Locus Online: Bestsellers on General Lists: 25 March 2008

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The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

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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 25 March 2008

No outstanding debuts this week. The most prominent genre books on multiple general lists remain Stephen King's Duma Key, in its 13th week on this chart, and Kim Harrison's The Outlaw Demon Wails, in its 6th week. Perhaps more significant is Cormac McCarthy's The Road, in its 51st week just in its trade paperback edition. Noticeable developments include the first appearance on Amazon UK's list of a new Philip Pullman short novel in the "His Dark Materials" universe, Once Upon a Time in the North, ranking #16 today; the book goes on sale April 3rd. And with Terry Pratchett in the news, Amazon UK ranks paperback editions of a couple of his early novels, with The Colour of Magic placing #33 on today's list.
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 03.30	WP 03.23	SFC 03.23	USAT 03.16	PW 03.24 (ch 01.14)	Amz (03.25)	UK: Amz UK (03.25)	Canada: Amz.ca (03.25)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		30x5	10x4	30x3	150	15x5	100	100	100
Hardcovers
Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (UK)	07.17.07 / 6							82 -7
Armstrong, Personal Demon (UK)	03.25.08 / 1							50 ++
Banks, Matter (UK)	01.08.08 / 12							31 +4
Butcher, Small Favor	03.18.08 / 2						49 +33		x
Feist, Wrath of a Mad God (UK)	02.26.08 / 5							58 -14
Harrison, The Outlaw Demon Wails	02.19.08 / 6	13 -3	xx	xx	92 -42	12 -5	xx		xxx..
King, Duma Key	01.01.08 / 13	14 -1	xx	xxx..	90 -32	13 +1	90 -4		94 -67
Meyer, Breaking Dawn	02.12.08 / 7						11 -1		46 -15
Meyer, Eclipse	08.14.07 / 33				22 +10	xxx..	29 +7		xxx..
Meyer, New Moon	08.14.07 / 33				20 +5	xxx..	26 +4		xxx..
Paolini, Brisingr	01.22.08 / 10						14 -6	64 -19	43 +4
Patterson, The Final Warning: A Maximum Ride Novel	03.18.08 / 2						36 -14
Pullman, Once Upon a Time in the North (UK)	03.25.08 / 1							16 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	02.06.07 / 60			xxx..	xxx	xxx..	42 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK)	12.26.06 / 65							81 +12
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA)	02.06.07 / 60								96 -36
Salvatore, The Ancient	03.18.08 / 2	24 +3
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret	05.08.07 / 39	6 =			xxx	xxx..	xx
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 03.30	WP 03.23	SFC 03.23	USAT 03.16	PW 03.24 (ch 01.14)	Amz (03.25)	UK: Amz UK (03.25)	Canada: Amz.ca (03.25)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Abercrombie, The Last Argument of Kings (UK)	03.18.08 / 2							19 -9
Maguire, Wicked [tpb]	06.15.03 / 203	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	125 -9	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..
McCarthy, The Road [tpb]	04.10.07 / 51	13 =	xxx..	10 +	75 -4	xxx..	53 +3	69 -21	16 -3
Meyer, Twilight [tpb]	08.14.07 / 33				11 +5	xxx..	41 +13	72 -13	xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb]	01.04.05 / 133							88 +
Pratchett, The Colour of Magic (UK)	03.25.08 / 1							33 ++
Pullman, His Dark Materials Gift Set (UK)	08.02.04 / 26							56 -3	x
Sands, Vampire, Interrupted	03.11.08 / 3	21 -9			123 -62	x
Traviss, Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Revelation	03.11.08 / 3	6 =	xx		63 -27	6 -4
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 03.30	WP 03.23	SFC 03.23	USAT 03.16	PW 03.24 (ch 01.14)	Amz (03.25)	UK: Amz UK (03.25)	Canada: Amz.ca (03.25)
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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