Weekly Bestsellers, 19 December 2016

In the wake of its National Book Award and inclusion on several top-10 books of the year lists, Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad rises on several lists, ranking #2 this week at both Washington Post and LA Times.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.25
WP
12.18
LAT
12.18
USAT
12.11
PW
12.19
Amz
(12.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.19)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 30×4 10×2 15×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Cast, Moon Chosen 10.31.16 / 8 5 +1 xxx..
Chabon, Moonglow 12.05.16 / 3 14 = 5 + 1 +1 77 -12 11 +1 73 +23
Clare, Lady Midnight 03.21.16 / 33 7 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Clare/Brennan, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy 11.28.16 / 4 xx 16 -2
Corey, Babylon’s Ashes 12.19.16 / 1 37 ++
Dashner, The Fever Code 10.03.16 / 12 x 12 +3 xxx.. xxx
Graceffa, Children of Eden 10.17.16 / 9 6 +4 xxx.. xxx..
Luceno, Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel 11.28.16 / 4 xx x 141 -37 xx 100 ++
Rice, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis 12.12.16 / 2 15 -8 5 ++ 95 -69 14 -6
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 10.31.16 / 8 6 +1 6 -4 2 = 2 -1 8 +3 2 -1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition 10.03.16 / 12 35 -10 5 = 85 -64 73 -8 66 -22
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 45 11 -3 11 -3 3 = 23 -5 14 = 3 +1
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 49 89 + 35 +5
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 64 42 -6 xxx.. 31 -4 xxx.. xxx..
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 20 6 +7 2 + 2 +4 36 +27 8 +7 14 +3 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.25
WP
12.18
LAT
12.18
USAT
12.11
PW
12.19
Amz
(12.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.19)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others [tpb] 11.14.16 / 6 15 -7 xx x xx xxx xxx
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 86 12 -1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 10.31.16 / 8 14 -4 xxx.. 16 -3
Martin, George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Set 03.31.14 / 111 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 77 -9
Ness, A Monster Calls [tpb] 08.22.16 / 18 4 =
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 81 xxx.. xxx.. 131 -18 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 156 xxx.. xx 60 -4 21 = xxx.. x 73 +
Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind 04.15.08 / 21 xxx.. 11 + xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 143 + xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 61 -4 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb] 10.20.02 / 30 xxx.. xxx.. 60 ++
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 35 63 -25 30 -4 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
12.25
WP
12.18
LAT
12.18
USAT
12.11
PW
12.19
Amz
(12.19)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.19)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.19)
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]