Weekly Bestsellers, 22 August 2016

Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad climbs to #1 on two lists and ranks #2 on two other lists.

And Harry Potter and the Cursed Child remains #1 on three print lists and and all three Amazon sites today.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.28
WP
08.21
LAT
08.21
USAT
08.14
PW
08.22
Amz
(08.22)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.22)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Clare, Lady Midnight 03.21.16 / 23 1 = xxx.. xxx.. 25 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Crouch, Dark Matter 08.01.16 / 4 14 +1 12 ++ 58 -12 19 -3 xxx
Kenyon, Dragonmark 08.15.16 / 2 x x 20 -6
King, End of Watch 05.23.16 / 14 18 -2 xxx.. xxx.. 141 -63 14 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury 05.09.16 / 16 5 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Library of Souls 09.28.15 / 45 xxx.. 140 + 11 +6 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 28 1 +2 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 35 98 -9 xx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 47 x 12 -10 xx xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard (UK) 08.05.08 / 40 42 -12 xx
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 3 1 +3 1 +1 2 ++ 6 +4 2 +1 7 = x
Yancey, The Infinite Sea 09.29.14 / 55 xxx.. xxx.. 21 +1 xxx..
Yancey, The Last Star 06.06.16 / 12 xxx 10 +1 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.28
WP
08.21
LAT
08.21
USAT
08.14
PW
08.22
Amz
(08.22)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.22)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 228 xxx 51 +24 xxx.. 39 -14 xxx.. xxx..
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 79 xx xxx.. 14 + xx xxx.. xxx..
King, Doctor Sleep 08.08.16 / 3 9 +1 13 =
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 99 xxx.. 106 +2 xxx.. x xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 258 xxx xxx.. 6 +2 xx xxx.. xxx.. x xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 103 xxx.. xxx xxx.. 49 -20
Ness, A Monster Calls [tpb] 08.22.16 / 1 8 ++
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 270 xxx.. 94 +26 70 -10 59 -21 91 +
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 64 xxx.. xxx.. 86 +24 xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 139 xxx.. x 20 -1 2 +1 xxx x xxx
Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind 04.15.08 / 19 xxx.. 15 + xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK) 68 -20
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 70 -37 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK) 89 -24
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) [tpb] 06.27.06 / 22 93 -36 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 149 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. 80 -20
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 34 -12
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK) 63 -11
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 205 xxx.. xxx.. 148 -85 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 28 -14 57 -2
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 35 23 -5 56 +2
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 18 x 89 -44 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.28
WP
08.21
LAT
08.21
USAT
08.14
PW
08.22
Amz
(08.22)
UK:
Amz UK
(08.22)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.22)
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]