Weekly Bestsellers, 19 March

Two strong debuts this week: slightly higher, David Weber’s A Rising Thunder (Baen), the latest Honor Harrington novel, ranks #2 on the Washington Post list and #3 on the NY Times and Publishers Weekly lists.

Only a notch or two below is Patricia Briggs’ Fair Game (Ace), third in her “Alpha and Omega” werewolf series, ranking #4 on the NYT and PW lists, #5 at WP.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.25
WP
03.18
LAT
03.18
USAT
03.11
PW
03.12
Amz
(03.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.19)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×3 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Briggs, Fair Game 03.19.12 / 1 4 ++ 5 ++ 11 ++ 4 ++
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 137 xxx.. 6 +1 2 = 2 +1 4 +8 9 -4
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 110 5 +1 3 = 3 +1 6 +11 6 +3
Harris, Deadlocked 03.12.12 / 2 23 +23 35 -3
Harris, The Fear Index 02.06.12 / 6 xxx xxx.. 18 -6 xxx.. xxx xxx..
Harrison, A Perfect Blood 03.05.12 / 3 15 -7 xx 101 -51 14 -5
Ivey, The Snow Child 02.20.12 / 5 25 -1 132 -16 22 +2 xxx.. x
King, 11/22/63 03.08.11 / 30 12 -2 xxx xxx.. 46 -1 12 -1 71 -26 xxx..
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 55 13 = xxx.. x 76 +4 15 -3 55 -15 7 -4 12 +9
Morgenstern, The Night Circus 09.26.11 / 26 35 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x
Novik, Crucible of Gold 03.19.12 / 1 19 ++ 18 ++
Paolini, Inheritance 03.29.11 / 52 xxx.. 95 +2 108 -46 xxx.. xxx..
Rice, The Wolf Gift 02.20.12 / 5 11 -5 xx 8 -3 62 -8 10 -4 xx xxx..
Weber, A Rising Thunder 03.19.12 / 1 3 ++ 2 ++ 63 ++ 3 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.25
WP
03.18
LAT
03.18
USAT
03.11
PW
03.12
Amz
(03.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.19)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Carriger, Timeless 03.12.12 / 2 22 -5 x 20 -8
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 89 xxx.. 2 = 1 = 1 = 1 +5 1 =
Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad [tpb] 04.05.11 / 51 34 -4 xxx.. x xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 11 35 + xxx.. x xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 49 16 +10 xxx.. xxx.. 98 +4 18 +5 xxx.. 23 +55 xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings [tpb] 05.24.11 / 40 21 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 57 30 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xx xxx.. 38 +32 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 29 xxx.. xxx.. 126 +9
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 53 11 +13 xxx.. 8 +2 37 +21 10 +5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones [tpb] 04.05.11 / 47 13 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 22 + xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 48 xxx.. 106 +25 16 +12 x 4 -1
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 49 24 +7 x 109 +12 23 + xxx.. 41 +19 xxx..
McGuire, Discount Armageddon 03.19.12 / 1 35 ++
Meyer, Breaking Dawn (UK) 01.13.09 / 121 79 + xxx..
Meyer, New Moon (UK) 01.13.09 / 106 89 + xxx..
Meyer, Twilight (UK) 01.13.09 / 117 91 + xxx..
Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife [tpb] 02.06.12 / 7 5 -1 x 3 -2 94 -4 8 -2 95 -4
Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear 03.19.12 / 1 20 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
03.25
WP
03.18
LAT
03.18
USAT
03.11
PW
03.12
Amz
(03.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(03.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(03.19)
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]