Weekly Bestsellers, 3 October 2016

Two more titles debut this week. More prominently, Ilona Andrews’ Magic Binds (Ace), 9th book in her Kate Daniels series, on three lists, as high as #7 on the combined USA Today list.

Second, Cixin Liu’s Death’s End, the final book in his trilogy, on the same three lists, as high as #19 on the New York Times fiction hardcover list.

Also, though it’s been ranked with advance sales on the Amazon lists for some weeks, the new illustrated edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, published October 4th, is listed here for the first time.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.10
WP
09.25
LAT
10.02
USAT
09.25
PW
10.03
Amz
(10.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.04)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Rowling, Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide 09.19.16 / 3 77 -30
Rowling, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies 09.19.16 / 3 53 -22
Rowling, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists 09.19.16 / 3 64 -19
Andrews, Magic Binds 10.03.16 / 1 18 ++ 7 ++ 21 ++
Clare, Lady Midnight 03.21.16 / 29 7 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Dashner, The Fever Code 10.03.16 / 1 49 ++
Liu, Death’s End 10.03.16 / 1 19 ++ 54 ++ 20 ++
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury 05.09.16 / 22 10 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, Empire of Storms 09.05.16 / 5 72 -34 13 -3 xxx xx xxx..
McGee, The Thousandth Floor 09.19.16 / 3 4 -2
Riggs, Library of Souls 09.28.15 / 51 xxx.. 63 +7 6 +1 48 +45 44 ++ xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition 10.03.16 / 1 12 ++ 8 ++ 12 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 34 5 -2 4 -1 1 = 8 -4 7 +1 4 =
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 38 33 +59 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 53 xxx.. 15 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 9 3 +1 [ 4 ] 4 -3 35 -12 4 +2 50 -19 xxx..
Yancey, The Last Star 06.06.16 / 18 xxx.. 21 -2 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.10
WP
09.25
LAT
10.02
USAT
09.25
PW
10.03
Amz
(10.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.04)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 234 [ 6 ] 121 -7 xxx.. 64 -2 xxx.. xxx..
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 105 xxx.. 138 -22 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 106 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 102 -51
Ness, A Monster Calls [tpb] 08.22.16 / 7 3 =
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 276 [ 10 ] xxx xxx 83 +12 x
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 70 xxx.. xxx.. 31 +12 xxx.. 35 +28 39 ++
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 145 xxx.. 6 +1 5 +1 3 +1 15 +7 12 +13 43 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 149 + xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 55 +3
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 68 -15 x
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 41 53 +6 53 +4
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 24 xxx.. 51 -2 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.10
WP
09.25
LAT
10.02
USAT
09.25
PW
10.03
Amz
(10.04)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.04)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.04)
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]