Weekly Bestsellers, 14 January 2019

Christopher Paolini’s The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia (Knopf) debuts on three lists, ranking #1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list.




Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.20
LAT
01.13
USAT
01.06
PW
01.14
Amz
(01.14)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.14)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.14)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone 03.12.18 / 45 6 -2   xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Black, The Wicked King 01.14.19 / 1             85 ++
Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness 12.17.18 / 5     64 -19 7 -2      
Goodkind, Siege of Stone 01.14.19 / 1     62 ++ 20 ++      
King, Elevation 06.11.18 / 13 14 -7 xxx.. 102 -58 14 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, The Outsider 05.14.18 / 36 xx xxx.. 141 -46 x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, Fire & Blood: A History of House Targaryen of Westeros, Volume 1 04.30.18 / 12 4 -2 15 -7 27 -11 4 -2 xx 94 -1 97 -20
Ngan, Girls of Paper and Fire 12.03.18 / 7 9 =            
Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm 12.31.18 / 2 1 ++   19 ++ 2 ++ xx    
Riggs, A Map of Days 10.08.18 / 15     xx 22 -10 xxx..    
Roberts, Of Blood and Bone 12.17.18 / 5 x   49 -15 13 =      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.20
LAT
01.13
USAT
01.06
PW
01.14
Amz
(01.14)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.14)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.14)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 303   xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 68 + xxx.. xxx..
Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House [tpb] 10.15.18 / 8     114 +   xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 137 xxx.. 8 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..    
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 385   11 + xxx..   xxx.. 83 -10 73 +25
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             89 -1  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb]   xxx.. xxx.. 115 -33 x xxx..    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 21       21 -10      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 158           73 + 106 -50
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.20
LAT
01.13
USAT
01.06
PW
01.14
Amz
(01.14)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.14)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.14)

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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