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Terry Pratchett
J.K. Rowling
Madeleine L'Engle

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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 9 October 2007

R.A. Salvatore's latest "Forgotten Realms" novel, The Orc King (Wizards of the Coast), first of a new trilogy, debuts notably this week, as high as #6 on the Publishers Weekly fiction hardcover list, #7 on New York Times' list, #37 at USA Today.

In paperback, Naomi Novik's fourth Temeraire novel, Empire of Ivory (Ballantine Del Rey), debuts at #5 on Publishers Weekly's mass market paperback list, #15 on New York Times' fiction paperback list, #60 at USA Today.

Terry Pratchett's Making Money still ranks on all five print lists compiled here -- the only book to do so this week.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.14
WP
10.07
SFC
10.07
USAT
09.30
PW
10.08
(ch 10.08)
Amz
(10.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.09)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.09)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Beddor, Seeing Redd 09.04.07 / 6 7 =       15 ++        
Brooks, The Elves of Cintra 08.28.07 / 7 23 -6 xxx   x x xxx.. xxx   xxx..
Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union 05.01.07 / 21 xxx.. xxx.. 10 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Donaldson, Fatal Revenant 10.09.07 / 1                 56 ++
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 9       25 -11 3 + 32 -6     xxx
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 9       38 -12 4 + 39 -6     xxx
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 113 xxx..   xxx.. xxx.. 11 + xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eragon 09.07.03 / 124 xxx..     xxx.. 13 + xxx..     xxx..
Pratchett, Making Money 08.21.07 / 5 10 -6 9 -5 6 -3 89 -55 12 -7 x      
Pratchett, Making Money (UK) 05.15.07 / 18             4 -1   x
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 36     xx 19 -10 1 + 17 =      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 42             25 +1    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 36                 18 -6
Salvatore, The Orc King: Transitions, Book One 10.09.07 / 1 7 ++     37 ++ 6 ++       63 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.14
WP
10.07
SFC
10.07
USAT
09.30
PW
10.08
(ch 10.08)
Amz
(10.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.09)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.09)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars 10.02.07 / 2 10 =                
Denning, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Inferno 09.11.07 / 5 30 -18 xxx..   x x        
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 197 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 68 + xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 27 9 -1 xxx.. x 93 -24 xxx 55 +5 xxx..   90 -57
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 9       21 -1 2 + 69 -3     xxx..
Novik, Empire of Ivory 10.09.07 / 1 15 ++     60 ++ 5 ++        
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 29 8 -3     xxx..   xxx..     xxx..
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 112 9 -1   xxx.. xxx..          
Pratchett, Wintersmith 09.25.07 / 3             43 -13    
Pullman, The Golden Compass 07.31.07 / 11       138 +9          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 172 xxx..   xxx.. 143 -34          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 64     xxx.. 58 -19 xxx.. xxx      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 131 xxx..   xxx.. 107 -52 xxx.. xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 104 -42   xxx..      
Westerfeld, Specials [tpb] 10.02.07 / 2 7 -1                
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.14
WP
10.07
SFC
10.07
USAT
09.30
PW
10.08
(ch 10.08)
Amz
(10.09)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.09)
Australia:
Dymocks
(06.05)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.09)
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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