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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 1 January 2008

Stephen King's next novel Duma Key, due for release January 22nd, shows up with pre-order sales at Amazon this week, ranking #76.

Washington Post takes another week off, but all other lists are updated this holiday weekend.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.06
WP
12.16
SFC
12.23
USAT
12.23
PW
12.31
(ch 12.10)
Amz
(01.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.01)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road 10.30.07 / 10 xx   3 -2 xxx..   xxx..    
Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union 05.01.07 / 24 34 -5   6 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 10.23.07 / 6 30 +1   xxx..     49 +33    
Goodkind, Confessor 10.30.07 / 10 17 -1   xxx.. 123 -16 xx xxx.. x x
King, Duma Key 01.01.08 / 1           76 ++    
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 21       56 +3 xxx 64 -30   xxx..
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 21       65 +2 xxx 56 -20   xxx..
Pratchett, Making Money (UK) 05.15.07 / 30             71 -44 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 48     xxx.. 31 -2 xxx 10 =    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK) 12.26.06 / 53             37 +5  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) 02.06.07 / 48               25 -5
Salvatore, The Orc King: Transitions, Book One 10.09.07 / 10 31 +     xxx.. xxx..     xxx..
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 28 7 -3       xxx xx    
Tolkien, The Children of Húrin 03.27.07 / 30 23 +1   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Westerfeld, Extras 10.16.07 / 12 6 =     xxx..        
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.06
WP
12.16
SFC
12.23
USAT
12.23
PW
12.31
(ch 12.10)
Amz
(01.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.01)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Allston, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Fury 12.11.07 / 4 20 ++ [ 9 ]   x x      
Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars 10.02.07 / 13 5 =              
Card, Empire 12.25.07 / 2 25 -4              
Crichton, Next 11.27.07 / 6 3 = [ 7 ]   44 = 4 =      
Funke, Inkspell 01.01.08 / 1 9 ++              
King, The Mist 10.16.07 / 12 18 =     xxx xx      
Koontz, Brother Odd 11.13.07 / 8 9 +2     83 +6 10 +2      
Maguire, Wicked 10.23.07 / 11 13 +1     54 +14 xxx..      
Matheson, I Am Legend 11.13.07 / 8 2 =     19 +2 3 = 100 -45    
Matheson, I Am Legend [tpb] 11.06.07 / 8 6 =     xxx.. 11 +2 x 9 +26 80 -27
McCaffrey/McCaffrey, Dragon's Fire 12.18.07 / 2 28 +              
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 39 7 +1   xxx.. 76 +12 xxx.. 36 +7 xxx.. 49 -8
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 21       40 +1 xxx x   x
Paolini, Eldest [tpb] 03.27.07 / 40 2 =     xxx..   xxx..   xxx..
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 121 3 =   xxx.. xxx..        
Pullman, The Amber Spyglass [tpb] 12.25.07 / 2       103 -31        
Pullman, The Golden Compass 07.31.07 / 23     10 -2 21 -7       x
Pullman, His Dark Materials Gift Set (UK) 08.02.04 / 14             4 = 3 +1
Pullman, His Dark Materials Trilogy 11.17.02 / 17       17 -4   4 +1    
Pullman, The Subtle Knife [tpb] 12.11.07 / 4       82 -11        
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [tpb] 07.25.06 / 76     xxx.. 74 +3 xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 139 xxx..   xxx.. 127 -8 xxx.. xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 71 +7   xxx..    
Staten, Halo: Contact Harvest [tpb] 10.30.07 / 10 14 +1     134 -11 xxx xxx..   xxx..
Westerfeld, Pretties [tpb] 12.19.06 / 7 8 +2              
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.06
WP
12.16
SFC
12.23
USAT
12.23
PW
12.31
(ch 12.10)
Amz
(01.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.01)
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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