Bestseller Landings
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 1/10/2005
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Hardcover Fiction
123
127
127
137*
136
Hardcover Nonfiction
73
83
90
86
96*
Mass Market
137
164*
153
145
134
Trade Paperback
52
59
52
52
55
TOTAL
385
433
422
420
421
*Record high; the high for trade paperbacks (60 new titles) was set in 1993.
All the numbers reflect first-time landings on the bestseller lists during a given year. For the first time, there were more hardcover fiction books than mass markets debuting on the lists. Shorter stays on the fiction list (about 64% of the 136 were on the charts for four weeks or less) underscore the pressure on publishers to maximize sales in the first week or two of publication.
