Laurell K. Hamilton's Swallowing Darkness (Ballantine), seventh in her Meredith Gentry series, debuts strongly this week, ranking on four print lists, as high as #3 on the New York Times and Publishers Weekly fiction hardcover lists.

In paperback, mass market original One Silent Night (St. Martin's), 13th book in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series, debuts even stronger, ranking on paperback lists from the same four print sources, as high as #1 on the mass market lists from New York Times and Publishers Weekly.

With only a little over two weeks until publication, J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle Bard jumps in Amazon rankings this week, placing #1 on the both the US and Canadian lists today, #3 on the UK list.

Charlaine Harris' rankings slip a bit again this week, but all seven of her Sookie Stackhouse novels still rank on the New York Times extended mass market fiction list, and on USA Today's list, this week.