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Bestsellers 19 Aug
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Brunonia Barry
Bestsellers 12 Aug
Stephenie Meyer
Patricia Briggs
Karen Traviss
Jocelynn Drake
2008 Monitor Listings Archive
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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 26 August 2008
It slips a bit since last week, but Sherrilyn Kenyon's Acheron remains the highest ranking genre title overall on general bestseller lists this week, still ranking #3 on the fiction hardcover list at New York Times.
Also, Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn still ranks #1 or #2 on several lists, those that don't exclude it since it's YA.
Neal Stephenson's Anathem (Morrow), due in stores September 9th, is on two Amazon lists this week with pre-publication sales.
Debuts: Terry Brooks' Genesis of Shannara: The Gypsy Morph (Del Rey), published today, is on Amazon.com's list today at #46. And the paperback edition of John Scalzi's The Last Colony (Tor) is #33 this week on New York Times mass market paperback list.
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Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT 08.31 |
WP 08.24 |
SFC 08.24 |
USAT 08.17 |
PW 08.25 |
Amz (08.26) |
UK: Amz UK (08.26) |
Canada: Amz.ca (08.26) |
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
30x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Hardcovers |
Barry, The Lace Reader |
08.19.08 / 2 |
10 -3 |
x |
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86 -31 |
11 -3 |
78 ++ |
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Brooks, The Gypsy Morph |
08.26.08 / 1 |
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46 ++ |
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Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox |
07.01.08 / 9 |
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xxx |
35 -10 |
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x |
9 -4 |
x |
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao |
10.23.07 / 32 |
32 -1 |
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3 = |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
Erikson, Toll the Hounds (UK) |
06.24.08 / 7 |
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xxx.. |
28 -15 |
Kenyon, Acheron |
07.29.08 / 5 |
3 -2 |
6 -5 |
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17 -10 |
2 -1 |
x |
68 -17 |
37 -2 |
Meyer, Breaking Dawn |
02.12.08 / 29 |
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2 = |
1 = |
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1 = |
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2 -1 |
Meyer, Eclipse |
08.14.07 / 55 |
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4 +2 |
5 = |
xxx.. |
4 +2 |
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xxx.. |
Meyer, The Host |
02.12.08 / 26 |
6 -1 |
8 +1 |
xx |
20 +3 |
5 -2 |
83 -25 |
xxx.. |
18 +2 |
Meyer, New Moon |
08.14.07 / 55 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
25 -5 |
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xxx.. |
Meyer, Twilight |
08.14.07 / 20 |
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32 -4 |
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xxx.. |
Paolini, Brisingr |
01.22.08 / 32 |
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8 +4 |
5 +5 |
8 -6 |
Patterson/Ledwidge, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X |
08.05.08 / 4 |
1 = |
10 -3 |
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38 -12 |
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xx |
Pratchett, Nation (UK) |
08.05.08 / 4 |
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34 +22 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
02.06.07 / 82 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
87 -34 |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (CANADA) |
02.06.07 / 73 |
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79 + |
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard |
08.05.08 / 4 |
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12 -2 |
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Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) |
08.05.08 / 4 |
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2 = |
9 +2 |
Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence |
05.27.08 / 14 |
34 -1 |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
Scott, The Magician |
07.08.08 / 8 |
8 -1 |
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xxx.. |
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Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
05.08.07 / 61 |
7 +1 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Stephenson, Anathem |
07.22.08 / 2 |
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60 + |
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24 ++ |
Traviss, Star Wars: The Clone Wars |
08.12.08 / 3 |
19 -3 |
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97 -19 |
x |
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Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT 08.31 |
WP 08.24 |
SFC 08.24 |
USAT 08.17 |
PW 08.25 |
Amz (08.26) |
UK: Amz UK (08.26) |
Canada: Amz.ca (08.26) |
Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 |
07.20.03 / 90 |
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117 +13 |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
Briggs, Cry Wolf |
07.29.08 / 5 |
8 +2 |
xx |
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34 -4 |
7 -2 |
xx |
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77 + |
Brooks, The Elves of Cintra |
08.12.08 / 3 |
16 +8 |
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Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union [tpb] |
05.13.08 / 16 |
19 +4 |
xxx.. |
7 + |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
Drake, Nightwalker |
08.12.08 / 3 |
31 +1 |
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116 +4 |
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McCarthy, The Road [tpb] |
04.10.07 / 73 |
6 = |
xxx.. |
xxx |
50 +4 |
14 + |
70 -30 |
xxx.. |
17 +33 |
Meyer, New Moon [tpb] |
06.17.08 / 11 |
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5 = |
3 +1 |
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9 +2 |
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Meyer, Twilight [tpb] |
08.14.07 / 55 |
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4 -1 |
2 = |
xxx.. |
3 -1 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] |
07.22.08 / 6 |
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4 = |
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13 +5 |
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13 -5 |
24 -6 |
3 +5 |
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] |
05.24.04 / 129 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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36 + |
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] |
01.04.05 / 145 |
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48 -3 |
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Nix, The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 6: Superior Saturday (UK) [tpb] |
06.10.08 / 12 |
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82 -28 |
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Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four |
07.20.03 / 94 |
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122 +19 |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
07.22.08 / 6 |
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110 -37 |
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Salvatore, The Orc King: Transitions, Book One |
07.15.08 / 5 |
22 + |
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xxx |
xxx |
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Scalzi, The Last Colony |
08.26.08 / 1 |
33 ++ |
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Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT 08.31 |
WP 08.24 |
SFC 08.24 |
USAT 08.17 |
PW 08.25 |
Amz (08.26) |
UK: Amz UK (08.26) |
Canada: Amz.ca (08.26) |
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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