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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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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 24 July 2007

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows remains at #1 on the Amazon lists again this week. With official publication last Saturday, the 21st, it won't appear on print bestseller lists until next week, or the week after.

Meanwhile, the Amazon lists are dominated by all the previous Harry Potter titles selling briskly for readers trying to catch up, or inspired by the current film release. All seven titles rank among the top 25 on Amazon's list today.

John Twelve Hawks' The Dark River (Doubleday) debuts on the New York Times fiction hardcover list this week at #24, and barely makes USA Today's combined list at #148.

Two imminently forthcoming titles also rank on Amazon lists this week: William Gibson's Spook Country (Putnam), and Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson's Sandworms of Dune (Tor), both due in stores August 7th.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
07.29
WP
07.22
SFC
07.22
USAT
07.15
PW
07.23
(ch 06.11)
Amz
(07.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.24)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Bachman, Blaze 06.12.07 / 7 14 -2 xxx   63 -15 11 = xx     x
Canavan, Voice of the Gods (UK) 07.10.07 / 3             48 -21    
Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union 05.01.07 / 13 26 -3 xxx 3 -1 xxx xxx.. 70 +1 xxx..   65 +
Esslemont, Night of Knives (CANADA) 07.24.07 / 1                 69 ++
Fforde, First Among Sequels (UK) 07.03.07 / 4             44 -20    
Gibson, Spook Country 07.24.07 / 1           51 ++ 79 ++    
Hamilton, The Harlequin 06.05.07 / 8 21 +1 xxx..   x xxx xxx.. xxx..   x
Herbert/Anderson, Sandworms of Dune 07.24.07 / 1           49 ++     76 ++
Palahniuk, Rant 05.22.07 / 9 32 +1   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Patterson, Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports 05.29.07 / 9       102 -19   xxx..      
Pratchett, Making Money (UK) 05.15.07 / 7             50 -21    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets   xxx..         13 +28      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 7                 16 +15
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 25           1 =      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 31             1 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 25                 1 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 01.17.00 / 39 xxx..         22 +24      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 4                 25 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 99     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 12 -6      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 89             4 +9    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 82                 4 +19
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 02.09.03 / 102 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 21 +9      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 57             16 +5    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (CANADA) 07.13.03 / 6                 7 +4
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban   xxx..         19 +28      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 6                 15 +22
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone   xxx..         8 +62      
Scott, The Alchemyst 07.03.07 / 4 4 +2                
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 12 8 -3       xxx.. xxx..      
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin 03.27.07 / 18 16 -2 9 -1 10 + 97 -13 15 = 59 +32     10 -6
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin (UK) 03.27.07 / 18             47 -27    
Twelve Hawks, The Dark River 07.10.07 / 3 24 ++     148 ++   xx 88 -41   xx
Westerfeld, Specials 05.23.06 / 12 6 +       xxx..        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
07.29
WP
07.22
SFC
07.22
USAT
07.15
PW
07.23
(ch 06.11)
Amz
(07.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.24)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 70       93 +16   x     xxx..
Erikson, The Reaper's Gale (UK) 04.24.07 / 13             xxx..   39 +30
Herbert/Anderson, Hunters of Dune 07.17.07 / 2 33 ++     x          
King, Everything's Eventual 01.12.02 / 21 xxx     91 -21 xxx        
King, Lisey's Story 07.03.07 / 4 6 -2 xxx   22 -1 6 -2       x
L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time 05.10.04 / 13       107 +9   xxx..      
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 190 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 114 -4 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Marr, Wicked Lovely [tpb] 07.03.07 / 4 3 =                
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 16 9 +1 8 = 5 +3 26 +1 5 = 25 -6 x   36 -15
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 122             75 -8    
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 73       119 -13   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 18 4 -1     78 -1   xxx..     xxx..
Pullman, His Dark Materials Trilogy 11.17.02 / 4           46 +12      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK)               14 +27    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 27 +55          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)               26 +23    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 161 xxx..   xxx.. 33 +54          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 53     xxx.. 3 +9 xxx.. 6 +      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (CANADA) 08.09.04 / 22                 12 +2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 120 xxx..   xxx.. 7 +16 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)               8 +20    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)               22 +24    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 182 xxx..   xxx.. 31 +74          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 13 +29   xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
07.29
WP
07.22
SFC
07.22
USAT
07.15
PW
07.23
(ch 06.11)
Amz
(07.24)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.24)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.24)
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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