Weekly Bestsellers, 30 January

Orson Scott Card’s latest Ender’s Game novel, Shadows in Flight (Tor), debuts in the top 10 on several lists, ranking as high as #5 on the Washington Post fiction hardcover list. It’s #8 at New York Times, #10 at Publishers Weekly.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.05
WP
01.29
LAT
01.29
USAT
01.22
PW
01.30
Amz
(01.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.30)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×3 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Bear, Halo: Primordium 01.16.12 / 3 xx 14 +2 xx
Card, Shadows in Flight 01.30.12 / 1 8 ++ 5 ++ 124 ++ 10 ++
Clare, Clockwork Prince 12.05.11 / 9 x 105 -7 xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 130 xxx.. 15 -8 2 = 2 +2 52 -2 20 -2
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 103 12 -6 3 = 3 = x 21 -1
Crichton/Preston, Micro 11.21.11 / 11 23 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 127 -6 23 -2 xxx..
Gaiman, American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition 08.23.11 / 2 xxx.. 13 ++
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 23 6 = 9 -2 8 +9 17 -1 6 +1 17 = xxx
Koontz, 77 Shadow Street 01.09.12 / 4 16 -3 xx 57 -11 17 -5
Luceno, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis 01.23.12 / 2 13 -9 101 -52 12 -7
Maguire, Out of Oz 11.07.11 / 12 34 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx..
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 48 17 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 71 +12 16 = 45 +18 91 -35 33 -5
Morgenstern, The Night Circus 09.26.11 / 19 x xxx.. xxx.. 113 -4 xxx xxx xxx.. 37 +38
Murakami, 1Q84 10.17.11 / 16 x xxx.. 11 -7 xxx xxx xx xxx.. 51 +
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 45 x 46 -2 35 +5 xx 91 +
King, Mile 81 09.13.11 / 17 111 +5
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.05
WP
01.29
LAT
01.29
USAT
01.22
PW
01.30
Amz
(01.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.30)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Cast/Cast, Destined [tpb] 10.31.11 / 14 119 -6 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 82 xxx.. 3 = 1 = 1 +1 41 +19 23 +1
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 44 18 = xxx.. 4 +4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 4 9 +1 xxx 70 +9 16 =
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 42 17 -1 xxx.. 14 -1 87 -1 18 -8 xxx.. 77 -12 xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 33 28 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 50 23 -3 xxx.. xxx 21 -5 xxx.. 57 +1 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 22 xxx.. xxx.. 126 -6
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 46 10 = xxx.. 10 +1 60 +3 8 -4 xxx.. xx xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 40 23 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xx xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 41 xxx.. 141 -19 57 +15 xxx.. 11 +5
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 42 21 +1 xxx.. 110 = 15 +2 xxx.. 56 +18 xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 11.21.11 / 11 125 -17
Russell, Swamplandia! [tpb] 12.26.11 / 6 31 -8 x xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
02.05
WP
01.29
LAT
01.29
USAT
01.22
PW
01.30
Amz
(01.30)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.30)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.30)
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]