Weekly Bestsellers, 18 September 2017

Sarah J. Maas’s Tower of Dawn (Bloomsbury) debuts impressively at #3 on the combined Publishers Weekly list, and #2 on the Publishers Weekly Frontlist Children’s list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.24
WP
09.03
LAT
09.10
USAT
09.10
PW
09.18
Amz
(09.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.18)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Bardugo, Wonder Woman: Warbringer 09.11.17 / 2 2 +1 x 7 -1
Clare, Lord of Shadows 05.22.17 / 18 6 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Dawson, Star Wars: Phasma 09.11.17 / 2 x 18 -8
Maas, Tower of Dawn 09.11.17 / 2 3 ++ 2 ++ x x
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 59 xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. 29 +18 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.24
WP
09.03
LAT
09.10
USAT
09.10
PW
09.18
Amz
(09.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.18)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (UK) 01.09.17 / 31 5 +3 7 +41
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale [tpb] 01.16.17 / 36 7 -2 [ 5 ] 40 -8 xxx.. 8 +24 xxx..
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 261 [ 7 ] x xxx.. 77 -26 xxx.. xxx..
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 104 9 -1 [ 4 ] 45 -7 69 -21 xxx 92 -36
Jemisin, The Fifth Season [tpb] 09.19.16 / 3 xxx.. 32 ++ 51 + 54 ++
King, It [tpb] 04.03.17 / 24 1 +3 [ 3 ] 4 +11 26 +49 70 -57 12 -5
King, It [tpb] 09.11.17 / 2 2 ++ 9 -7 9 =
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 271 xxx.. [ 7 ] 23 -15 xxx.. xx 58 -25 xxx
Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 volumes (UK) 03.31.14 / 41 60 = xxx..
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 123 54 -6 76 -36 xxx.. 48 -18
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 319 [ 3 ] [ 6 ] x 54 -28 86 -7 59 -10
Rowling/Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two [tpb] 08.07.17 / 7 x 3 +2 100 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 85 +
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 89 77 -5 42 -26
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
09.24
WP
09.03
LAT
09.10
USAT
09.10
PW
09.18
Amz
(09.18)
UK:
Amz UK
(09.18)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(09.18)
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]

 

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.