Weekly Bestsellers, 27 February 2017

George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo (Random House) debuts strongly, ranking #1 at New York Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly.

Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology is at #2 on the same three lists, and places #1 this week at Los Angeles Times.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.05
WP
02.26
LAT
02.26
USAT
02.19
PW
02.27
Amz
(02.27)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.27)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Chabon, Moonglow 12.05.16 / 13 xxx.. xxx.. 11 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Gaiman, Norse Mythology 02.06.17 / 4 2 -1 2 ++ 1 +18 13 -11 2 -1 14 -6 26 -10 12 -6
Rice, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis 12.12.16 / 7 xxx.. xxx.. 67 + xxx..
Roth, Carve the Mark 01.30.17 / 5 2 -1 145 -24 x
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 10.31.16 / 18 xxx.. 47 +66 x xxx.. 90 -35 xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 55 9 +1 73 +5 x 84 -26 52 -5 xxx..
Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo 02.20.17 / 2 1 ++ 1 ++ 9 ++ 1 ++ 21 -10
Shusterman, Scythe 12.05.16 / 10 7 +3 xxx..
Tolkin, NK3 02.20.17 / 2 12 +3
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 30 9 -3 6 + 2 +1 50 -4 9 -3 93 -17 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.05
WP
02.26
LAT
02.26
USAT
02.19
PW
02.27
Amz
(02.27)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.27)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 7 5 = 1 + 5 ++ 28 -18 19 -2 xx
Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others [tpb] 11.14.16 / 10 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 71 -36
Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here 01.30.17 / 5 7 + 140 -97 74 + xxx.. xx
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 290 2 + 23 -15 11 -2 47 -9 38 -9
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 166 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx.. 82 +18 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK) 83 +9
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK) 96 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 20 +24
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK) 80 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 107 +7 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb] 10.20.02 / 40 xxx.. xxx.. 66 -10
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 61 xxx.. 32 -17
Sandford/Ctein, Saturn Run [tpb] 02.20.17 / 2 25 =
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.05
WP
02.26
LAT
02.26
USAT
02.19
PW
02.27
Amz
(02.27)
UK:
Amz UK
(02.27)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(02.27)
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]