Weekly Bestsellers, 17 March

Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance (Tor), second in his projected 10-volume sequence following The Way of Kings, debuts on four lists, ranking #1 on three of them and #2 on the fourth.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.23
WP
03.16
LAT
03.16
USAT
03.09
PW
03.17
Amz
(03.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.17)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Bishop, Murder of Crows 03.17.14 / 1 75 ++
Clare, City of Lost Souls 05.14.12 / 31 82 + 11 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 241 xxx.. xxx.. 79 +31 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 214 xxx.. 25 +9 5 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Corey, Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Honor Among Thieves 03.17.14 / 1 21 ++
Eggers, The Circle 10.07.13 / 22 xxx.. xxx.. 10 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Harrison, The Undead Pool 03.10.14 / 2 11 -10 x 61 -54 12 -8
King, Doctor Sleep 05.27.13 / 40 25 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xx 20 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, Mr. Mercedes 02.17.14 / 3 42 + xx
Riggs, Hollow City 01.06.14 / 11 5 = 50 +9 9 -2 xxx x
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 05.14.12 / 77 4 = xxx.. xxx..
Roth, Allegiant 08.26.13 / 30 11 +9 5 = 1 = 14 -3 87 +8 30 +11
Roth, Insurgent 05.07.12 / 98 xxx.. 18 -5 3 +1 xxx.. 10 -2 69 + 46 +15
Sanderson, Words of Radiance 02.17.14 / 5 1 ++ 1 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 99 -72 40 -29
Weir, The Martian 02.17.14 / 5 14 -2 7 +5 116 -8 19 -5 92 + xx
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.23
WP
03.16
LAT
03.16
USAT
03.09
PW
03.17
Amz
(03.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atkinson, Life After Life [tpb] 01.20.14 / 9 3 = xxx.. x xx 22 -7 xxx.. 4 +1
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 98 14 -2 xxx.. xx 123 -29 xx xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Catching Fire [tpb] 06.04.12 / 52 13 = x xxx.. xxx..
Collins, Mockingjay [tpb] 06.04.12 / 53 xxx.. 48 -24 xxx.. xxx..
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 193 xxx.. xxx.. 81 +31 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves [tpb] 03.10.14 / 2 x 7 ++
Helprin, Winter’s Tale [tpb] 02.03.14 / 7 12 -10 xx 130 -59 15 -8 xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 142 23 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 10.28.13 / 21 10 -1 xxx.. x 129 -3 xx xxx.. 92 + xx
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 154 25 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 157 12 +3 xxx.. xx 121 -3 xxx.. xxx.. 56 + xxx..
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 141 24 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
McGuire, Half-Off Ragnarok 03.17.14 / 1 18 ++
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 191 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 77 +
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 37 xxx.. 35 +13 6 -1
Roth, Divergent [tpb] 06.17.13 / 40 xxx.. 11 -9 1 = 2 +1 3 -1 51 +29 14 +13
Saunders, Tenth of December: Stories [tpb] 01.20.14 / 8 xxx 10 + xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.23
WP
03.16
LAT
03.16
USAT
03.09
PW
03.17
Amz
(03.17)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.17)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.17)
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]