American monthly sales for the year 2004 in order of publication dates                                                           (with accumulated grand totals since publication of each title through June 2005)

Published

Title

 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total/2004

Grand total
6/1993 Chicken Soup for the Soul 2,507 2,345 1,831 2,417 874 2,213 1,232 1,584 956 1,939 1,292 1,829 21,019 7,930,380
4/1995 2nd Helping  338 153 478 685 40 666 145 47 326 247 494 389

4,008

 3,258,666
10/1995 Cookbook 86 -21 -127 105 2 108 23 19 85 331 86 94 791 467,531
1/1996 Chicken Soup Journal 36 -6 -6 22 2 11 17 15 5 -19 -1 9 85 23,467
4/1996 3rd Serving 361 230 1,000 484 187 587 143 74 300 97 380 260 4,103 2,304,865
5/1996 Surviving Soul 979 780 1,959 1,073 1,722 885 445 1,461 472 1,017 763 922 12,478 686,405
8/1996 Condensed 275 12 303 161 82 269 237 -31 202 433 273 381 2,597 443,040
8/1996 Cup of Soup 3 -24 71 26 -24 10 136 40 154 145 138 -9 666 554,893
10/1996 Soul at Work 756 283 221 500 243 891 332 345 378 496 595 330 5,370 1,002,605
10/1996 Woman's Soul 1,661 2,702 12,309 6,482 928 1,794 -99 1,684 -1,475 1,260 1,577 1,867 30,690 5,032,326
4/1997 4th Course 123 131 136 366 113 453 302 62 206 176 707 287 3,062 1,372,249
5/1997 Teenage Soul 8,622 4,028 11,763 10,140 4,026 5,186 5,616 15,005 4,795 6,949 3,667 10,268 90,065 6,041,834
8/1997 Christian Soul 1,065 1,488 1,567 1,740 152 697 802 1,141 633 3,121 938 3,577 16,921 2,768,813
10/1997 Little Souls 233 232 221 260 221 225 157 81 43 99 45 84 1,901 464,209
10/1997 Mother's Soul 7,672 4,182 55,549 8,081 28,425 -2,722 -10,493 -11,872 -9,257 4,663 713 8,603 83,544 4,517,800
4/1998 5th Portion 259 120 331 543 69 442 220 -59 269 129 508 302 3,133 857,219
4/1998 Pet Lover's Soul -682 1,755 576 2,452 608 1,157 1,500 1,334 2,299 3,179 2,442 4,484 21,104 2,430,352
7/1998  Country Soul 616 215 167 141 -36 138 4 193 168 186 426 218 2,436 514,211
8/1998 Kid's Soul 1,826 2,814 2,805 6,498 804 1,418 2,198 -72 1,504 883 1,798 2,164 24,640 2,434,456
9/1998 Family Story Book 68 10 309 71 176 2 17 -2 4 4 26 9 694 31,149
10/1998  Teenage Soul II 2,930 4,296 3,669 4,699 7,807 2,492 2,157 2,231 3,770 3,778 1,921 5,632 45,382 3,462,385
10/1998  Teenage Soul Journal 334 812 1,344 1,865 2,453 874 682 743 342 1,042 868 2,166 13,525 1,287,050
10/1998 Woman's Soul II 4,789 3,129 10,804 2,959 3,005 755 -836 356 -611 721 608 4,401 30,080 1,890,670
1/1999 Couple's Soul 4,266 4,638 3,473 3,156 1,350 1,609 2,534 3,465 731 -623 1,172 5,725 31,496 1,812,390
4/1999 6th Bowl 393 413 464 725 98 428 184 236 183 377 505 0 4,006 668,680
5/1999 Golfer's Soul 382 894 3,358 1,104 118 330 710 392 -346 470 683 1,256 9,351 1,301,974
7/1999 College Soul 556 2,370 3,100 6,086 481 2,748 1,248 1,195 567 3,126 1,271 5,025 27,773 1,162,523
9/1999 Single's Soul 1,118 1,096 1,309 1,707 192 792 379 564 467 590 574 603 9,391 581,446
9/1999 Unsinkable Soul 747 1,226 2,256 2,965 439 997 868 1,355 1,025 1,930 1,918 2,513 18,239 932,116
10/1999 Cat & Dog Lover's Soul -437 63 1,841 3,527 -61 844 867 852 1,269 2,343 2,389 3,707 17,204 1,151,629
