Weekly Bestsellers, 30 September 2019

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments and Stephen King’s The Institute flip on two lists, King moving into 1st place, Atwood running-up. Meanwhile, Joe Abercrombie’s A Little Hatred (Orbit) debuts on three lists.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.06
LAT
09.29
USAT
09.22
PW
09.30
Amz
(09.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.30)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   10×3 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Abercrombie, A Little Hatred 09.30.19 / 1 15 ++   23 ++ 11 ++      
Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone 03.12.18 / 82 3 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Atwood, The Testaments 07.29.19 / 10 2 -1 1 +3 3 -2 2 -1 11 -6 2 = 1 =
Coates, The Water Dancer 09.30.19 / 1         2 ++   13 ++
King, The Institute 02.25.19 / 8 1 +1 2 ++ 2 = 1 +1 17 -6 36 -14 14 -4
Obreht, Inland 08.26.19 / 6 xxx 20 -10 xxx.. xx      
Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two (UK) 03.11.19 / 11           5 +24  
Rushdie, Quichotte 09.16.19 / 3 x 6 +10   19 + 37 ++   61 ++
Straczynski, Becoming Superman: My Journey From Poverty to Hollywood 09.30.19 / 1   14 ++          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.06
LAT
09.29
USAT
09.22
PW
09.30
Amz
(09.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.30)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 89           15 -6 xxx..
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 117 2 -1 2 +8 11 = xxx.. 40 -19   3 +1
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 326   xxx.. 85 -17 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
King, It [tpb] 04.03.17 / 52 3 = xxx.. 16 = 2 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xx
King, It [tpb] 09.11.17 / 25   xxx..   xxx.. 90 -42 xx xxx..
King, The Outsider [tpb] 06.17.19 / 16 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 21 -5   xxx..  
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 135   xxx.. 128 -25 xxx.. xxx..   xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 421   15 + xx   xxx 85 + x
Powers, The Overstory [tpb] 04.15.19 / 25 9 +1 1 +1 89 +12 11 +1 82 -7    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] 07.09.18 / 41     147 + xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 190           xxx.. 46 -18
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad [tpb] 02.12.18 / 16 xxx.. 13 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..    
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.06
LAT
09.29
USAT
09.22
PW
09.30
Amz
(09.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.30)

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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