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NEWS : Bestsellers
Bestsellers 28 Apr
Tamora Pierce
Jim Butcher
Jack Campbell
Stephenie Meyer
Bestsellers 21 Apr
Jim Butcher
Karen Chance
2009 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:
April
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SFFH Books on General Bestseller Lists
posted 5 May 2009
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The latest J.R.R. Tolkien volume, The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun (Houghton Mifflin, edited by Christopher Tolkien), makes a subdued debut on Amazon lists in this week of its publication, ranking today at #88 on Amazon.com and #44 on Amazon UK. Look for it on print bestseller lists in a week or two.
In contrast, the next Discworld volume by Terry Pratchett, The Unseen Academicals (Doubleday UK) appears on Amazon UK's list today, ranking #38, a full five months before publication in October.
Stephenie Meyer still rules the top four spots at USA Today.
Note that all three Amazon lists have added features since last week -- they display up/down indicators of changes in position, and statistics for how many days titles have ranked in the top 100.
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
05.10 |
WP
05.03 |
SFC
04.26 |
USAT
04.26 |
PW
05.04
(ch 04.13) |
Amz
(05.05) |
UK:
Amz UK
(05.05) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.05) |
| Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed | |
30x5 |
10x4 |
10x3 |
150 |
15x5 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Hardcovers |
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Allston, Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 1: Outcast |
04.07.09 / 5 |
35 -11 |
xxx.. |
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xx |
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Butcher, Turn Coat |
03.24.09 / 7 |
10 -7 |
x |
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72 -46 |
10 -7 |
x |
xxx |
xxx |
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Clare, City of Glass |
03.24.09 / 7 |
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95 -25 |
xx |
xxx.. |
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x |
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Collins, The Hunger Games |
10.07.08 / 31 |
6 = |
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xx |
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Forstchen, One Second After |
04.07.09 / 5 |
19 -8 |
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86 -27 |
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Gaiman/Vess, Blueberry Girl |
03.24.09 / 5 |
7 + |
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Gaiman, The Graveyard Book |
09.30.08 / 32 |
4 = |
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xxx.. |
xx |
80 -17 |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead and Gone |
01.20.09 / 16 |
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3 +4 |
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12 +4 |
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Meyer, Breaking Dawn |
02.12.08 / 65 |
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[ 3 ] |
4 = |
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6 -4 |
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13 -4 |
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Meyer, Eclipse |
08.14.07 / 91 |
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[ 6 ] |
3 = |
xxx.. |
9 -5 |
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19 -8 |
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Meyer, The Host |
02.12.08 / 62 |
6 -1 |
9 -2 |
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21 -3 |
6 -1 |
49 -13 |
xxx.. |
24 -6 |
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Pierce, Beka Cooper: Bloodhound |
04.14.09 / 3 |
2 -1 |
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137 ++ |
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xxx |
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Pratchett, The Unseen Academicals (UK) |
05.05.09 / 1 |
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38 ++ |
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Tolkien/Tolkien, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun |
05.05.09 / 1 |
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88 ++ |
44 ++ |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
05.10 |
WP
05.03 |
SFC
04.26 |
USAT
04.26 |
PW
05.04
(ch 04.13) |
Amz
(05.05) |
UK:
Amz UK
(05.05) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.05) |
| Paperbacks [tpb=trade] |
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Austen/Grahame-Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! [tpb] |
02.10.09 / 8 |
10 -3 |
7 = |
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75 +3 |
12 + |
17 -4 |
88 -53 |
104 -84 |
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Clare, City of Ashes [tpb] |
04.07.09 / 5 |
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123 +6 |
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x |
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Clare, City of Bones [tpb] |
04.08.08 / 6 |
xxx.. |
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80 +8 |
xx |
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Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] |
09.09.08 / 35 |
22 -2 |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Dead Until Dark |
09.16.08 / 34 |
21 -4 |
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79 -11 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Definitely Dead |
09.30.08 / 18 |
31 + |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, From Dead to Worse |
03.31.09 / 6 |
5 -1 |
xxx |
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36 -9 |
7 -2 |
46 -16 |
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64 -26 |
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Harris, Living Dead in Dallas |
09.23.08 / 31 |
28 = |
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131 -10 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
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Harris, Sookie Stackhouse Boxed Set |
01.06.09 / 18 |
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27 +1 |
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31 -19 |
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Kenyon, Acheron |
04.14.09 / 4 |
25 +2 |
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98 -32 |
xxx |
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McCarthy, The Road [tpb] |
04.10.07 / 109 |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
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xxx.. |
xxx.. |
xxx.. |
45 -1 |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) |
01.13.09 / 17 |
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1 = |
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Meyer, Eclipse (UK) |
01.13.09 / 17 |
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3 -1 |
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Meyer, New Moon (UK) |
01.13.09 / 17 |
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2 +1 |
60 -40 |
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Meyer, New Moon [tpb] |
06.17.08 / 47 |
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[ 7 ] |
1 = |
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11 -6 |
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Meyer, Twilight (UK) |
01.13.09 / 17 |
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4 = |
xxx.. |
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Meyer, Twilight [tpb] |
08.14.07 / 91 |
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[ 8 ] |
2 = |
xxx.. |
15 -7 |
xxx.. |
57 -21 |
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Moore/Gibbons, Watchmen [tpb] |
07.22.08 / 42 |
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xxx |
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110 -33 |
x |
x |
68 +9 |
xxx |
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Rand, Atlas Shrugged |
01.27.09 / 11 |
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118 +10 |
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52 -10 |
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x |
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Weeks, The Way of Shadows |
03.31.09 / 3 |
35 + |
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| Title | Debut / #wks on any list |
NYT
05.10 |
WP
05.03 |
SFC
04.26 |
USAT
04.26 |
PW
05.04
(ch 04.13) |
Amz
(05.05) |
UK:
Amz UK
(05.05) |
Canada:
Amz.ca
(05.05) |
| 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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