Weekly Bestsellers, 1 October

The notable debut this week is David Weber’s Midst Toil and Tribulation (Tor), sixth novel in his Safehold series, ranking #10 on the fiction hardcover lists of both New York Times and Washington Post, #12 on the Publishers Weekly list.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.07
WP
09.30
LAT
09.30
USAT
09.23
PW
10.01
Amz
(10.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.01)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata (UK) 09.10.12 / 4 18 +38
Bray, The Diviners 10.01.12 / 1 10 ++
Butcher, Cold Days 09.17.12 / 3 77 -12
Collins, Catching Fire 08.11.09 / 165 xxx.. 9 +5 10 -2 xxx.. 46 -2 xxx.. 27 +8
Collins, Mockingjay 02.16.10 / 138 17 -2 9 = xxx.. 48 -15 46 -9 33 +1
Cronin, The Twelve 09.17.12 / 3 50 +34 62 ++
Harkness, Shadow of Night 07.02.12 / 14 26 -3 xxx.. 18 +1 135 -32 25 -3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Ivey, The Snow Child 02.20.12 / 7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 93 +
Jordan/Sanderson, A Memory of Light 09.17.12 / 3 99 =
Koontz, Odd Apocalypse 08.06.12 / 9 30 -5 xxx.. xxx.. 132 -28 23 -3 xxx..
Martin, A Dance with Dragons 03.08.11 / 83 13 -1 xx 16 -3 54 -3 xxx.. 73 -15 40 +2 29 =
Pratchett, Dodger (UK) 09.03.12 / 5 33 -10
Pullman, Grimm Tales: For Young and Old (UK) 09.24.12 / 2 38 -27
Roth, Insurgent 05.07.12 / 22 5 = xxx.. 65 +11 xxx.. xxx.. xx
Stiefvater, The Raven Boys 10.01.12 / 1 8 ++
Weber, Midst Toil and Tribulation 10.01.12 / 1 10 ++ 10 ++ 25 ++ 12 ++
Weeks, The Blinding Knife 09.24.12 / 2 20 -9 x x
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.07
WP
09.30
LAT
09.30
USAT
09.23
PW
10.01
Amz
(10.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.01)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 156 8 ++ x 17 -2 xxx xxx.. xxx..
Card, Ender’s Game 07.05.11 / 36 31 -17 xxx.. xxx
Collins, Catching Fire [tpb] 06.04.12 / 17 xxx.. 52 -2 48 -13
Collins, Mockingjay [tpb] 06.04.12 / 15 xxx.. 66 -6
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb] 07.13.10 / 117 xxx.. 14 + 11 -1 xxx.. 28 -9 54 -15 91 +5
Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [tpb] 09.09.08 / 67 30 -7 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Harkness, A Discovery of Witches [tpb] 01.09.12 / 25 35 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, 11/22/63 [tpb] 07.30.12 / 10 16 -4 xxx.. xxx.. 60 -7 15 -3 xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Clash of Kings 04.19.11 / 77 12 +1 xxx.. xxx.. 113 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 09.19.06 / 85 10 = xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 73 +13 xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows [tpb] 07.26.11 / 57 xxx.. xxx.. 110 -4
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 81 6 +1 xxx.. x 57 +12 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set 04.26.11 / 76 xxx.. xx 26 +1 xxx.. 17 +2
Martin, A Storm of Swords 04.19.11 / 77 9 +2 x 109 -2 xxx.. xxx.. 85 -8 xxx..
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (UK) 02.15.05 / 27 xxx 41 +
Mitchell, Cloud Atlas [tpb] 09.27.04 / 26 5 = 2 +1 77 -37 25 -2 xxx..
Morgenstern, The Night Circus [tpb] 07.09.12 / 13 15 -1 xxx.. x 93 +18 20 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife [tpb] 02.06.12 / 35 26 = xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 162 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 68 -3
Tolkien, The Hobbit 30 +53 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
10.07
WP
09.30
LAT
09.30
USAT
09.23
PW
10.01
Amz
(10.01)
UK:
Amz UK
(10.01)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(10.01)
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]