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NEWS : Bestsellers
Bestsellers 9 Dec
J.K. Rowling
Jim Butcher
Tobias S. Buckell
Bestsellers 2 Dec
J.K. Rowling
Cormac McCarthy
Charlaine Harris
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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Locus Bestsellers, compiled from sales at specialty stores:
December
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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 16 December 2008
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J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard still ranks solidly at #1 on all three Amazon lists, and debuts this week at #1 on USA Today's list and #3 on San Francisco Chronicle's fiction hardcover list.
No significant debuts this week, but Tobias S. Buckell's Halo: The Cole Protocol still ranks significantly at #4 on NY Times's trade paperback list, #8 on the same list from Publishers Weekly.
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.21 |
WP
12.14 |
SFC
12.14 |
USAT
12.07 |
PW
12.15
(ch 12.08) |
Amz
(12.16) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.16) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.16) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
10x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Hardcovers |
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Butcher, Princeps' Fury |
12.09.08 / 2 |
21 -8 |
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x |
x |
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Card, Ender in Exile |
11.18.08 / 5 |
26 -5 |
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x |
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xxx |
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Collins, The Hunger Games |
10.07.08 / 11 |
9 -2 |
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7 + |
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Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao |
10.23.07 / 48 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
112 -4 |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Funke, Inkdeath |
09.23.08 / 13 |
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86 -6 |
2 + |
61 -10 |
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102 -65 |
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Gaiman, The Graveyard Book |
09.30.08 / 12 |
7 -2 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
6 + |
56 +20 |
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63 +62 |
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Gaiman/McKean, The Graveyard Book (UK) |
11.04.08 / 5 |
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92 + |
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Harris, From Dead to Worse |
05.06.08 / 17 |
24 +6 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xx |
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King, Just After Sunset |
11.11.08 / 6 |
6 -2 |
6 = |
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26 -11 |
5 -1 |
33 +1 |
xxx |
50 -16 |
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Maguire, A Lion Among Men |
10.28.08 / 8 |
25 +1 |
xxx.. |
x |
xxx |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, Breaking Dawn |
02.12.08 / 45 |
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5 -3 |
5 -1 |
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3 = |
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xxx.. |
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Meyer, Eclipse |
08.14.07 / 71 |
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10 -6 |
4 -1 |
xxx.. |
2 = |
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xxx.. |
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Meyer, The Host |
02.12.08 / 42 |
8 +2 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
33 -4 |
9 +1 |
25 +6 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, New Moon |
08.14.07 / 70 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
32 -22 |
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xxx.. |
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Meyer, Twilight |
08.14.07 / 35 |
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42 -27 |
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xxx.. |
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Paolini, Brisingr |
01.22.08 / 47 |
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xxx.. |
21 = |
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22 -3 |
68 -8 |
54 +4 |
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Pratchett, Nation (UK) |
08.05.08 / 19 |
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42 -1 |
xxx.. |
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
02.06.07 / 97 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
119 -20 |
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Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard |
08.05.08 / 19 |
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3 ++ |
1 ++ |
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1 = |
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Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) |
08.05.08 / 19 |
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1 = |
1 = |
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Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
05.08.07 / 76 |
10 -2 |
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xxx.. |
10 + |
xxx.. |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.21 |
WP
12.14 |
SFC
12.14 |
USAT
12.07 |
PW
12.15
(ch 12.08) |
Amz
(12.16) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.16) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.16) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Buckell, Halo: The Cole Protocol [tpb] |
12.09.08 / 2 |
4 = |
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67 -17 |
8 -2 |
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Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] |
09.09.08 / 15 |
6 -1 |
xx |
2 +1 |
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x |
58 +10 |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Club Dead |
06.01.03 / 16 |
21 = |
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143 -32 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead to the World |
09.30.08 / 12 |
34 -4 |
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x |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead Until Dark |
09.16.08 / 14 |
7 = |
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56 -15 |
5 +1 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Living Dead in Dallas |
09.23.08 / 13 |
14 = |
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100 -25 |
x |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harrison, The Outlaw Demon Wails |
12.09.08 / 2 |
20 -2 |
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King, Duma Key |
11.04.08 / 7 |
13 -1 |
xxx.. |
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83 -19 |
15 -4 |
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McCarthy, The Road |
12.02.08 / 3 |
25 -5 |
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80 -28 |
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McCarthy, The Road [tpb] |
04.10.07 / 89 |
23 -9 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx |
xxx |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, New Moon [tpb] |
06.17.08 / 27 |
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10 -5 |
3 -1 |
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4 = |
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Meyer, Twilight [tpb] |
08.14.07 / 71 |
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5 -3 |
2 -1 |
xxx.. |
5 = |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] |
07.22.08 / 22 |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
98 -14 |
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45 -2 |
67 +25 |
36 +7 |
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Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife [tpb] |
05.24.04 / 132 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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84 -12 |
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Tolkien, The Children of Húrin [tpb] |
10.28.08 / 8 |
31 -9 |
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xxx.. |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
12.21 |
WP
12.14 |
SFC
12.14 |
USAT
12.07 |
PW
12.15
(ch 12.08) |
Amz
(12.16) |
UK:
Amz UK
(12.16) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.16) |
| 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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