Weekly Bestsellers, 29 July 2019

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, due September 10th, ranks on two Amazon sites with pre-publication sales.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.03
LAT
07.28
USAT
07.21
PW
07.29
Amz
(07.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.29)
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 / 73 10 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 1           63 ++ 67 ++
Chiang, Exhalation 05.20.19 / 11 xxx.. 8 +5 xxx.. xxx..      
Clare , Ghosts of the Shadow Market 06.17.19 / 7 5 -1   xxx.. 15 +3      
Stephenson, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell 06.17.19 / 6 xxx.. 9 +6 xxx.. xxx..      
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.03
LAT
07.28
USAT
07.21
PW
07.29
Amz
(07.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.29)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Andrews, Sweep of the Blade 07.29.19 / 1     6 ++        
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 80           64 +2 xxx..
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 108 13 -3 xxx.. 83 -24 xxx.. xxx..   35 +34
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 317   xxx.. 84 -28 xxx.. 26 +4 xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens [tpb] 06.17.19 / 7 12 -4            
Gaiman/Pratchett, Good Omens 01.09.07 / 17   7 + 67 -28   xxx.. xx 90 +
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 7 11 +2 xxx 123 +13 14 -5   xxx..  
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 412   xxx.. 103 -43   93 -26 70 +1 71 -13
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 16 9 -5 1 = 61 -38 12 -8 68 -21    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK)             89 -22  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 33     115 -20 xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 186           xxx.. 34 +52
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad [tpb] 02.12.18 / 12 6 + xxx.. 39 +60 xxx.. x    
Zahn, Thrawn: Alliances 07.29.19 / 1   13 ++          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.03
LAT
07.28
USAT
07.21
PW
07.29
Amz
(07.29)
UK:
Amz UK
(07.29)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.29)

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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