Weekly Bestsellers, 11 January 2016

The rankings of Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave and The Infinite Sea have crept up in recent weeks, in anticipation of the film version of the first book, which opens January 22nd.

(Note that this page is not compiling the various tie-in volumes to the new Star Wars movie, nor the various coloring books associated with Harry Potter, A Game of Thrones, et al.)

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.17
WP
01.10
LAT
01.10
USAT
01.03
PW
01.11
Amz
(01.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.11)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.11)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Kaufman/Kristoff, Illuminae 11.02.15 / 11 9 -1 xxx..
King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 11.02.15 / 11 5 +1 9 -2 16 -5 67 -52 5 -2 xx xxx.. xx
Koontz, Ashley Bell 12.21.15 / 4 13 = 42 -14 10 =
Maguire, After Alice 11.09.15 / 5 20 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 10.05.15 / 15 16 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 135 -64 22 -7 xxx xxx xx
Mitchell, Slade House 11.02.15 / 10 xxx.. xxx.. 13 -5 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Library of Souls 09.28.15 / 16 xxx.. 134 -26 12 +3 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 14 80 +9 x
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 15 x 20 -16 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Wendig, Aftermath: Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens 09.07.15 / 9 x xxx.. xxx.. x 21 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yancey, The Infinite Sea 09.29.14 / 23 2 +2 25 +87 6 +10
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.17
WP
01.10
LAT
01.10
USAT
01.03
PW
01.11
Amz
(01.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.11)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.11)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Clare, City of Bones [tpb] 04.08.08 / 91 xxx.. xxx.. 23 -2 xxx.. xxx..
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 54 12 -3 x x 127 +4 xxx.. xxx..
Crichton/Preston, Micro 10.08.12 / 15 xxx.. xxx.. 71 -6 xxx..
Dick, The Man in the High Castle [tpb] 10.26.15 / 9 6 +1 x 5 + 79 +17 x 87 -7
King, Mr. Mercedes 01.11.16 / 1 8 ++ 8 ++
Martin, A Game of Thrones 12.28.10 / 238 x xxx.. 7 +6 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 243 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 91 +
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 43 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 19 +4
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 111 xxx.. xxx.. 43 +18 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [tpb] 09.16.13 / 7 14 +5 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 46 +6 xxx..
Sapkowski, The Last Wish 06.15.15 / 9 xxx.. 67 +
Weir, The Martian 08.31.15 / 20 2 -1 15 -12 90 +9 38 -10
Weir, The Martian [tpb] 11.10.14 / 62 1 = 2 -1 1 = 4 = 20 -10 36 -4 xxx.. xxx..
Yancey, The 5th Wave [tpb] 03.16.15 / 39 1 = 1 +16 2 +4 60 +25
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.17
WP
01.10
LAT
01.10
USAT
01.03
PW
01.11
Amz
(01.11)
UK:
Amz UK
(01.11)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(01.11)
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]