / 5 33 -11   9 -7     x      
Pratchett, Wintersmith (UK) 05.09.06 / 32             43 -23 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 2             1 =    
Skelton, Endymion Spring 09.12.06 / 10 10 +                
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.07
WP
12.24
SFC
12.31
USAT
12.24
PW
12.18
(ch 12.11)
Amz
(01.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.02)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.02)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Barry/Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers 07.18.06 / 15 5 +5       [ 8 ]        
Denning, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest 12.12.06 / 4 34 -3     xx [ 15 ]        
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 46 4 +1     xxx..          
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [tpb] 03.28.06 / 34 xxx..   xxx xxx..   xxx.. 94 +    
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 12.12.06 / 4 21 +2     127 -12 [ 8 ]        
King, Cell 12.05.06 / 5 2 +1 [ 4 ]   17 +3 [ 2 ]       x
Koontz, Forever Odd 12.05.06 / 5 10 +2     47 +6 [ 7 ]        
Kostova, The Historian [tpb] 10.17.06 / 10 xxx..     144 +          
Maguire, Son of a Witch [tpb] 10.10.06 / 13 17 +17     73 +21          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 163 8 +6   xxx.. 31 +11 [ 15 ] xxx..     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 94             44 -5    
Nylund, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx [tpb] 10.31.06 / 10 14 +7     80 +1 [ 14 ] xxx.. x   xxx
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 11.07.06 / 9             11 +3 51 -3  
Paolini, Eragon 11.14.06 / 8       2 =          
Paolini, Eragon (UK) 01.11.05 / 36             16 = 21 -7  
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 87 1 =   xxx.. xxx..          
Patterson, Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment 05.09.06 / 18 10 +     xxx..          
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 09.19.06 / 16             53 -9 xxx..  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 24     xxx.. 64 -7   xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 99 xxx..   xxx.. 137 +   xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.07
WP
12.24
SFC
12.31
USAT
12.24
PW
12.18
(ch 12.11)
Amz
(01.02)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.02)
Australia:
Dymocks
(01.02)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.02)
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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