Weekly Bestsellers, 17 October

Three debuts this week, beginning with R.A. Salvatore’s latest volume in his Neverwinter Saga, Neverwinter (Wizards of the Coast, following last year’s Gauntlgrym), ranking #4 on both the NY Times and Publishers Weekly fiction hardcover lists.

Second is Mercedes Lackey’s Changes (DAW), third volume in her “Collegium Chronicles”, ranking #21 on both the NYT and PW lists.

Third: Taylor Anderson’s Firestorm (Roc), sixth in his “Destroyermen” series, coming in 25th on the NYT list and near the end of the USA Today list.

In paperback, the mass market reprint of Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson’s Towers of Midnight (Tor) debuts in 11th place on both the NYT and PW lists.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.23
WP
10.16
LAT
10.16
USAT
10.09
PW
10.17
Amz
(10.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.17)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×5 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Anderson, Destroyermen: Firestorm 10.17.11 / 1 25 ++ 143 ++
Cline, Ready Player One 09.06.11 / 6 xxx.. 16 + xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 115 xxx.. 19 -1 12 -2 18 -2 xxx.. xx
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 88 20 -1 16 -5 16 -3 xxx.. xx
Dashner, The Death Cure 10.17.11 / 1 59 ++
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 8 65 +50
Kirkman/Bonansinga, The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor 10.17.11 / 1 40 ++
Lackey, Changes 10.17.11 / 1 21 ++ 21 ++
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 33 8 = 7 = 11 +1 54 -6 9 -1 32 -3 33 +2 14 =
Morgenstern, The Night Circus 09.26.11 / 4 5 -1 6 -1 2 -1 37 -13 6 -1 38 +1 x 11 +4
Murakami, 1Q84 10.17.11 / 1 12 ++ 2 ++ 12 ++
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 30 6 +1 20 +6 2 +10
Pratchett, Snuff 09.13.11 / 4 62 -25
Pratchett, Snuff (UK) 05.17.11 / 22 4 -1
Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter: Neverwinter Saga, Book II 10.17.11 / 1 4 ++ 56 ++ 4 ++
Stephenson, Reamde 09.06.11 / 7 22 -10 x 6 -3 x 24 -13 160 -58 xxx.. xx
Whitehead, Zone One 10.17.11 / 1 64 ++
King, Mile 81 09.13.11 / 6 111 -43
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.23
WP
10.16
LAT
10.16
USAT
10.09
PW
10.17
Amz
(10.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War [tpb] 10.27.09 / 36 xxx 117 + xxx..
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 67 xxx.. 2 +3 8 -4 8 +2 xxx.. 53 +
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 29 16 -1 xxx.. 4 -2 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Jordan/Sanderson, Towers of Midnight 10.17.11 / 1 11 ++ 11 ++
King, Full Dark, No Stars 10.03.11 / 3 12 -7 55 -3 10 -7
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 27 19 +3 xxx.. 13 -6 72 -19 19 +1 xxx.. 39 +38 x
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 21 29 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 35 23 +2 x 77 -14 25 -2 xxx.. 32 +26 x
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 12 32 -3
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 31 10 +6 xxx.. 9 +1 52 -6 12 +3 xxx.. x
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 28 35 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 26 xxx.. 109 -18 19 -2 121 -61 6 +7
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 27 17 = 11 -2 73 -15 17 -3 xxx.. 37 +17 x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.23
WP
10.16
LAT
10.16
USAT
10.09
PW
10.17
Amz
(10.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.17)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales [Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]