1/2000 Golden Soul 5,909 2,433 1,401 2,048 624 -30 1,182 1,195 366 1,386 1,835 4,381 22,730 844,595
2/2000 Christian Family Soul 170 -156 597 864 78 331 432 -13 1,571 212 167 923 5,176 511,311
4/2000 Teenage Soul III 5,794 4,270 5,507 7,743 2,885 3,745 5,024 8,608 2,352 2,799 1,029 2,592 52,348 1,885,022
6/2000  Writer's Soul 214 2 -308 187 149 292 83 135 120 313 619 657 2,463 210,723
8//2000  Little Souls Trilogy 78 -100 90 221 58 83 79 -37 201 34 222 108 1,037 134,186
9/2000 Parent's Soul 362 1,183 1,123 3,102 163 862 -51 145 356 755 740 1,687 10,427 509,334
10/2000 Preteen Soul 13,062 8,556 16,110 8,916 3,456 4,760 4,045 15,370 5,905 11,093 6,292 9,357 106,922 1,249,962
11/2000 Sports Fan's Soul 682 553 3,179 56 346 403 137 503 -17 906 652 2,772 10,172 697,017
2/2001 Gardener's Soul 646 2,092 1,728 1,451 464 527 186 155 573 1,318 215 1,070 10,425 304,787
3/2001 Mother's Soul 2 6,033 5,440 23,762 5,077 12,358 -1,280 -1,154 -704 -464 1,296 -246 4,425 54,543 766,505
4/2001 Teenage Soul Letters 421 575 -334 212 320 348 109 208 143 339 415 355 3,111 268,195
5/2001 Father's Soul 749 762 1,710 4,537 3,660 1,665 2,431 578 521 1,550 351 3,662 22,176 534,570
5/2001 Veteran's Soul 954 1,274 824 1,263 1,545 646 1,169 642 965 1,033 960 2,712 13,987 290,738
8/2001 Nurse's Soul 6,393 4,121 8,850 15,882 9,007 2,986 1,556 2,879 628 2,272 2,508 8,421 65,503 598,996
9/2001 Jewish Soul 562 349 2,726 512 -132 69 388 701 1,167 846 199 366 7,753 137,286
10/2001 Baseball Fan's Soul 151 255 2,800 133 99 619 187 436 -388 3 548 2,482 7,325 240,809
10/2001 Teenage on Tough Stuff 7,308 8,569 18,145 15,692 4,077 6,025 5,818 20,116 8,877 13,527 6,116 13,019 127,289 877,024
11/2001 Christmas Treasury -4,653 -5,945 -4,499 -1,461 -639 -176 -47 306 8,574 11,673 3,531 2,335 8,999 300,612
2/2002 Soul of America 2,066 1,663 1,811 -38 -986 -179 578 -7 -231 -596 4 739 4,824 431,893
2/2002  Traveler's Soul 291 394 451 405 121 376 182 144 128 -10 365 266 3,113 123,539
3/2002 Grandparent's Soul 5,169 6,210 6,688 4,960 2,641 1,821 795 1,166 1,420 7,468 3,989 11,168 53,495 399,696
4/2002 Teacher's Soul 6,807 5,360 4,026 3,914 3,985 5,094 1,184 3,564 8,098 5,674 5,513 5,804 59,023 563,389
5/2002 Golfer's Soul 2 536 8 532 448 218 195 750 77 659 622 980 1,157 6,182 189,651
7/2002 Expectant Mother's Soul 4,300 2,289 3,321 5,297 1,735 1,376 1,085 2,442 586 2,342 1,067 2,342 28,182 587,496
7/2002  Volunteer's Soul 1,841 1,711 5,035 2,909 1,072 1,109 613 808 203 345 1,123 702 17,471 157,846
9/2002 Christian Woman's Soul 6,081 5,357 21,730 2,578 11,109 6,391 -3,144 -2,732 -1,149 3,551 -569 3,753 52,956 251,072
9/2002 Teen Soul on Love and Friendship 16,233 6,582 16,043 12,850 10,497 6,197 7,197 16,673 3,826 9,962 5,810 10,809 122,679 606,844
10/2002 Sister's Soul 7,810 6,186 7,603 5,477 3,408 -1,503 977 5,675 2,466 4,964 5,036 7,424 55,523 483,931
10/2002 Christmas Treasury for Kids -2,546 -5,766 -7,513 -2,641 -522 -93 -7 10,271 2,728 1,177 961 1,492 -2,459 134,902
1/2003  Romantic Soul 7,010 3,968 2,954 1,370 -412 856 413 1,467 1,184 1,644 2,701 4,837 27,992 198,335
2/2003 Grieving Soul 1,889 4,281 4,811 4,426 1,086 1,040 1,147 2,172 1,823 2,854 2,473 4,427 32,429 163,098
