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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 28 August 2007

Terry Brooks' latest Shannara novel, The Elves of Cintra (Ballantine Del Rey), due in stores today, debuts this week on two Amazon lists.

Neil Gaiman's Stardust movie tie-in edition has migrated from NY Times' fiction paperback list to its children's paperback list this week, where it ranks #2. As noted last week, NYT has contrived to avoid listing J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by title on any of its lists, relegating all series titles to a separate cumulative list. Elsewhere, the title ranks #1 on USA Today's combined list this week, and #2 on San Francisco Chronicle's fiction hardcover list.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.02
WP
08.26
SFC
08.26
USAT
08.19
PW
08.27
(ch 08.13)
Amz
(08.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.28)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Brooks, The Elves of Cintra 08.28.07 / 1           62 ++     53 ++
Canavan, Voice of the Gods (UK) 07.10.07 / 8             58 +7    
Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union 05.01.07 / 18 33 = xxx.. 4 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx..   xxx..
Gemmell/Gemmell, Troy: The Fall of Kings (UK) 08.28.07 / 1             11 ++    
Gibson, Spook Country 07.24.07 / 6 9 -3 5 -1 3 -1 76 -30 9 -3 75 -5 x   13 +1
Hamilton, The Dreaming Void (UK) 07.31.07 / 5             80 -30    
Herbert/Anderson, Sandworms of Dune 07.24.07 / 6 6 -2 6 -1 7 +2 54 -19 8 -5 xx 96 ++   x
Kenyon, Devil May Cry 08.07.07 / 4 8 -6 x   52 -44 10 -8 xx      
Marr, Wicked Lovely 07.03.07 / 9 7 -3                
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 3       2 -1 x 8 -5     14 +11
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 3       17 +14 x 16 -5     24 ++
Meyer, Twilight 08.14.07 / 3           90 -17      
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife 10.12.03 / 27 xxx.. xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..     50 +
Pratchett, Making Money (UK) 05.15.07 / 12             23 -3    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 12                 71 -28
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 30     2 +1 1 +1 x 2 -1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 36             6 -1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 30                 1 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 9                 89 -28
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 94             27 -14    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 87                 37 -20
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK) 06.29.03 / 62             56 -28    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (CANADA) 07.13.03 / 11                 44 -3
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (CANADA) 07.19.05 / 11                 76 -34
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone   xxx..         86 -34      
Scott, The Alchemyst 07.03.07 / 9 3 -1       x        
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 17 6 -1       x xxx..      
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin 03.27.07 / 23 21 +5 xx xxx.. xx xx xxx..     72 +6
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.02
WP
08.26
SFC
08.26
USAT
08.19
PW
08.27
(ch 08.13)
Amz
(08.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.28)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Arthur, Embraced by Darkness 08.14.07 / 3 x     85 -28          
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 75       131 +13   xxx..     xxx..
Brooks, Armageddon's Children 08.14.07 / 3       129 -17          
Erikson, The Reaper's Gale (UK) 04.24.07 / 16             xxx..   73 -11
Gaiman, Stardust 08.14.07 / 3 2 +21     51 +3 14 ++ xx     91 -42
King, Lisey's Story 07.03.07 / 9 33 +1 xxx..   70 -2 xxx       xxx..
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 195 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 110 -7 xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 21 11 +8 xx xx 60 -7 11 -5 27 +8 xxx   26 -7
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 3       9 +1 x 32 -15     48 ++
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 126             59 +39    
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 40       145 +         xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 78       125 -19   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 23 5 -1     144 -8   xxx..     xxx..
Pullman, The Golden Compass 07.31.07 / 5       101 -4          
Pullman, His Dark Materials Trilogy 11.17.02 / 9           61 +7      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK)               46 -6    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 30 -11          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK)               49 -3    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 166 xxx..   xxx.. 33 -8          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 58     xxx.. 18 -9 xxx.. 33 +1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 125 xxx..   xxx.. 23 -5 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK)               37 -14    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK)               41 +1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 187 xxx..   xxx.. 32 -9          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 24 -11   xxx..      
Smith, The Ruins 08.14.07 / 3 13 -1 10 +   38 -1 6 =        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.02
WP
08.26
SFC
08.26
USAT
08.19
PW
08.27
(ch 08.13)
Amz
(08.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.28)
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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