Weekly Bestsellers, 21 November

Stephen King’s 11/22/63 debuts solidly in 1st place on three print lists this week, those at NY Times, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly, and placing 2nd on the combined USA Today list. (Look for it on LAT‘s list, always a week behind the others, next week.)

Also significantly debuting is Brandon Sanderson’s The Alloy of Law (Tor), ranking as high as #7 on the NYT and PW lists.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
LAT
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
Amz
(11.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.20)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×5 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 120 xxx.. 17 -4 14 = 11 +6 xxx.. 47 +
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 93 x 15 +2 14 +4 xxx.. 62 =
Condie, Crossed 10.31.11 / 4 51 -29 x
Crichton/Preston, Micro 11.21.11 / 1 72 ++
del Toro/Hogan, The Night Eternal 11.07.11 / 3 26 -2 xx xx x
King, 11. 22. 63 (UK) 10.31.11 / 4 29 -12
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 13 1 ++ 1 ++ 2 ++ 1 ++ 4 = 2 +4
Maguire, Out of Oz 11.07.11 / 3 13 -4 x 91 -44 7 +2 97 -17
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 38 14 +1 xxx.. xxx.. 63 +8 16 = 56 -15 87 -19 29 +5
Morgenstern, The Night Circus 09.26.11 / 9 17 = xxx.. x 85 -1 17 + 77 -3 xxx.. 35 -6
Murakami, 1Q84 10.17.11 / 6 6 = 9 -1 1 = 59 +1 5 = 31 -16 59 -17 26 -13
Palahniuk, Damned 10.24.11 / 5 21 -3 11 +1 xx 22 -3 xxx.. xxx..
Paolini, Eragon 11.21.11 / 1 83 ++
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 35 1 +87 3 = 11 -6 10 -7
Pratchett, Snuff (UK) 05.17.11 / 27 16 -6 81 -6
Sanderson, The Alloy of Law 11.21.11 / 1 7 ++ 10 ++ 37 ++ 7 ++
Stephenson, Reamde 09.06.11 / 11 xxx xxx.. 18 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, Mile 81 09.13.11 / 11 132 -3
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
LAT
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
Amz
(11.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.20)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Cast/Cast, Destined [tpb] 10.31.11 / 4 12 -6 103 -43 xx x
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 72 xxx.. 8 -4 6 +5 5 +17 xxx.. 32 +9
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 34 18 +1 xxx.. 4 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Jordan/Sanderson, Towers of Midnight 10.17.11 / 4 34 + xxx
King, Full Dark, No Stars 10.03.11 / 7 31 + xx xxx
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 32 21 +7 xxx.. 7 + 106 -5 xx xxx.. xx xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 24 33 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 40 23 +8 13 + 100 +10 20 + xxx.. 93 -11 xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 36 16 +8 xxx.. 6 + 110 -6 17 +4 xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 30 28 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 31 xxx.. xx 58 +8 xxx.. 19 -1
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 32 22 +8 15 + 113 -2 23 + xxx.. xx xxx..
Meyer, Breaking Dawn 11.21.11 / 1 20 ++
Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) 01.13.09 / 114 26 + xxx..
Meyer, Eclipse (UK) 01.13.09 / 107 57 + xxx..
Meyer, New Moon (UK) 01.13.09 / 99 53 + xxx..
Meyer, Twilight 11.21.11 / 1 117 ++
Meyer, Twilight (UK) 01.13.09 / 110 36 + xxx..
Paolini, Brisingr [tpb] 04.27.10 / 4 126 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
11.27
WP
11.20
LAT
11.20
USAT
11.13
PW
11.21
Amz
(11.20)
UK:
Amz UK
(11.20)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(11.20)
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]