Weekly Bestsellers, 26 December 2016

As the holiday season ends and rankings of various titles by J.K. Rowling begin to slip a bit, Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad dominates the chart again this week, rising to #1 at LA Times and remaining in the top 10 on three other lists.

 

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.01
WP
12.25
LAT
12.25
USAT
12.18
PW
12.26
Amz
(12.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.26)
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 / 9 8 -3 xxx..
Chabon, Moonglow 12.05.16 / 4 13 +1 9 -4 2 -1 79 -2 11 = 77 -4
Clare, Lady Midnight 03.21.16 / 34 6 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Corey, Babylon’s Ashes 12.19.16 / 2 63 -26
Luceno, Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel 11.28.16 / 5 xxx xx 96 +45 xxx x
Rice, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis 12.12.16 / 3 x 11 -6 x 18 -4
Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 10.31.16 / 9 7 -1 4 +2 x 9 -7 11 -3 4 -2
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition 10.03.16 / 13 56 -21 x 36 +49 48 +25 50 +16
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 02.15.16 / 46 9 +2 9 +2 x 14 +9 16 -2 15 -12
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Illustrated Edition (UK) 10.12.15 / 50 55 +34 28 +7
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition 10.05.15 / 65 42 = xxx.. 34 -3 xxx.. xxx..
Shusterman, Scythe 12.05.16 / 3 9 +
Whitehead, The Underground Railroad 08.08.16 / 21 4 +2 2 = 1 +1 25 +11 4 +4 19 -5 59 +
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.01
WP
12.25
LAT
12.25
USAT
12.18
PW
12.26
Amz
(12.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.26)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Cline, Ready Player One [tpb] 06.18.12 / 87 8 +4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 10.31.16 / 9 9 +5 xxx.. 13 +3
Ness, A Monster Calls [tpb] 08.22.16 / 19 2 +2
Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 07.20.03 / 282 xxx.. xx xxx.. xxx.. 61 +
Riggs, Hollow City [tpb] 03.09.15 / 82 xxx.. xxx.. 89 +42 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children [tpb] 06.17.13 / 157 xxx.. xxx 41 +19 x xxx.. xx 94 -21
Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind 04.15.08 / 22 xxx.. 11 = xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 129 +14 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (UK) 94 +
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone [tpb] xxx.. xxx.. 52 +9 xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb] 10.20.02 / 31 xxx.. xxx.. 38 +22
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 52 xxx.. 39 +
Rowling, Harry Potter Paperback Box Set [tpb] 06.08.15 / 36 64 -1 37 -7 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.01
WP
12.25
LAT
12.25
USAT
12.18
PW
12.26
Amz
(12.26)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.26)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.26)
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]