3/2003  Cartoons for Moms 1,178 2,783 3,074 1,760 -11 -309 -996 -1,051 -92 -221 -286 80 5,909 53,143
3/2003 Mother and Daughter 13,970 7,414 41,268 13,980 28,495 96 -2,450 -1,399 496 7,324 11,385 17,953 138,532 565,162
3/2003 Nascar 7,939 1,339 8,261 3,402 679 637 3,543 449 3,545 1,652 4,053 6,927 42,426 222,535
3/2003 Soul of Hawaii 2,423 1,251 1,062 1,326 413 431 6 513 200 2,577 388 344 10,934 67,766
4/2003 Teachers Photo Collection -1,591 -1,155 -1,004 829 -195 -108 -30 -414 -86 -397 -294 -136 -4,581 49,200
5/2003 Christian Teen Soul 3,169 6,120 2,507 5,165 2,411 1,249 2,323 4,335 4,535 2,931 2,108 3,629 40,482 163,622
6/2003 Horse Lover's 2,320 1,660 6,256 3,031 1,220 3,774 3,229 6,418 6,893 10,447 11,055 10,473 66,776 342,584
6/2003 Working Woman's Soul -2,090 -2,391 10,257 -274 -557 -528 -376 453 -1,133 -305 337 3,688 7,081 128,562
7/2003 Living Your Dreams 3,046 -6,281 1,959 3,844 523 1,781 1,587 281 1,064 2,296 944 5,408 16,452 133,620
9/2003 Celebrates Mothers -6,295 5,241 432 804 -1,170 -7,069 -1,785 -1,290 -1,402 -584 -342 -696 -14,156 17,888
9/2003 Ocean Lover's Soul 4,436 3,589 626 1,800 819 727 2,368 1,507 2,056 376 1,365 2,013 21,682 64,144
10/2003 Cartoons for Dads 1,207 2,907 4,349 3,359 1,277 1,234 556 -989 -19 -248 -172 457 13,918 20,706
12/2003 Body and Soul 15,173 1,591 -1,288 -4,678 -509 135 178 918 1,279 -43 -318 -15 12,423 81,935
1/2004 Bride's Soul 132,325 4,110 9,906 6,423 -6,661 -1,901 -1,166 13,102 10,022 1,659 -1,981 1,563 167,220 178,989
2/2004 Celebrates Sisters 0 35,464 11,098 -266 -6,300 -3,820 -1,805 -1,742 543 -712 -1,117 -388 30,955 29,747
2/2004 Nature Lover's 0 38,164 8,130 5,633 1,756 669 3,091 477 138 -1,790 -3,217 1,697 54,748 57,658
3/2004 Cartoons for Teachers 0 0 22,770 644 1,088 2,579 3,372 -862 307 284 -1,534 1,441 30,089 30,206
3/2004 Life Lessons 0 0 103,491 3,649 5,612 -1,134 -3,860 -1,667 3,820 1,512 5,195 3,667 120,285 151,634
5/2004 Fisherman's Soul 0 0 0 0 86,668 1,533 -3,753 -820 393 -3,352 -2,402 -354 77,913 85,994
5/2004 Preteen Soul 2 0 0 0 0 74,110 7,389 1,751 11,985 2,520 9,486 7,118 19,127 133,486 182,300
6/2004 Caregiver's Soul 0 0 0 0 0 58,180 15,610 6,578 -5,245 -6,572 -2,889 -1,148

64,514

 72,368
7/2004 Inspire A Woman's Soul 0 0 0 0 0 0 51,690 17,430 4,926 5,225 7,022 12,497 98,790 130,919
8/2004 African American Soul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71,578 30,387 14,744 14,482 5,075 136,266 149,643
9/2004 Celebrates Cats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,385 774 150 503 7,812 7,891
9/2004 Celebrates Dogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,730 713 323 647 7,413 26,220
9/2004 Girlfriend's Soul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124,099 5,318 16,652 22,436 168,505 201,925
9/2004 Teenage Soul IV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20,003 111,335 11,006 29,861 172,205 235,058
11/2004 Recovering Soul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54,255 39 54,294 62,125
                               
· Total 334,034 212,683 512,765 236,465 322,117 140,781 121,926 243,355 298,620 299,084 224,255 335,749 3,281,834