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Bestsellers 9 Sep
Terry Brooks
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Sean Williams
Stephenie Meyer
Christopher Paolini



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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posted 16 September 2008

The notable debut this week is Junot Díaz' Pulitzer Prize winner The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in trade paperback, ranking #1 in San Francisco, #4 on the New York Times' trade paperback list, #10 and #13 on lists at Washington Post and Publishers Weekly.

Also debuting this week: S.M. Stirling's The Scourge of God (Roc), ranking #19 on the New York Times fiction hardcover list this week, and #139 on the combined USA Today list.

Meanwhile, Christopher Paolini's Brisingr (Knopf), third in his series that began with Eragon and due for release on Sept. 20th, ranks #1 today on all three Amazon lists. It's already ranked on Amazon lists for over 30 weeks, with pre-publication sales.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.21
WP
09.14
SFC
09.14
USAT
09.07
PW
09.15
Amz
(09.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.16)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Barry, The Lace Reader 08.19.08 / 5 18 -5 xxx..   xx x xx    
Brooks, The Gypsy Morph 08.26.08 / 4 7 -5     51 -35 7 -5 xx xx  
Colfer, Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox 07.01.08 / 12     xxx.. 102 -26   72 + 28 + 70 +
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 10.23.07 / 35 xxx   x 68 +   xx   xxx..
Doctorow, Little Brother 05.20.08 / 10 xxx..       15 +     xxx..
Kenyon, Acheron 07.29.08 / 8 17 -6 xxx   110 -33 x xxx.. xx xxx
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 02.12.08 / 32     5 -2 3 -1   5 +   xx
Meyer, Eclipse 08.14.07 / 58     3 +7 5 = xxx.. 6 +   xxx..
Meyer, The Host 02.12.08 / 29 6 -1 8 + xxx.. 21 -2 4 = 62 + xxx.. 23 +
Meyer, New Moon 08.14.07 / 57       xxx.. xxx.. 42 +   xxx..
Meyer, Twilight 08.14.07 / 22           43 +   xxx..
Paolini, Brisingr 01.22.08 / 34           1 + 1 + 1 +
Patterson/Ledwidge, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X 08.05.08 / 7 4 = xxx   120 -39 5 ++     xxx..
Pratchett, Nation (UK) 08.05.08 / 6             3 +  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 02.06.07 / 84     xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 85 +    
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard 08.05.08 / 6           23 +    
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) 08.05.08 / 6             9 + 12 +
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret 05.08.07 / 64 7 +2     xxx.. 9 + xxx..    
Stephenson, Anathem 07.22.08 / 4           19 + xx 22 +
Stirling, The Scourge of God 09.16.08 / 1 19 ++     139 ++        
Williams, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 09.02.08 / 3 12 -3 xx   67 -32 12 -5     49 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.21
WP
09.14
SFC
09.14
USAT
09.07
PW
09.15
Amz
(09.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.16)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 93       118 -10   xxx..   xxx..
Briggs, Cry Wolf 07.29.08 / 8 31 -13 xxx..   111 -28 xx xxx..   xxx
Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union [tpb] 05.13.08 / 19 29 +3 xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] 09.09.08 / 2 4 ++ 10 ++ 1 =   13 ++ 37 ++    
Harris, Dead Until Dark 09.16.08 / 1 25 ++         30 ++    
McCarthy, The Road [tpb] 04.10.07 / 76 x xxx.. xxx.. 59 = 12 -5 78 + xxx.. xxx
Meyer, New Moon [tpb] 06.17.08 / 14     5 +1 2 +1   7 +    
Meyer, Twilight [tpb] 08.14.07 / 58     4 = 1 = xxx.. 4 + xxx.. xxx..
Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] 07.22.08 / 9   xx xx 26 -6   35 + 54 + 16 +
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 147             84 +  
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 42       134 +       xxx..
Reaves, Star Wars: Street of Shdows: Coruscant Nights II 09.09.08 / 2 x     132 -23        
Scott, The Alchemyst [tpb] 09.09.08 / 2 9 =              
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.21
WP
09.14
SFC
09.14
USAT
09.07
PW
09.15
Amz
(09.16)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.16)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.16)
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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